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May 12, 2014 - 6:20 AM
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Tall Guy
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It was an art, indeed, to get a balanced compilation tape or not to under/over-run the length of the tape but practice made perfect ... helped, no end, by a decent tape deck!
My method was fool proof. Well, fool resistant!
Record tracks on side A of the tape until you know there are six or seven minutes left, then turn the tape over and whilst playing the track you want to close the tape with on your record player, "play" side B for the length (plus a few seconds) of said track. When the track finishes, stop "playing" the tape, turn it back onto side A and record your track. The end of the recording should finish a few seconds before the tape finishes.
Then, go back and time the gap between the last track and the track you recorded before leaving the six or seven minute gap, by "playing" the silent tape. All you then have to do is find a track a few seconds shorter than the gap and record it.
What you're left with is a perfect fit, without leaving a huge gap at the end of a tape. Then repeat for side B, being careful not to record over anything you've already put on side A. I did this countless times and it never failed. The only trouble was, it worked so well and was so slick that (although I was longing for someone to ask how I did it) nobody noticed how cool it was.
Story of my life.
Still, it's out in the open now - some 35 years later. Great advice for any retro fanatics!
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In a few weeks time, I will revisit my old cassettes, as my parents are moving (and hence cleaning out their attic, where my old cassettes are stored). I'm expecting a nostalgia trip like no other.
Keep us posted!
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No, no. They're a crucial part of your past. Don't forget that; whether the sound was inferior or not.
Man, I'll never forget when my boyfriend (well, as much of a boyfriend as you can have as a fourth grader) brought home Stained Class on cassette. I played it until my tape player ate it, then bought the vinyl.
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Ya know, the "compact cassette" format was reaching unprecedented levels of quality just as the format was becoming obsolete. I, for one, switched to Sony's MiniDisc format in the years after its introduction.
The major classical labels, such as Decca and Telarc, RCA Victor/Sony with the Star Wars special edition double-cassette sets, and The Beatles were all doing stratospherically high quality transfers onto cassette just as the format was ending.
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I'm amazed by how many scores are actually available on cassette.
And it's not just scores that were first released in the cassette era. MCA reissued two-thirds of the 1950-1970 MGM and United Artist soundtrack catalogs on cassette in the mid-1980s--at least 85 releases.
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I made mix tapes for at least three gals I was keen I .
Three strikes.
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock on Capitol Records XDR Cassettes!
'Nuff Said!
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Most of my remaining cassettes are of interviews I did in the past, or things I recorded off the radio.
I have a few albums on cassette -- luckily I bought Bernstein's Legal Eagles on cassette, and was able to make a CD-R from it (I've lost all hope that score will ever see a legitimate CD release).
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