Pics of your Favorite Cassette Tapes

How does it sound Daren, did you tried it ? It does look similar with basic older stuff and they are full of surprises, some of those weird brands of tapes do sound very good... :)
 
Never tried it Sep. Only picked it up to photograph.

I do like the dbx check-box though!
 
I have become drawn to the older cassettes of the 70's. Would that Yashima be of that decade, Daren? Branding it as a UFO model is interesting. Is that because recordings made on it are out of this world?

Nando.
 
I am ready to mail Miles' mix tape today. It is recorded on a 70's cassette. I may delve into more recordings with really old stock.

On another note, since you mentioned dbx NR, I have yet to find someone to exchange mix tapes with using dbx NR.

Nando.
 
Dazen1 said:
Never tried it Sep. Only picked it up to photograph.

I do like the dbx check-box though!
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Just found some vague infos about the Yashima and they really were popular in England very late 70's, also they used TDK tape stock for it so a good tape after all even if so old...
 
Yeah - I thought there was some connection with TDK.

Speaking of TDK...


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Daren: Love the old TDK. If you have more oldies to present, please do. You wouldn't have an old Philips in your possession?

Nando.
 
Elite-ist said:
Daren: Love the old TDK. If you have more oldies to present, please do. You wouldn't have an old Philips in your possession?

Nando.
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I have a few more images of vintage cassettes to share this month Nando.

I don't have any old Philips tapes in my possession at present. I do *occasionally* see used ones - are you after one?
 
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I'm not necessarily looking for an old Philips cassette, but it would be neat to have a mid 60's sealed one, as it was Philips that invented the compact cassette.

Nando.
 
Philips....

This is the oldest Philips I can find at the moment:

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As you can see: It has quite a mileage....
 
Miles: That is an oldie. When I see those tapes, I remember using them in my old shoe box recorder. On a lark, Sep, Vince and I were considering doing a mix tape exchange recorded only on a shoe box deck.

Daren: One of the better looking Philips cassettes.

Nando.
 
Elite-ist said:
When I see those tapes, I remember using them in my old shoe box recorder. On a lark, Sep, Vince and I were considering doing a mix tape exchange recorded only on a shoe box deck.
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Like me, i'm always enchanted to see those old style small windows cassettes and also remembers me of my shoe boxes times... :-P Yes, we discussed about the shoe box mixtape, also Vince agree about and we'll see how this will turn out...

I found some older Philips cassettes very early made here on an auction, just they are used condition but i'll grab them and see,,, it's about these [pic not mine]

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VintageShadow said:
Like me, i'm always enchanted to see those old style small windows cassettes and also remembers me of my shoe boxes times... :-P Yes, we discussed about the shoe box mixtape, also Vince agree about and we'll see how this will turn out...

I found some older Philips cassettes very early made here on an auction, just they are used condition but i'll grab them and see,,, it's about these [pic not mine]

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I remember doing my very first recording on this C90 tape in the very early 70's, I recorded Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells......

The recording was done on the Philips 2506 with the DNL noise reduction:

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I remember also the tape almost got smashed into your face when hitting the "eject" button.... :toothy10:
 
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Miracle Mile said:
I remember doing my very first recording on this C90 tape in the very early 70's, I recorded Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells......

I remember also the tape almost got smashed into your face when hitting the "eject" button.... :toothy10:
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Very nice memories indeed... :-P and also very nice deck you had back then.

I also remember struggling with a Russian shoe box like this.

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and a cassette like this.

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to record Ring, Ring of ABBA,,, never make it up and the cassette was chewed instantly... :sad2: ,,, and my bigger brother never let me to touch his Russian RTR like this one.

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And i enjoy to remember all these things, time passed by but those memories seems nice and fresh... :-P
 
Miles: That's a neat looking Philips deck. Yes, many of the old cassette decks were not dainty with tapes. It was clunk as you engaged the mechanical buttons and a hard-eject when you wanted to switch sides. I don't have any of my old shoe box decks. The last one I owned was a Lloyds, and a Panasonic before that.

Sep: You had to have lots of patience using the old gear. I spent more time recording family gatherings at special occasions, rather than serious music endeavours.

I have had this little Dual TG 28 for some time:





Nando.
 
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