Ever owned a cassette?

[Kerry]

I won't elaborate. You'll know or you won't :D

[Jordan.]

I don't think so in my lifetime :joker:

However I do remember them from been young because my mum had them.

[Kore]

I think I had one or two as a kid lol

[Ninastar]

I wouldn't say I owned them, but i borrowed some abba ones from my grandparents when I was younger. Maybe the sent them actually, i'm not too sure

[Roy Mars III]

My crappy car only has a cassette player, so I own loads of them.

[billy123]

Yes indeed! I had all the skid row albums on cassette!!
I was pretty cool like that :blush:

When i used to go to club kinetic i used to buy cassette boxsets of the night outside :elephant:

One year my parents got me a Bros album on cassette i was disgusted but i pretended to like it :bawling:

[Pyramid*]

god yes! LOL. I also remember the feeling of utter devastation when the actual tape/ribbon of a favourite one became tangled or worse.... SNAPPED. :bawling::bawling:

Ahhh....them were the days!

thank god for the internet I say.

[Visage]

Yes both audio and VHS.

I also had a pen handy if the tape needed winding back after it came loose.

[Ammi]

yes cassettes and vinyl records.....................oh dear

[Pyramid*]

Yes both audio and VHS.

I also had a pen handy if the tape needed winding back after it came loose.


Oh, the memories!! :hugesmile:

Had to be one with the 'hexagonal' shape to it: none of the smooth ones - they were frustrating!

Worse - was knocking the plastic recording strips off - to protect it from being taped over: to find some git had covered the holes with cellotape to reuse it. :cloud:

[Smithy]

Yeah I think so

[Niamh.]

lol trying to tape songs off the radio and the DJ speaks over the end of the song:devil:

[Ammi]

lol trying to tape songs off the radio and the DJ speaks over the end of the song:devil:

Hahahahaha I know and they were c**p sound quality.....but still....:lovedup:

[Niamh.]

Hahahahaha I know and they were c**p sound quality.....but still....:lovedup:

haha, actually having to wait for the song to be played and catching it at the right time, added to the fun :love:

[Visage]

Oh, the memories!! :hugesmile:

Had to be one with the 'hexagonal' shape to it: none of the smooth ones - they were frustrating!

Worse - was knocking the plastic recording strips off - to protect it from being taped over: to find some git had covered the holes with cellotape to reuse it. :cloud:

Ah those tapes we thought we'd protected by removing the plastic strips only to find the power of the celetape ruined the whole tape. I certainly don't miss those..

[Ammi]

haha, actually having to wait for the song to be played and catching it at the right time, added to the fun :love:

.....the lovely thing about nostalgia........our mind takes all the c**p technology..............and turns it into an album of lovely memories.......

[Niamh.]

.....the lovely thing about nostalgia........our mind takes all the c**p technology..............and turns it into an album of lovely memories.......

mwhahaha, true enough :laugh:

[Ammi]

Oh, the memories!! :hugesmile:

Had to be one with the 'hexagonal' shape to it: none of the smooth ones - they were frustrating!

Worse - was knocking the plastic recording strips off - to protect it from being taped over: to find some git had covered the holes with cellotape to reuse it. :cloud:

I had a Batamax recorder, only to realise VHS was the way forward.......LOL

[Pyramid*]

I had a Batamax recorder, only to realise VHS was the way forward.......LOL


Betamax never took off at all eh..... it's the long cords I recall for the 'remote control' - a remote that had to be physically plugged in to use. :hugesmile:

[Ammi]

Betamax never took off at all eh..... it's the long cords I recall for the 'remote control' - a remote that had to be physically plugged in to use. :hugesmile:

...well, yes, now you tell me............where were you then............

[Pyramid*]

...well, yes, now you tell me............where were you then............

Trying to work out to to set the bloody timer on the machine!

[Gillian-73]

god yes! LOL. I also remember the feeling of utter devastation when the actual tape/ribbon of a favourite one became tangled or worse.... SNAPPED. :bawling::bawling:

Ahhh....them were the days!

thank god for the internet I say.

Lol i remember that well too! there was a way to fix them albeit temporarily but i forget how now :D

[Gillian-73]

haha, actually having to wait for the song to be played and catching it at the right time, added to the fun :love:

Haha it did indeed :laugh3:

[Ammi]

Trying to work out to to set the bloody timer on the machine!

LOL....I don't think I got that far................

[Roy Mars III]

yes cassettes and vinyl records.....................oh dear

I still buy vinyl. The best way to listen to music.

[Gillian-73]

I had a Batamax recorder, only to realise VHS was the way forward.......LOL

Lmao!
Betamax never took off at all eh..... it's the long cords I recall for the 'remote control' - a remote that had to be physically plugged in to use. :hugesmile:

yes i can remember a mate having one :D

[Ammi]

I still buy vinyl. The best way to listen to music.

I've got loads in my loft, I've kept most of them, although it's years since I bought any.........I just love owning them and looking at them, it makes me feel good.......it's like a couple of my friends are using those Kindle books......and I can't understand why you wouldn't want to 'own' an actual book...........there's nothing quite like the feeling of owning a Vinyl or a book, I've got everything from The Beatles, Cat Stevens, Elton John, David Bowie to Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple.............you got me carried away there........*blush*

[Pyramid*]

Haha it did indeed :laugh3:

there was a way of splicing the ribbon/tape back together again, but damned if I can recall how it was done either now.

Auld age clearly doesn't come alone!! LOL

[Pyramid*]

I still buy vinyl. The best way to listen to music.


I've heard a lot of avid music friends swear by the same thing and their vinyl collections are sacred.

[Gillian-73]

I still buy vinyl. The best way to listen to music.

I've got a good collection on vinyl that i've put together over the years then about fifteen years ago somebody one of my brothers mates was getting rid of hundreds for fifty pence each so my collection grew!

[Stu]

I have all The Wonder Stuff err ... stuff ... on cassette. I robbed them from my aunt as a child and she hasn't gotten them back yet.

The Stuffies still kick ass. Just pretend Dizzy never happened.

[InOne]

Got all The Smiths albums on Cassettes :love: Used to own some embarrassing ones too :joker:

[Josy]

Yeah I had boxes full of them mostly old dj mixed rave cassettes :laugh:

[MTVN]

I have quite a lot, I always used to get ones with stories on to listen to in the evenings :laugh: I only know the second Harry Potter from listening to it on cassette

[Photon]

Pssh I remember making my own mixtapes.

[Shaun]

I own my dad's copy of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" on cassette and that has huge sentimental value for me. But I've bought some before too; mostly silly pop singles though.

[Pyramid*]

I used to go bonker when you'd be taping the charts on a Sunday night - and just before your fav song finished: the bloody DJ would talk over it.

:(

[arista]

Yes I have cassettes
as Rare Gigs or Rare Remixes are sometimes only on them.


I then transfer it to a 24bit CD.


Feel The Force

[kat26]

I'm glad to see there aren't a ton of "no" responses!

I remember the days when I would listen to hours of music on the radio to try to record one of my favorite songs, lol!

[MTVN]

Cassettes aren't actually that outdated though are they, only really think it's in the last decades they've died out

[Photon]

Betamax never took off at all eh..... it's the long cords I recall for the 'remote control' - a remote that had to be physically plugged in to use. :hugesmile:

No, it was because despite Betamax having superior quality, there were numerous drawbacks. Recording times were shorter and the equipment was generally more expensive. One of the primary issues in the cost for equipment being in favor of VHS was that JVC had licensed out the VHS tech to other companies, which meant other companies were having to compete with each other to create lower priced products.

Despite having better vertical resolution(in the first variant), Betamax was limited to an hour recording time. Another variant came out with a longer recording time, but it came at the cost of decreased vertical resolution(240, just like VHS). Later on there was a 290 variant, but Betamax was out of the game.


Betamax was actually used for a long time in the video production industry, only to be phased out by the introduction of HD.

[Kerry]

Yes both audio and VHS.

I also had a pen handy if the tape needed winding back after it came loose.

Oh yeah. Winding them on with pens haha. Trouble is, I'd get impatient and sit idly spinning the cassette around with one hand, tape twirling in the air, only for it to at some point fly across the room

[Kerry]

Cassettes aren't actually that outdated though are they, only really think it's in the last decades they've died out

My 'relatively new' stereo has a tape deck. The reason I started the thread was cos I asked my 13 year old if she knew what one was and she didn't :sad:

[Pyramid*]

No, it was because despite Betamax having superior quality, there were numerous drawbacks. Recording times were shorter and the equipment was generally more expensive. One of the primary issues in the cost for equipment being in favor of VHS was that JVC had licensed out the VHS tech to other companies, which meant other companies were having to compete with each other to create lower priced products.

Despite having better vertical resolution(in the first variant), Betamax was limited to an hour recording time. Another variant came out with a longer recording time, but it came at the cost of decreased vertical resolution(240, just like VHS). Later on there was a 290 variant, but Betamax was out of the game.


Betamax was actually used for a long time in the video production industry, only to be phased out by the introduction of HD.

Yes! Regardless of all of the above, Betamax didn't take off as far as the domestic brown goods market was concerned - which fms here would have been part of, rather than on a commercial or professional level.

[Tom]

I had the Teletubbies song on tape for some reason even though I was about 8 when it came out

I remember I needed a tape to record something so I stole my mums Celine Dion tape and put sellotape over the square on the top. That didn't go down well :joker:

[Pyramid*]

Something's just came flooding back to me.

anyone remeber the little grated bit, (before mikes were brought out), that you'd sing into to record yourself !! :joker:

[Kerry]

I loved recording the charts. Once I realised the sellotape 'trick' no tape was safe :shocked:

[Tom]

anyone remeber the little grated bit, (before mikes were brought out), that you'd sing into to record yourself !! :joker:

:laugh3:

I remember my sister shouting at me to get out of her room because I was making too much noise when she was trying to record stuff ... all picked up on the mic of course :joker:

I loved recording the charts. Once I realised the sellotape 'trick' no tape was safe :shocked:

Used to do that with videos too, I partially recorded over my mum & dads wedding with SMTV Live :laugh2: (they took the plastic square out so noone could tape over it)

[Pyramid*]

:laugh3:

I remember my sister shouting at me to get out of her room because I was making too much noise when she was trying to record stuff ... all picked up on the mic of course :joker:



Used to do that with videos too, I partially recorded over my mum & dads wedding with SMTV Live :laugh2: (they took the plastic square out so noone could tape over it)


this is like a trip down memory lane!!! LOL


The one video I was completely gutted about some arse putting tape over to reuse it: was a rare interview with George Michael on Jonathan Ross (I'm going back like about 26 years ago). God, I'm sure I can even recall the month July (19th? rings a bell). :o It was the first TV showing of the vid "I want your sex". I was ready to slit my wrists as I utterly adored him.

[Kerry]

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Oh dear :laugh:

[Tom]

Was anyone else lucky enough to have a stereo with 2 tapes so you could record from one tape to another? that was as good as it got! you could make your own mix tapes or record them for other people and feel like god!

There was also the horrifying moment when you were taping off the radio and the tape came to the end, so you had to take it out and flip it over to the other side as quickly as possible!!!!

These kids with MP3s and CD burners don't know what they've missed out on ... and thats said as a 22 year old!

[Kerry]

Yeah, two tapedecks. I had a 'ghetto blaster' :laugh2:

Blasted out about as much as a baby fart

[Shaun]

i had one of those but i could never work out how to do it - it was magic :(

[Pyramid*]

Was anyone else lucky enough to have a stereo with 2 tapes so you could record from one tape to another? that was as good as it got! you could make your own mix tapes or record them for other people and feel like god!

There was also the horrifying moment when you were taping off the radio and the tape came to the end, so you had to take it out and flip it over to the other side as quickly as possible!!!!

These kids with MP3s and CD burners don't know what they've missed out on ... and thats said as a 22 year old!


Yep.... and again, it was ALWAYS in the middle of a good song too !

[Niall]

Nope, never. I vaguely remember having cassettes in the car when I was like 4 that had kiddy things on them but I don't think I've ever actually owned one.

[Tom]

i had one of those but i could never work out how to do it - it was magic :(

you pressed play on one the left one and record & play on the other :crazy:

[Photon]

Yes! Regardless of all of the above, Betamax didn't take off as far as the domestic brown goods market was concerned

That's exactly what I said??

[Benjamin]

:amazed:


I have owned many!

[Beastie]

Yes.

[Vicky.]

I had loads.

I used to love sitting recording the charts and trying and failing miserably at missing out the presenters voices to try and make the tape run smoothly:love:

[Beastie]

I remember I had Scooch on tape. lol

I had a few tapes. Like the "Now's" on tapes and Aqua!

[Kerry]

Think the last one I had was the Forrest Gump soundtrack. Wondering now if it's actually tucked in a cupboard somewhere

[Benjamin]

I had loads.

I used to love sitting recording the charts and trying and failing miserably at missing out the presenters voices to try and make the tape run smoothly:love:

The worst was when you had the whole song perfectly and then the very last 10 seconds had the bitch saying 'Radio 1' over it and ripping out my soul. :bored:

[Benjamin]

The last tape I bought (I still have it too) was this:
BR03WCEEvSs



I also just reminded myself of Mark & Lard. :lovedup:

[Wildcat!]

What! hell yeAH I have ownED a cassette!! It hasnt been that long has it!

[Kerry]

What! hell yeAH I have ownED a cassette!! It hasnt been that long has it!

Scarily so

[Locke.]

Yes, I had a Dane Bowers song on cassette years ago

[MTVN]

My 'relatively new' stereo has a tape deck. The reason I started the thread was cos I asked my 13 year old if she knew what one was and she didn't :sad:

Yeah I suppose even CD's are starting to die out now so it's not all that surprised that some people won't have known of a tape deck. Although that said, my Vauxhall Corse has a tape deck but not a CD player so I still have to use them now :laugh:

[Kerry]

Yeah I suppose even CD's are starting to die out now so it's not all that surprised that some people won't have known of a tape deck. Although that said, my Vauxhall Corse has a tape deck but not a CD player so I still have to use them now :laugh:

I have a huge pile of CD's and loads in a rack. I was actually gonna pass them on to charity or something. But I listened to one last weekend from the mid 90's and can't bear to part with them now :D

[HBB1508]

Yep boxes full and records and players to play them on :)

[MTVN]

I have a huge pile of CD's and loads in a rack. I was actually gonna pass them on to charity or something. But I listened to one last weekend from the mid 90's and can't bear to part with them now :D

Yeah we're the same at home, got stacks and stacks of CD's 90% of which haven't been played in years, guess we keep them there just in case :D

[Electra Balson]

yes. Mostly cassette. I hate CDs.

Just what you grow up to love.

[Maia]

Was this thread inspired by Cassette Tape being removed from the dictionary? :suspect:

[LemonJam]

I actually still use one sometimes when I'm practicing/composing. I used it in an experimental composition I had to do earlier this year as well.

[Mac Hiavellian]

Ahaha my cousin's still got all her Abba and Spice Girls ones somewhere. I think someone got me a Now That's What I Call Music 48 or something once upon a time

[Kerry]

"Now" Tapes. Doubles!!! It was like a cassette overload!! :love:

[Kerry]

Just had a flashback to when you had to load tapes into computers to play games. The noise they made was awful. :joker: Then came floppy disks and cartridges :amazed:

[James]

Just had a flashback to when you had to load tapes into computers to play games. The noise they made was awful. :joker: Then came floppy disks and cartridges :amazed:

MZYuGUCrkoU

;)

[Kerry]

:amazed:

[Livia]

Yes... although I don't have any left now they all went to the charity shop last time I moved. I have all my old vinyls though. Must buy a record player and relive the wild, misspent days of my youth someday soon.

[Kerry]

Yes... although I don't have any left now they all went to the charity shop last time I moved. I have all my old vinyls though. Must buy a record player and relive the wild, misspent days of my youth someday soon.

Ahhhhh that crackle as the stylus picks up the dust :love:

[Zizu]

Just saw some old cassette tapes online and all the memories came back …

When one failed and spewed all the damn tape out and you had to get a pencil or a certain shaped biro to wind it all back up again !!


I used to buy the top quality ones as I was ( still am) a perfectionist ..



How many of these did you use / have ??

I recall using BASF , TDK , Maxell .
The Fuji look really familiar as well




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[arista]

Yes I Have a rare recording's on Cassette
I transfer them to a CD Audio Disc.

Then on a Tascam
Upgrade the recording to 24bit.

Cassettes have a long history
kept in a case, they are still played.


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[Zizu]

Yes I Have a rare recording's on Cassette
I transfer them to a CD Audio Disc.

Then on a Tascam
Upgrade the recording to 24bit.

Cassettes have a long history
kept in a case, they are still played.


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Interesting !!


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[Niamh.]

Ahhhhh that crackle as the stylus picks up the dust :love:Kerry :love:

[Ammi]

…yeah, my heart skipped a beat when I saw this thread/…who made it…

[AnnieK]

:love:
I still have boxes of cassettes in the loft. Some originals but loads of taped off the radio stuff.....nothing to play them on anymore but I can't bring myself to part with them :laugh:

[Zizu]

:love:
I still have boxes of cassettes in the loft. Some originals but loads of taped off the radio stuff.....nothing to play them on anymore but I can't bring myself to part with them :laugh:


A photo would be nice ;)

Or list a few of the brands ?


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[Zizu]

Ahhhhh that crackle as the stylus picks up the dust :love:


Maybe we should have a separate thread for turntables ?

I had a fabulously unique looking , BLACK ASH , Amstrad one that provided a great sound .. below is the WHITE version

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[Zizu]

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[AnnieK]

A photo would be nice ;)

Or list a few of the brands ?


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I will take some pics when I go in the loft at weekend for my Christmas Decs.....

[Ninastar]

I wouldn't say I owned them, but i borrowed some abba ones from my grandparents when I was younger. Maybe the sent them actually, i'm not too sure

I didn’t realise that these tapes were from my grandparents but reading this back makes me so happy

I also remember them playing Dusty Springfield but I don’t know if that was on a CD or not

[bots]

I actually bought a copy of Pink Floyd echoes on cartridge :skull:

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[Zizu]

I actually bought a copy of Pink Floyd echoes on cartridge :skull:

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I love Floyd !!

I have all their music plus a couple of T Shirts !


Enjoy

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[Zizu]

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[Zizu]

I didn’t realise that these tapes were from my grandparents but reading this back makes me so happy

I also remember them playing Dusty Springfield but I don’t know if that was on a CD or not


Memories are so precious

It’s fascinating how songs and even tastes can trigger past memories/experiences


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[Livia]

Kerry :love:

I had a little sad smile when I saw this yesterday. She was lovely, wasn't she. And funny...

[Livia]

I still have the Sony Walkman I got for my 8th birthday.

[Ninastar]

I felt that pang of sadness when I saw who posted it, too.

It blows my mind how cruel the world can be sometimes.

I always wonder how her daughter is doing

[Ammi]

…The 4am Club…:lovedup:….Kerry was always one of the few people online when I logged on in the early morning….

[Zizu]

…The 4am Club…:lovedup:….Kerry was always one of the few people online when I logged on in the early morning….


4am is a magical time !

Signed -fellow insomniac


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[LaLaLand]

The first single I ever bought was a cassette from Woolworths.

Chef’s Chocolate Salty Balls from South Park! It went to #1 too I believe!! :joker:

[Zizu]

The first single I ever bought was a cassette from Woolworths.

Chef’s Chocolate Salty Balls from South Park! It went to #1 too I believe!! :joker:


Oddly enough Sting ( ex The Police) released some new music recently and he said they had put it out on cd / mp3 / vinyl AND cassette !!


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[LaLaLand]

Oddly enough Sting ( ex The Police) released some new music recently and he said they had put it on cd / mp3 / vinyl AND cassette !!


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Yeah cassettes seem to be having a bit of a renaissance again in the same way vinyl has. Many top artists have (sometimes limited edition, only a few made) album cassettes now on their websites!

[Niamh.]

I had a little sad smile when I saw this yesterday. She was lovely, wasn't she. And funny...

She was an absolute sweetheart :love: