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Palace Revolution 2000
Therer is still a Keith solo boot (studio outtakes) which I only have on cassette. Never have seen it in disc ever.
Wasn't there a notion that 8 track tapes were considered some of the best audio available?
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stones2000
Thanks everyone for all the info! That cleared up the confusion. I kind of like the idea of maybe getting Cassette or Vinyl stones some day, but don't they both wear or warp after many listens?
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stones2000
Thanks everyone for all the info! That cleared up the confusion. I kind of like the idea of maybe getting Cassette or Vinyl stones some day, but don't they both wear or warp after many listens?
I will only promote vinyl, since I have only a few small boxes of cassettes versus a shelf full of vinyl, but that is a risk you run with both, just like CDs and DVDs run the risk of Disc Rot...But I would recommend vinyl, much better sound (on most vinyl), like a wider dynamic range than cassettes, but hey- that's just my two cents.
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Palace Revolution 2000
Therer is still a Keith solo boot (studio outtakes) which I only have on cassette. Never have seen it in disc ever.
Wasn't there a notion that 8 track tapes were considered some of the best audio available?
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Palace Revolution 2000
Therer is still a Keith solo boot (studio outtakes) which I only have on cassette. Never have seen it in disc ever.
Wasn't there a notion that 8 track tapes were considered some of the best audio available?
Would that be the one wuth Breakin', Baby What You Want Me To Do and some others? I have that one somewhere, I think.
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Palace Revolution 2000
Therer is still a Keith solo boot (studio outtakes) which I only have on cassette. Never have seen it in disc ever.
Wasn't there a notion that 8 track tapes were considered some of the best audio available?
Would that be the one wuth Breakin', Baby What You Want Me To Do and some others? I have that one somewhere, I think.
Not sure. I do know that he farts into a mic at some point.
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Cassette's were most popular from 82 till about 87...vinyl was being fazed out & cd's were just taking off....I remember back in 87 an old friend was visiting & we went to the local record store looking for stuff,he bought a new(still sealed) DW & I got a used(very) cassette of it...took them back to my place & played them,1 track at a time & we were totally amazed at how much better the used(and abused) cassette sounded compared to the record...
did the cassette copy contain completely different songs? maybe you were mistaken and were actually listening to Some Girls?
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treaclefingers
me too...
I recall in 'the day' a 90 minute metal tape cost $20, whilst the chrome ones were $3-ish.
I remember thinking, "isn't chrome actually a metal too?"
I couldn't wrap my head around paying $10-12 for a prerecorded cassette vs. $20 for a blank cassette that I still had to record to.
So, I did what a lot of people did, buy the vinyl, transfer to chrome tape and beat the hell out of that chrome tape.
I still have all my albums, played once!
Weren't the expensive metal tapes those that were actually built of metal?
I have kept some of those
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stones2000
Thanks everyone for all the info! That cleared up the confusion. I kind of like the idea of maybe getting Cassette or Vinyl stones some day, but don't they both wear or warp after many listens?
I will only promote vinyl, since I have only a few small boxes of cassettes versus a shelf full of vinyl, but that is a risk you run with both, just like CDs and DVDs run the risk of Disc Rot...But I would recommend vinyl, much better sound (on most vinyl), like a wider dynamic range than cassettes, but hey- that's just my two cents.
Good info, thanks!