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Attention Kmart shoppers: this former employee uploaded Kmart's 1989-1991 in-store music to the Internet Archive

2021-09-01 12:31:55+00:00

Modern humans. Humans then were startlingly similar in most ways, though. Don’t fall for the cartoon caveman myths.

Anyhoo, what makes these tapes so awesome is the announcer. The smarmy “Try our housewares department for…” gives it a very Fallout Radio vibe.

There’s also a 70’s December Christmas reel-to-reel in the collection, if you truly want to simulate a Kmart hellscape.
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