This mixtape was made by DJ Donald Sheffey at Zack's 4th Avenue (333 4th Ave, Pittsburgh PA) circa 1988. Donated to the Pittsburgh Queer History Project as part of the Brian Czarnieki Collection.

Zacks 4th Avenue Tape #7

3 minutes of R.B. Thieme Jr.'s Berachah Ministries from 1961, first in reverse as found on the reel (tape twisted) then reversed. Recorded on 2 reel to reel tapes, later dubbed over with Gershwin Musical suites. At the end of Side of 2 of tape 1, 3 minutes of the sermon (the description of which was still on the box) was left in reverse. Whoever dubbed over it must have loaded the tape twisted, or else the church distributor did. Either way, at the end of a set of jazz standards, the warped wailing of a Houston ministry was terrifying.

1961 Berachah Ministries Sermon from the Book of Revelations.

1966 "Christmas Music of the Great Southwest" by the Tucson Boys Choir, Directed by Jeffrey R. Haskell

Christmas Music of the Great Southwest

Tucson Boys Chorus - Christmas Music of the Great Southwest

This excerpt was posted with the purpose of embedding to my website.
The project in full is an archived collection of home-made audio cassette tapes documenting mid 1980s casual sex between working class straight identified men.

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