The latest issue of The Believer magazine's come bundled with a cassette tape comp. Hipsters
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| Author: | lurker [ Tue May 15, 2012 10:29 am ] |
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Do u buy cassette tapes? What do u think of the sort of revival of cassettes as of late? Ltd releases etc. I always loved the packing aspect like vinyl. |
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| Author: | scarwars [ Tue May 15, 2012 10:42 am ] |
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lurker wrote: Do u buy cassette tapes? What do u think of the sort of revival of cassettes as of late? Ltd releases etc. I always loved the packing aspect like vinyl. I've bought a few Daniel Higgs cassettes in the last year or so; honestly, I think it's gimmicky. I buy them, either rip them to mp3 or redeem the download link, then store them. |
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| Author: | Chad Hensley [ Tue May 15, 2012 10:52 am ] |
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Mike Williams from EyeHateGod gave me a cassette last Friday. It is for his side project The Guilt Of... Crazy packaging - an oversized envelope silkscreened, a silkscreened patch, and the cassette. Right now, I have no way of playing it... I have been noticing lots of small labels are selling cassettes. |
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| Author: | wing_clipper [ Tue May 15, 2012 11:09 am ] |
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i think it is awesome! i love playing cassettes, both for the sound and the nostalgia of taking me back to how i listened to music as a kid. there is something lost in mp3s besides the obvious fidelity issues. i just enjoy the tactile/physical experience of putting on a record or playing a tape, rewinding/fast-forwarding and all that good stuff. also, high quality tape decks can be had for pennies these days. i scored a high-end kenwood dual deck from goodwill for 5 bucks, then had an even nicer technics deck given to me for free at work because it was getting thrown out. anyways, i love tapes and actually have a new one coming out very soon. i sometimes record beats from my samplers straight to four-track tape, so releasing those on cassette just makes sense. i like the idea of posting mp3 downloads for free for people to listen to on their computers, iphones, and/or burn to cd... then offering a tape to purchase for those that are interested in a physical copy. |
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| Author: | ghostal [ Tue May 15, 2012 11:19 am ] |
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I enjoy finding old tapes at yardsales and thrift stores but I doubt I would buy any new tapes unless its something I really want. My 81 vw rabbit still has the working cassette player and thats really the only time I listen to them and I love it. |
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| Author: | ---NT--- [ Tue May 15, 2012 11:33 am ] |
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I'd like to see a reel-to-reel revival. |
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| Author: | wingnut0 [ Tue May 15, 2012 11:41 am ] |
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That would be rad. Then I could dust off my old reel to reel Walkman. |
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| Author: | deadboy [ Tue May 15, 2012 11:43 am ] |
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One summer I found a copy of Hate Your Friends by the Lemonheads for .25 cents at a yard sale. Played it non-stop in our '88 Chrysler Leberon (or as we called it Le Beer run) convertible. Turned out to be the best summer ever… |
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| Author: | bansheebot [ Tue May 29, 2012 6:55 pm ] |
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How'd I miss this thread? I don't really buy CDs anymore unless it's some sort of limited edition or a demo or whatever. Vinyls come first, then tapes. I've only got a small tape collection right now, about fifteen or so, but all of it is recent black and doom metal. |
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| Author: | lurker [ Tue May 29, 2012 6:59 pm ] |
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Banshee, Do you have any LLN tapes? |
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| Author: | bansheebot [ Tue May 29, 2012 7:04 pm ] |
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lurker wrote: Banshee, Do you have any LLN tapes? No LLN, just a lot of recent atmospheric black metal and some other stuff throw in -- Alda, Lake of Blood, Wolves in the Throne Room, Ash Borer, Fell Voices, Dispirit, Ruin Lust, Shaidar Logoth, Megaton Leviathan... |
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| Author: | Biff [ Tue May 29, 2012 7:16 pm ] |
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---NT--- wrote: I'd like to see a reel-to-reel revival. 8-track But, back on (4) track, my Dad had a big-ass reel to reel for his quadraphonic set-up. I remember you could jack the speed up & make some killer tapes. |
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| Author: | BloodDrinker6969 [ Tue May 29, 2012 7:31 pm ] |
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My car only has a tape player, so I always appreciate cassettes. Plus no skipping, you gotta sit through it or be prepared to cut off intros due to fast forward. |
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| Author: | BleedingEdges [ Tue May 29, 2012 7:53 pm ] |
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I actually do a cassette only record label. I just released a tape by a band called Sectarian Violence. I'll be going on tour with them, but the leftover tapes will go online after tour. http://blog.bleedingedges.net |
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| Author: | Lixx [ Wed May 30, 2012 5:12 am ] |
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I just got a 94 Camry so it only has a cassette player. Most of the old dj mixes I like are in cassette form BUT I've been digitizing them slowly to preserve them forever. I just live in fear of some of these 20-25 year old tapes snapping due to age. Actually they do last it seems but I'm not taking chances. I did bring more old cassettes of band demo stuff I did in the late 80's to listen to when I went home last week. LOL, it's naive and awful- but fun. |
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| Author: | Materialist Zen [ Wed May 30, 2012 3:35 pm ] |
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Recordings made on devices such as the Tascam are always a unique listening experience. For all it's faults, magnetic tape maintains a special place in my heart. |
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| Author: | nanite [ Wed May 30, 2012 4:21 pm ] |
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I remember the days that unwound tape entrails would litter the freeways like roadkill. Apparently there's good money to be made on ebay from pure metal-coated tape. |
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| Author: | bryce_r [ Wed May 30, 2012 5:55 pm ] |
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I'm not sure of a revival but I recently bought Paul's Boutique. I wanted to display it in class and for obvious nostalgic reasons. |
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| Author: | 3x3is9 [ Thu May 31, 2012 7:06 am ] |
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Just noticed this thread. Ya, it's a strange revival. As long as they are inexpensive and indi releases I'm AOK with them and have purchased maybe 20 releases in the last year. I find it funny when something gets a vinyl release and then gets put out on tape as well. I think cassettes make a great way to get something out there and then maybe re-release on LP if the interest is there, but the other way around doesn't make a lot of sense to me. And ya, somehow I also find them aesthetically quite pleasing. |
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| Author: | missy [ Thu May 31, 2012 9:49 am ] |
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I've gotten a few. Burger Records is really leading the pack on this cassette revival! They have over 200 cassettes in their online shop right now. http://www.burgerrecords.org/apps/webst ... 276?page=1 |
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| Author: | bansheebot [ Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:50 pm ] |
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Just got my Flowers of St. Francis tape #2 in the mail yesterday. Haven't listened to it just yet... But while on the topic, it's been a while since I've bought any tapes (the aforementioned is a subscription series) and just saw the news about this, so figured why not -- http://nachtmystium.bigcartel.com/produ ... aught-tape Black metal / Nachtmystium fans better jump on that one quick. At only $11 shipped, it won't last long at all, I'm sure. |
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| Author: | huichilobos [ Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:55 pm ] |
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I got back to cassette tapes because of some Black Metal and noise bands... They'd just publish tapes and vinyl. |
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| Author: | nefasth [ Fri Jul 20, 2012 6:51 pm ] |
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The latest issue of The Believer magazine's come bundled with a cassette tape comp. Hipsters
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| Author: | dave zav [ Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:16 pm ] |
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This thread reminded me of the pic I just found of R. Stevie Moore 
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| Author: | michael [ Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:31 pm ] |
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 fueling soundtrack obsession via vinyl records and channeling into cassette hoarding. i like the cassette format just as much as vinyl, have a walkman and use it, as well as a tape only boombox. |
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