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Thankfully, I hadn't reach 40 cassettes before my Anthrax "I'm the Man" EP got shredded in the player, thus assuring my allegiance to CDs, right as my soundtracking started to burgeon. Although I would still love to have Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith on cassette, for completion's sake.
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Mar 11, 2019 - 4:32 AM
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Rameau
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I can recall discussing how quaint open reel had become, now that I'd bought my super-advanced Teac A450 cassette recorder with Cr02 tape capability and gigantic VU meters. Why, I could even record +3db into the red with no distortion! With 58db noise reduction!!! And those cassette cases looked so fine on the shelf compared to cardboard open-reel boxes. Of course, I used the best TDK cassettes, and not rubbish from BASF, Philips or Memorex.
Had a fancy head de-magnetizer too! Wish I still had it, so I could lend it to Thor.
Last year (or was it the year before?) I was trying to get rid of a tape deck, a really good semi-professional one (I'd pinched it from work, it was on a big pile of kit they were getting rid of), I took it to all the charity shops near me & none of them wanted it (no one is buying cassettes & decks). I ended up taking it to the council tip, they had an area for tech stuff, & happily someone who saw me put it down asked if he could have it, so maybe it's still being used.
I still use my minidisc recording deck occasionally, & I use my CD recorder all the time.
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I chucked a load of them away recently - they'd been in a garage for years and years and the first three or four I tried were warped and slurred. I kept the inlay cards (which I might turn into some kind of art thing) but the boxes and tapes themselves went to the tip. The vast majority of them I have on CD anyway with far better sound quality, and I don't feel any nostalgia for the cassettes at all. Like DVD over VHS, I'm not sorry to see them go.
To be honest I don't feel much nostalgia for vinyl either, though I've probably still got some LPs that don't exist on CD (yet) and it would be nice to get a player at some point to give them another listen (at least they've been kept in proper LP boxes and not a couple of cobweb-encrusted cardboard boxes in a cold damp garage).
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No self respecting scores fan would purchase soundtracks on cassette.
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Does anyone remember the Sony Walkman cassette player that, when unloaded, was the same dimensions as a cassette tape case?
The hitch was that you had to slide out the back of the enclosure to extend the rollers, tape head and battery compartment, and then the player was essentially open to the elements.
With the near-flat tape drive in the back of the player, the single AA battery charge didn't last very long.
A neat curiosity from 1984-85. Played the Temple of Doom, Star Trek III, and Dune soundtracks a lot in that player.
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No self respecting scores fan would purchase soundtracks on cassette.
Therefore, on Sept 29th, 1993, I was not a self-respecting scores fan, apparently.
That is correct.
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Mar 12, 2019 - 8:50 AM
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Rameau
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I can remember going to a design exhibition devoted to Sony, seventies I think (Victoria & Albert Museum). Sony design has always been fantastic (even if the kit has been unreliable at times, & always a tad too expensive), anyway, the star exhibit was the Walkman, not available in the UK yet, it had its own little window & was packed with people looking at this little marvel. When it came on market the original (black) Walkman was a fantastic classic design & quite expensive (a workmate had one), & then all the cheaper models followed, I went through so many (my favourite was the yellow waterproof one - they had the same thing for the Discman, which I should have bought). I'd love to go to a Walkman exhibition with all the wild & whacky designs from all the various manufacturers.
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Sep 30, 2023 - 8:45 AM
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Thor
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OK, so here's the story.
When my parents moved a couple of years ago, they threw a lot of stuff. Among the things were most of my childhood cassettes. I was pissed, but of course they couldn't see the value in them. Fortunately, I managed to save SOME. Now I intend to transform the 'mixed tapes' to playlists on digital platforms, and acquire the albums in digital format, if available. Anyone else attempted such projects?
Some pics of my survivors below. Original cassettes, mixed tapes, tapes with my own custom, handdrawn covers etc. 
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In 1976 I started my record retailing career at a Peaches Record store. Every day we had to go in the back room and build three Peach crates to see--hammer, nails, glue, those gaudy Peaches logos . . .
Anyway, after a year of taking care of the jazz section, I was promoted to pre-recorded cassette buyer and was told that if I did a good job I would be promoted to the next rung--8-Track buyer! Of course, within a year or so cassettes surpassed 8-Tracks and never looked back.
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