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stones2000
Hi. I was just wondering if anyone had any info on Stones albums on cassette? I saw one on ebay today, but they seem to be really rare...were the cassette tapes not popular or something?
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shadooby
Back in the day I recorded all my stuff (vinyl and cd) to Maxell XLII metal tapes so I could play them in the car. Once I got a good job and started earning real money I got a cd player in my car and the tapes then became obsolete. I gave about 200 cassettes to my coworker and as far as I know he's still enjoying them.
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shadooby
Back in the day I recorded all my stuff (vinyl and cd) to Maxell XLII metal tapes so I could play them in the car. Once I got a good job and started earning real money I got a cd player in my car and the tapes then became obsolete. I gave about 200 cassettes to my coworker and as far as I know he's still enjoying them.
I never ventured into Metal tapes but for many years the high end Maxell Chrome tapes were truly superb.
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shadooby
Back in the day I recorded all my stuff (vinyl and cd) to Maxell XLII metal tapes so I could play them in the car. Once I got a good job and started earning real money I got a cd player in my car and the tapes then became obsolete. I gave about 200 cassettes to my coworker and as far as I know he's still enjoying them.
I never ventured into Metal tapes but for many years the high end Maxell Chrome tapes were truly superb.
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detroitken
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...
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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!
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franzk
In some Asian countries cassetes were popular way into 21st century:
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franzk
In some Asian countries cassetes were popular way into 21st century:
Wow... Where's this from ? I bet it's sounding better than the CD...
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Nikkei
When I was about 10, i listened to a Hot Rocks cassette on a portable Philips tape recorder. It was probably not too different from the one Keith used to record part of it.
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franzk
In some Asian countries cassetes were popular way into 21st century:
Wow... Where's this from ? I bet it's sounding better than the CD...
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kowalski
Wow... Where's this from ? I bet it's sounding better than the CD...
It's Malaysian: [www.discogs.com]