CASSETTE GENERAL

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>>71003695
Check out this beauty that came in the mail today. Has to be close to 50 years old and still plays!!

>>71003803
anyone know when cassettes were first commercially available?

>>71003896
late 50s for dictation, mid 60s for music

i got a cassette out rn if i may plug it

>>71003914
Yeah this is: Alice Coltrane: A Monastic Trio.

Don't know for sure, but I suspect it's from in or around 1968.

Sounds great!

>>71003914
Oh, plug away!

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Tapes from my label plus + local stuff! I have another rack filled with random thrift store finds and releases from a couple years ago but local tapes are much more enjoyable imo

>>71003987
>>71003914

https://ecstasypolice.bandcamp.com/album/champion-unity
this is my second cassette release. i have them made, but im only printing the covers for when i actually get orders because they cost $$$ to get nice quality printing

also it probably sounds like shit but is not particularly common so you should keep onto it

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My personal label and the newest tapes we have in. Two more releases should get here by Friday!

https://humansoundsrecords.bandcamp.com/

>>71004006
These tapes look super nice! got a link to hear the music?

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Would anyone be interested in buying this Burzum tape? I don't really listen to my cassettes anymore due to broken tape deck. I only have a few anyways, would rather get this to someone who wants it & pocket some cash.

Besides this all I have is a Blazer Sound System Reggae mix tape & this:

https://hokosounds.bandcamp.com/album/memory

which is out of print forever.

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love this goddamn album

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Mainly have some local underground rap-releases. I've gotten more since this pic was taken.

i hate to be that guy, because this thread has been so positive, but i have a really hard time not seeing cassettes as stupid. Like the sound quality is worse, they're disconnected from every other way we listen to music now. idk they just seem like a cheap way to make people feel hipster and cool. why do you guys like them?

>>71005828
Every thread this question gets asked.

>It's fun
>supports artist
>physical media is preferable over digital
>low sound quality is beneficial for certain genres

But my personal biggest reason for cassettes is that I love to be removed from modern technology for a bit. When I listen to cassettes on my portable cassette player, it's a very nice feeling, not having music be attached to a phone or computer.

>>71005828
Yes it's kind of a hipster, somewhat pretentious hobby. With that said I just wanna say the sound quality can be pretty much indiscernible from a CD if you're listening to a "good" enough tape on a quality tape deck

>>71005876
yeah your personal reason makes the most sense to me; the other ones really don't. like why not CD's in a walkman? I'm a total physical media fiend, but for me it's all CD's with the occasional vinyl.

>>71005939
Not guy you responded to but since I grew up on cassettes they have a certain charm to me that Cd's only have to a lesser extent. I think cassettes are also just a cooler medium, and I have fun screwing around with tape and doing wonky experiments.

Right now I've taken the top off of my cassette deck so I can slow down and stop the pulleys unravelling the tape as it plays. You can get some pretty fucked up, weird ass sounds and it's just super enjoyable and destressing.