Bring Them On Back Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 I've just bought a handful of these for $2 each, it's not music I really love but I think I'd rather have cassettes than CDs almost, although they're kind of fiddly to play. Does anyone still have theirs from the 80s or whenever they were popular? I could only find about 2 dozen second hand ones in the record store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 I've just bought a handful of these for $2 each, it's not music I really love but I think I'd rather have cassettes than CDs almost, although they're kind of fiddly to play. Does anyone still have theirs from the 80s or whenever they were popular? I could only find about 2 dozen second hand ones in the record store. We have a ton in the garage, covering much of the 80s. Are you looking for anything in particular? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Them On Back Posted April 24, 2010 Author Share Posted April 24, 2010 nothing specific, half the novelty is just the tapes right now. I'm not gonna go out and get heaps anyway, I'm just wondering where they all went. None of my uncles or anyone I know have them, stores don't sell them much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 I think they all went to our garage Darn, too bad you're in Australia. I'd put a care package together for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 In the roaring 70s, I used to "roll my own" so to say.......I have well over 22,000 hrs of music recordered on those little plastic things:). I transferred most of the contents over onto CDs but still have the cassettes. I mostly used BASFs CrO:):) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 I have a whole bunch still and just the other night I dug out all my Dire Straits ones but I can't find their live album. The last ones I got at Wal-Mart for a buck each. I'd like to put most of them to cd but don't have the do-hicky's to do that. What I really hate is when the player eats the tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cletus Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 (edited) I have a bunch of cassettes that I bought in my youth. I still occasionally listen to some of them. Some of them(the ones I really enjoy listening to the most), I've since replaced on CD. When I was younger I used to love taping songs off the radio. I have quite a few "Radio Compilations" in my collection, but haven't listened to any of them in ages. Edited April 25, 2010 by Cletus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonzoLikeDrumer Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 (edited) I have a bunch of cassettes that I bought in my youth. I still occasionally listen to some of them. Some of them(the ones I really enjoy listening to the most), I've since replaced on CD. When I was younger I used to love taping songs off the radio. I have quite a few "Radio Compilations" in my collection, but haven't listened to any of them in ages. I used to do that all the time.. with one of these, I got one of these now... Most of the old tape's I made in the 1980's are not usable any more as I didn't store them properly. Only down fall with analog tape is it will degrade in a short time if you don't keep it dry, cool and away from all source's of light! Sony Pro's are good blank's as well as the higher priced Maxell's. Edited April 25, 2010 by BonzoLikeDrumer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonzoLikeDrumer Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 (edited) I have a whole bunch still and just the other night I dug out all my Dire Straits ones but I can't find their live album. The last ones I got at Wal-Mart for a buck each. I'd like to put most of them to cd but don't have the do-hicky's to do that. What I really hate is when the player eats the tape. If you want to pay for the blank's & postage I can do that for ya. Message me dude. Edited April 25, 2010 by BonzoLikeDrumer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ady Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I used to copy albums onto cassettes until I saw this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonzoLikeDrumer Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I used to copy albums onto cassettes until I saw this: If your going from one format to another (tape to CD or hard disk etc..), one copy only for back-up, it's not illegal, making more than one of the same format is the law breaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigzepfan Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I've got alot of Led on cassette. I only used Maxell udxlII-90. Many boots. I used to buy an album, put it on cassette and never listen to the album again. Many of my albums are played once, except of course the destroyer which I just couldn't help myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Mine are store bought, although I may have a Maxell or 2 of local bands from my college days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danelectro59 Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I loved cassettes and had a million or so at one point, but time and many moves have depleted that collection. I have about 3 dozen or so still left but don't play them anymore as they're so old i'm afraid they will get destroyed if I put them in the deck. Even more bazaar is that my brother in law collects old 8 track tapes and he probably has at least a thousand of them. I don't know if they're worth anything, but it's pretty damn neat to see one of those hunks of plastic with Led Zeppelin on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footsteps of Dawn Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I've got all kinds of Disney tapes floating around here somewhere. I drove my parents crazy playing The Little Mermaid in the car. I also really liked this one that had a collection of songs from Disneyland rides (A Pirate's Life for Me, The Tiki Room, It's a Small World, the Electrical Parade song, etc.). Although I think I used to skip over It's a Small World, even when I was like 5, hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonzoLikeDrumer Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 I loved cassettes and had a million or so at one point, but time and many moves have depleted that collection. I have about 3 dozen or so still left but don't play them anymore as they're so old i'm afraid they will get destroyed if I put them in the deck. Even more bazaar is that my brother in law collects old 8 track tapes and he probably has at least a thousand of them. I don't know if they're worth anything, but it's pretty damn neat to see one of those hunks of plastic with Led Zeppelin on it. I used to have the 4th Album on 8-track, it was a hand-me-down from one of my older sister's. Out of all our 8-track's (we had a couple dozen) that one and a few others lasted the longest. I played it a lot when I was teaching myself to play drum's, it was one of the few that I could use as a constant stick & bass drum exercise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virginia Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 I used to have the 4th Album on 8-track, it was a hand-me-down from one of my older sister's. Out of all our 8-track's (we had a couple dozen) that one and a few others lasted the longest. I played it a lot when I was teaching myself to play drum's, it was one of the few that I could use as a constant stick & bass drum exercise. We only had a few 8 tracks (no Zep), but the one we wore out was Live Rust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 We only had a few 8 tracks (no Zep), but the one we wore out was Live Rust I love the Beavis & Butthead episode where they tried playing the 8 tracks in the VCR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Hey baby, I noticed you have braces.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1bIqwnRVr88&feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I used to record the concerts I went to on cassette, some mono, some not. Still have the collection. They are neat to go back and listen to occasionally and they bring back memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 (edited) Here are the actual cassettes that I originally used, did the road trip from Phoenix to Vegas with 2 buddies. A very cool concert that he did that night. Edited August 25, 2013 by luvlz2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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