August 31, 201313 yr comment_596992 Happy 50th birthday, Compact Cassette Happy Birthday Compact Cassette (Tape) Mix Tapes Bias Settings, Lusting after a Nakamichi Dragon. But this was fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0MgJKx5Ay0 Walkmen. Pencils. Oh yeah, and this How'd that work out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3jkUhG68wY Happy Birthday! Any other memories? Report
August 31, 201313 yr comment_596994 I still have piles of tapes that I can't play anymore - including couple of albums that have been long out of print and never will be re-released. Report
August 31, 201313 yr comment_597021 One of my favorite memories is when I was on AOL via a 2400 baud modem....met a woman in FL who liked a lot of the same music I did. We ended up sending each other mix tapes, with hers having the obligatory heart over the "i" in mix. The songs were so-so but she was very sweet....and, I may still have that cassette somewhere. But in thinking, it may have been damaged during a basement flood several years back....But anyway....happy birthday cassette. You were a huge part of my formative music years.... Report
August 31, 201313 yr comment_597022 Oh, one more....a counselor at camp in 1978 stole my Kiss Alive tape! STILL working that one out! Report
August 31, 201313 yr comment_597046 I still keep a pile of recorded cassettes, even blank ones, Metal TDK were my favorites. A couple of working Walkman, and a Nakamichi deck. I haven't listened to a cassette in about 17-20 years, more or less what it took me to have a CD player in the car. Report
August 31, 201313 yr comment_597055 Favorite memories: my first metal bias cassette, getting a DBX player (wow, that noise floor and dynamic range!), and... Receiving an extremely used Donna Summer 's Greatest Hits cassette as a gift from my schizophrenic patient. ' It's my favorite tape! I listened to it every day for the last five years! ' Well don't you want to keep it then? ' That's OK, I got a new one' Edited August 31, 201313 yr by jvlgato Report
August 31, 201313 yr comment_597056 i used to record concerts on a marantz portable tape recorder with dbx. Also had a sony and a nakamichi at various times. Still have a box of tapes that I was going to give to my kid at the appropriate time, but now I don't think he'll know what they even are. I may have to buy a marantz recorder and put it in the box with them. Report
August 31, 201313 yr comment_597057 I still have a Tascam 122 in the rack, a Nakamichi Dragon in storage and a big collection of cassettes. Report
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