The Cassette thread, or should that be tape? lolz.
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Posts : 44849Karma : 472Join date : 2021-07-19 Subject: Re: The Cassette thread, or should that be tape? lolz. Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:56 pm https://twitter.com/lydonofficial/status/1757733865588977728
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Posts : 144933Karma : 1156Join date : 2018-05-02 Subject: Re: The Cassette thread, or should that be tape? lolz. Wed Jun 12, 2024 8:43 am Cassette Tapes. The Future Of Music? VIDEO
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Posts : 44849Karma : 472Join date : 2021-07-19 Subject: Re: The Cassette thread, or should that be tape? lolz. Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:50 pm
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Posts : 144933Karma : 1156Join date : 2018-05-02 Subject: Re: The Cassette thread, or should that be tape? lolz. Thu Jun 27, 2024 4:54 pm All this recent talk of the
Mind Games reissue reminds me that my copy used to have a thick cardboard cover wrapped around the outside of it.
Like this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364663328259?itmmeta=01J1D64WS9VAWH0X96A1K56ZPV&hash=item54e7a0ce03:g:VioAAOSwxh9lmFnX&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8PIZMfSdyZ5ZdFW649Md7lmeF0Ev84gVJCKHy3%2BR844fHn%2BYj%2FGykgS%2FSY1kXW%2BpIz5QSwjl2SqYpZG3DxXn4uETVi2o5%2FNUk8q9DVOo6ocMLA9M1mr1r3cPUuZ71db2VlVBzMQF6%2FP7h6ICdkGPDCGZ%2BUl81fgB4t2BPFstlpISiOfBBx6U3kk0HSL5eoslg6ZMJWGhT1rI96lfnrpKzUOY3F3kSV8GTzHUyKNr4HcXj1YBhPbl6yIvP0y4T3H22esStWxRuWtiXhuk2zFdFXrfnHUuVOyXsFYPjOm9YCtsK%2BEy81bsryAIIEieErI1%2FA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9rMk6aLZA
It's the only cassette I had that possessed such a wrapping.
It made it impossible to fit it into one of those cassette holder rack things.
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Posts : 144933Karma : 1156Join date : 2018-05-02 Subject: Re: The Cassette thread, or should that be tape? lolz. Thu Jun 27, 2024 4:55 pm It also sounded terrible but the Internet has told me that wasn't because it was a duff cassette. It was because every format of it sounded terrible.
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Posts : 44849Karma : 472Join date : 2021-07-19 Subject: Re: The Cassette thread, or should that be tape? lolz. Thu Jun 27, 2024 4:57 pm Mumble mumble Muffled drums MIiiiiiNND Gameees muffled mumbling. etc. etc.
Mind you the original cassettes probably sounded even worse.
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Posts : 144933Karma : 1156Join date : 2018-05-02 Subject: Re: The Cassette thread, or should that be tape? lolz. Thu Jun 27, 2024 4:57 pm Have we ever done a running commentary for Mind Games?
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Posts : 144933Karma : 1156Join date : 2018-05-02 Subject: Re: The Cassette thread, or should that be tape? lolz. Thu Jun 27, 2024 4:58 pm It would be interesting to discover if it's a good album when it doesn't sound like there's a bundle of socks wrapped around every microphone.
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Posts : 44849Karma : 472Join date : 2021-07-19 Subject: Re: The Cassette thread, or should that be tape? lolz. Thu Jun 27, 2024 5:03 pm It sounds like the bits not good enough left over from the Imagine album. Or at least that's how I remember it from the last time I listened to it, 30 years ago.
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