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"What was your favorite blank cassette?"

Someone brought this up at Soul Strut and I wanted to bring it here. Unfortunately we can't post any images here but I'll post mine. As I was doing a search, I found this website where someone has an image folder of nothing but blank tapes:
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/

Mine were the Maxell XL II, Maxell XL II-S, TDK SA, Sony (any chrome), and the TEAC Cobalt:
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/teac_cobalt_52.jpg

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THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

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Subject	Author	Message Date	ID
MAXELL XL!!	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	1
Nah (and trust me, I've yet to be high-end)	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005
GOD I AM A NERD.	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	6
those are dope right?	Spread	Jul 06th 2005	12
im joiinin the club	TheBeautifulDanger	Jul 06th 2005	100
i have a new goal in life: cop these tapes	TheBeautifulDanger	Jul 06th 2005	102
Sometimes one can find unopened packs at garage/yard sales	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	104
RE: Sometimes one can find unopened packs at garage/yard sales	TheBeautifulDanger	Jul 06th 2005	116
That's what I meant, one for use, one still sealed	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	122
word up. cabbage patches	jetblack	Jul 06th 2005	13
"90 minute Maxell tapes, instrumental breaks..."	billyshakespeare	Jul 06th 2005	119
RE: MAXELL XL!!	tapedeck	Jul 07th 2005	152
i have been wondering what took YOU so long to get to this	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 07th 2005	154
Ciggidy-ciggidy-ciggidy-ciggidy-co-sign	herbiehowsermc	Jul 12th 2005	230
120 MINUTES!!!	My_SP1200_Broken_Again	Jul 06th 2005	2
Or the short lived TDK 180's!!!	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	5
shit i remember those!	kate404	Jul 07th 2005	172
i couldn't fuck w/ 90 minutes	Laidback	Jul 06th 2005	118
ah.. memories..	Omi One	Jul 07th 2005	143
The official Stretch and Bob tapes!!!	13Rose	Jul 14th 2005	235
Watch 'chall know about that feedback	ZORA NEWTON	Jul 14th 2005	239
RE: Okay,	BarTek	Jul 06th 2005	3
john book..boy u a serious OG...	LAbeathustla	Jul 06th 2005	4
"Is It Live...Or Is It Memorex"?	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	7
u don't use tapes?	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	11
Not in a long time, but...	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	36
dude u remember that commercial?	LAbeathustla	Jul 06th 2005	22
Yes I do n/m	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	38
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/maxell_ur_90_c.jpg	GROOVEPHI	Jul 06th 2005	8
dope site	Spread	Jul 06th 2005	9
HELL YEAH MAN!!	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	14
Scotch tape or wadded up paper in the recording hole on top n/m	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	15
HEELLL YEAAHH MAAANNN...UH..UH...convulses	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	16
hell yea	Spread	Jul 06th 2005	27
Shyheim's On and On fit PERFECTLY on the first side of	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	33
In the land of great technology...	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	40
i saw a new Sony CD walkman in Media Play yesterday...	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	49
RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?	elian4040	Jul 06th 2005	10
There was an art in making tapes too, which still exists in the CD world	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	19
auto reverse was a gift from GOD.	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	23
Auto reverse in car tape decks =	lonesome_d	Jul 06th 2005	28
DON'T FORGET WALKMANS!!	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	30
Auto-reverse never quite clicked with me	mrhood75	Jul 06th 2005	109
NO JOKE	steelreserve40	Jul 06th 2005	25
ha, or else	Spread	Jul 06th 2005	32
wipes tear	SoWhat	Jul 06th 2005	93
lol, looking nervously at the reels while the last song got recorded..	kwez	Jul 06th 2005	56
Yep, and going "oh shit, it looks like about 10 more spins to go.	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	68
ALL THESE YEARS...	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	70
I used to think I was the only one who did pause-mix tapes	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	72
RE: I used to think I was the only one who did pause-mix tapes	tapedeck	Jul 07th 2005	153
wipes tear	SoWhat	Jul 06th 2005	94
Man, watching those reels would vex me to no end	mrhood75	Jul 06th 2005	110
Word.	truth0ne SGC	Jul 06th 2005	127
RE: ALL THESE YEARS...	rl9	Jul 08th 2005	190
Dog, you speak the TRUTH there	spenzalii	Jul 08th 2005	207
ANCHOR THIS!! THIS IS THE BEST POST EVER!!	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	17
Maxell XL and TDK SA	PRWonder	Jul 06th 2005	18
Other people's wack albums, lol.	DJ Contact	Jul 06th 2005	20
Maxell XL II, Maxell XL II-S, TDK SA, Sony (any chrome)	PMA	Jul 06th 2005	21
XLII	lonesome_d	Jul 06th 2005	24
Terrapin are still around too	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	42
terrapin!!	kate404	Jul 07th 2005	173
tdk sa-x 90.	Jehan	Jul 06th 2005	26
word!	equinox	Jul 10th 2005	217
I'd just like to add that I had a cassette adapter that plugged into	lonesome_d	Jul 06th 2005	29
the dark gray maxell w/the gold writing	fire	Jul 06th 2005	31
THOSE WERE THE SH*T TOO!!	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	34
I see you done lost yo everlovin mind, lol...	DJ Contact	Jul 06th 2005	35
YESSIR!! (C) RIP HAMILTON.	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	54
WHEN YOU RECORD AT THE STUDIO & NEED THAT GOOD	fire	Jul 06th 2005	39
haha yep, they were expensive too, I used to covet them.	kwez	Jul 06th 2005	37
they were the ONLY ones to use when recording...god i miss analog!	fire	Jul 06th 2005	41
I used to sit and watch the reels spin when I recorded shit on them	kwez	Jul 06th 2005	44
reels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	fire	Jul 06th 2005	58
You have a reel-to-reel machine too?	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	67
oh no no no!	fire	Jul 06th 2005	75
I still have my dad's old Bell & Howell film projector	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	78
i think ours was a kodak...he was a kodak product junkie	fire	Jul 06th 2005	83
I got 2 TEAC machines from the 60's	Spread	Jul 06th 2005	91
One of these would do, then	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	45
i have TONS of all of those.	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	51
RE: One of these would do, then	rl9	Jul 08th 2005	191
Those are the supreme lick right there	mrhood75	Jul 06th 2005	114
Wathcu know about something	ZORA NEWTON	Jul 14th 2005	238
oh yeah! they just FELT heavier (higher quality) nm	triumph	Jul 07th 2005	144
this one right here:	stattic	Jul 14th 2005	241
hahaha .. remember these??/	My_SP1200_Broken_Again	Jul 06th 2005	43
LOL... a/k/a "blank tapes for mom"	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	46
LOL....U DID THAT TOO?	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	53
man...those were the lick...you could buy	Warren Coolidge	Jul 06th 2005	82
..yup, when i used to sell mixtapes always used those	My_SP1200_Broken_Again	Jul 07th 2005	146
lol...those are what i thought of when i read this post	moveNshake	Jul 06th 2005	101
Oh damn	mrhood75	Jul 06th 2005	113
I made my first mixtape off the radio with one of those joints...	ABC_Style	Jul 06th 2005	130
RE: hahaha .. remember these??/	the_main_ingredient	Jul 07th 2005	137
i dubbed a copy of living colour's 1st album on one of those!!!	daps1	Jul 07th 2005	139
oh shit!!!	kate404	Jul 07th 2005	174
wow...	Quez	Jul 10th 2005	218
!!!!!!!!!!!!	zionites16	Jul 12th 2005	231
HAHAHA	PMA	Jul 19th 2005	250
Gotta give it up for the workhorses too, the TDK D's...	Stringer Bell	Jul 06th 2005	47
I think a lot of us started out with the "Normal" tapes	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	50
How did yall used to fix snapped or mangled tapes?	kwez	Jul 06th 2005	48
The wonders of mangled tape	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	52
Man I used to hate when tapes got tangled....that shit takes forever to ...	DJ Contact	Jul 06th 2005	84
	tREBLEFREE	Jul 06th 2005	129
that's how you know you're a music head...	ABC_Style	Jul 06th 2005	132
sticks pencil in reel	daps1	Jul 07th 2005	140
RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?	bob_sinewave	Jul 06th 2005	55
Anyone remember doing this to tapes?	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	57
discovered by accident...yes	BooDaah	Jul 06th 2005	105
you said commodore! *wipes tears	dafriquan	Jul 08th 2005	195
My parents never made the step up to a 64	johnbook	Jul 12th 2005	227
rewinds random cassete with a BIC sheds tear	kwez	Jul 06th 2005	59
rewinds tape completely with fingernail annoys friends	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	61
^^^gangsta	kwez	Jul 06th 2005	65
i got the ill twist and flip technique...	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	69
hell yea	Spread	Jul 06th 2005	88
Fixing a cassette where the tape was wound too tight: one method	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	60
I used to do that!!!	Nij	Jul 06th 2005	62
I'm glad I wasn't alone n/m	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	66
interesting...i might try that today. i was listening to a tape	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	63
i used to do that all the time	moveNshake	Jul 06th 2005	103
RE: Fixing a cassette where the tape was wound too tight: one method	tapedeck	Jul 07th 2005	155
A sight you don't see too much these days: driving on a highway and...	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	64
DID ANYBODY ELSE WRITE DOWN THE COUNTER #S?	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	71
90 minute tapes, at least for me, were around 700	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	73
or nature's search/find feature	Spread	Jul 06th 2005	89
RE: or nature's search/find feature	tapedeck	Jul 07th 2005	158
that "feature" can be duplicated in Cool Edit	johnbook	Jul 12th 2005	229
I had a dual tape deck, I broke all the buttons on my shit...both decks	DJ Contact	Jul 06th 2005	85
hahah same here, lol.. but even worse..	My_SP1200_Broken_Again	Jul 07th 2005	151
this post got an anchor????	58impala	Jul 06th 2005	74
For a lot of people, cassette was the first way of listening to music	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	76
records the hate on Maxell	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 06th 2005	77
yet the hiss still comes through, the hate is too strong son!	kwez	Jul 06th 2005	79
pushes Dolby C button	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 07th 2005	147
YES!!!!!!	My_SP1200_Broken_Again	Jul 08th 2005	197
step yo post game up & u can get an anchor too	fire	Jul 07th 2005	168
yeah	58impala	Jul 08th 2005	181
RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?	MADVILLAIN	Jul 06th 2005	80
This one right here...	Warren Coolidge	Jul 06th 2005	81
yup!	Quez	Jul 10th 2005	219
Tape Transplanting...	Warren Coolidge	Jul 06th 2005	86
fuck yeah I did this	ABC_Style	Jul 06th 2005	131
Yo, who remember snatch out tape decks for cars?	DJ Contact	Jul 06th 2005	87
hell yea	Spread	Jul 06th 2005	90
Fuji Metal Z 100 & Memorex DBS 90	SoWhat	Jul 06th 2005	92
Sony CD-It	soulsike	Jul 06th 2005	95
I just started rocking those in 98...	truth0ne SGC	Jul 06th 2005	125
Denon!!!!	BrooklynUnion	Jul 06th 2005	96
RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?	CornDogg319	Jul 06th 2005	97
Any hi-res Maxell's are the best	DubSpt	Jul 06th 2005	98
those 99-cent 90min fuji's were GREAT bang4buck	BooDaah	Jul 06th 2005	99
nobody mentioned the SONY metal joints?	qoolquest	Jul 06th 2005	106
It used to bug the hell out of me	mrhood75	Jul 06th 2005	112
I used one that had a white shell, and was made out of metal	johnbook	Jul 06th 2005	121
RE: I used one that had a white shell, and was made out of metal	MrFr3nch	Jul 13th 2005	234
sounds like something ?uesto used for demos back in da day	58impala	Jul 07th 2005	141
these were the joints cuz you could write the tracklist on them	moveNshake	Jul 06th 2005	107
Maxell LL II, 100 minutes baby	mrhood75	Jul 06th 2005	108
CERTRON	Mosaic	Jul 06th 2005	111
60 minute jawns...	truth0ne SGC	Jul 06th 2005	126
that what the younger generation doesn't understand...	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 07th 2005	148
That shit was a treat...	truth0ne SGC	Jul 07th 2005	178
Stands and applauds~	adg87	Jul 09th 2005	214
STEP UP FRONT!!! uh...uh...convulses	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 11th 2005	223
Maxwell	phillyjawn	Jul 06th 2005	115
Maxell 110 Min. Capsules!!!	daps1	Jul 06th 2005	117
CHROME! Stop playin....	triumph	Jul 06th 2005	120
RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?	deejayegypto	Jul 06th 2005	123
maxwell	RECOR	Jul 06th 2005	124
Damn...I don't feel alone anymore...LOL...	tREBLEFREE	Jul 06th 2005	128
it's the same playback head	Spread	Jul 07th 2005	163
RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?	DONNAN LINKZ	Jul 06th 2005	133
Ya'll bammas was rich...I was usin them cheap ass.	Mash_Comp	Jul 06th 2005	134
Nope...	tREBLEFREE	Jul 07th 2005	136
My Favez: Maxell XLII-S, USII, UR, JVC AFII, Fuji DR-II, & TDK SA-X & D.	Grand_Styles	Jul 06th 2005	135
fuck it! stuffs tissue in slots	daps1	Jul 07th 2005	138
ha. didn't realize john mentioned it already =)	daps1	Jul 07th 2005	142
ever have to put 2 boom boxes facing each other??	love2000	Jul 07th 2005	145
I never did, then again I was (am) a nerd so...	johnbook	Jul 07th 2005	150
ha! "can I talk now..."	love2000	Jul 07th 2005	156
FINALLY..SOMEBODY feels me on the art of the cassette mix	onaje	Jul 07th 2005	149
the perfect fit!!!	kate404	Jul 07th 2005	171
this cassette deck has my mouth watering!	tapedeck	Jul 07th 2005	157
maxwell xl II and maxwell XLIIs	GumDrops	Jul 07th 2005	159
RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?	blue23	Jul 07th 2005	160
A few more thoughts for real tape heads	blue23	Jul 07th 2005	161
RE: A few more thoughts for real tape heads	mrhood75	Jul 07th 2005	164
HELL YEAH MAN!! uh...uh...call the paramedics!!!	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 08th 2005	183
smooth opening doors!	DONNAN LINKZ	Jul 07th 2005	177
lol...such simple things	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 08th 2005	185
RE: lol...such simple things	DONNAN LINKZ	Jul 08th 2005	187
word!	rl9	Jul 08th 2005	192
RE: smooth opening doors!	tapedeck	Jul 08th 2005	199
RE: A few more thoughts for real tape heads	rl9	Jul 08th 2005	193
These were also dope with the ultra-thin snap on case	blue23	Jul 07th 2005	162
Remember the multi-tone beep at the end or beginning of a tape	Spread	Jul 07th 2005	165
XDR, the tones usually on tapes made by Capitol	johnbook	Jul 07th 2005	175
Wow, so that really did only happen on Capitol tapes	mrhood75	Jul 08th 2005	201
YEAH SON!! UH..UH...CONVULSES AGAIN	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 08th 2005	182
such a fantastic post.	al_sharp	Jul 07th 2005	166
Maxell XL II - the taper's choice	kate404	Jul 07th 2005	167
RE: Maxell XL II - the taper's choice	Big PAT	Jul 07th 2005	169
secret handshake	kate404	Jul 07th 2005	170
Yo, could you teach me that handshake?	mrhood75	Jul 08th 2005	203
of course	kate404	Jul 09th 2005	215
TDK SA-X90 - Those were my SHIT	spenzalii	Jul 07th 2005	176
holla at me about that avatar dog!	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 08th 2005	184
Nah, found it on a google search	spenzalii	Jul 08th 2005	200
wow the fucking memories this post brings up	J_Stew	Jul 07th 2005	179
Rememba When Artistz Did B-Side Introz?	Grand_Styles	Jul 08th 2005	180
i used to do that on mixtapes too.	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 08th 2005	186
Hell yeah	chillinCHiEF	Jul 09th 2005	209
RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?	theAbominable	Jul 08th 2005	188
Maxell XL II cosign	AskDarcie	Jul 08th 2005	189
same here n/m	johnbook	Jul 08th 2005	206
music lives on TDK. olskool heads check this out:	rl9	Jul 08th 2005	194
this got more views and reolies than LUTHER RIP....	My_SP1200_Broken_Again	Jul 08th 2005	196
JULY IS CASSETTE APPRECIATION MONTH!!!!	mrhood75	Jul 08th 2005	202
..its only right!!!!!!!!	My_SP1200_Broken_Again	Jul 08th 2005	205
TDK and Maxell	les_fleurs	Jul 08th 2005	198
Maxell & Sony ......	Silky1	Jul 08th 2005	204
an album on side a, a mix of songs on side b	daps1	Jul 09th 2005	208
this post is great	chillinCHiEF	Jul 09th 2005	210
FAT co-sign on Maxell II...	scorpion	Jul 09th 2005	211
lol @ Maxwell's.	MISTA MONOTONE	Jul 11th 2005	224
dabs some solution, runs tape head cleaner thru post	Saru17	Jul 09th 2005	212
haha	My_SP1200_Broken_Again	Jul 13th 2005	232
the clear MEMOREX jawns with pink and yellow	TRENDone	Jul 09th 2005	213
As discussed in reply #43	johnbook	Jul 10th 2005	220
the ULTIMATE insult to musci was when somethign was so bad...	haji rana pinya	Jul 09th 2005	216
RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?	PoppaGeorge	Jul 10th 2005	221
need i say... ARCHIVE?	AFKAP_of_Darkness	Jul 11th 2005	222
baby, it was an archive when it started	fire	Jul 15th 2005	243
Maxwell XL 60 Mins	RawLA	Jul 11th 2005	225
Or you'd rewind and never make it back to the beginning	johnbook	Jul 12th 2005	228
NOTHING WAS EFFING WITH THE LORAN CR02	Stylez	Jul 11th 2005	226
ARCHIVE...this post brought me back	jimi	Jul 13th 2005	233
RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?	DONNAN LINKZ	Jul 14th 2005	236
i still do that with VHS	PMA	Jul 19th 2005	251
You know what's funny about this post?	okayyac	Jul 14th 2005	237
for the most part, it is n/m	johnbook	Jul 15th 2005	242
TDK / Maxell , Type II Bias...Sonys sometimes	Shonuff	Jul 14th 2005	240
THIS POST IS FAN FKING TASTIC LADIES AND GENTLEMEN	Riot	Jul 16th 2005	244
there was a point where i was rocking the Scotch bx	stattic	Jul 16th 2005	245
wow	BassyJazzy	Jul 17th 2005	246
anyone for a dollar.	Frank Castle	Jul 17th 2005	247
SAVE AND ARCHIVE YOUR TAPES TO PC!!! PEEP THIS !!!!	LAbeathustla	Jul 18th 2005	248
there was a post about this here a month ago, I'd like to get that	johnbook	Jul 19th 2005	252
try stickin a pencil in your ipod when it freezes up....	My_SP1200_Broken_Again	Jul 18th 2005	249
i still own several albums exclusively on dubbed tapes.	SoWhat	Jul 20th 2005	253
RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?	Mudbone	Jul 20th 2005	254
PUSHES PIECES OF PAPER INTO TAPE HOLES	UniversalXplorer	Jul 21st 2005	255

MISTA MONOTONE
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1. "MAXELL XL!!"
In response to Reply # 0
Wed Jul-06-05 02:13 PM by MISTA MONOTONE

i just bought a pack a couple days ago. you'd HOPE that the price would be going down. NOPE. $9 for a pack of 5 90 minutes.

it's disgusting.

EDIT: that TEAC is pretty! they musta only sold those in high end stores, i've never seen them before.

btw, i've got a GANG of these...
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/tdk_d_90_j.jpg

this post really takes me back.

damn i'm a nerd.

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"Nah (and trust me, I've yet to be high-end)"

TEAC was fairly common, and I believe its original intention was for the early home 4-track recorders of the early 80's, but then they sold them for regular home use. They also had green and black reels.

What I was surprised about were the open cassettes, which I had never heard of:
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/teac_open_cassette_extra_normal_empty.jpg
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/teac_open_cassette_extra_normal_loaded.jpg
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/teac_open_cassette_extra_normal_reels.jpg

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CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/82679

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6. "GOD I AM A NERD."
In response to Reply # 0

i think i just peed a lil.

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12. "those are dope right?"
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I was peepin' those earlier...I think I'm a have to break out the 4-track for this next soundclash

yep

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100. "im joiinin the club"
In response to Reply # 6

that shit damn near had me cryin...im in love with those tapes

www.rapgodfathers.com/forum Referrer ---> okayplayer21

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102. "i have a new goal in life: cop these tapes"
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n/m

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104. "Sometimes one can find unopened packs at garage/yard sales"
In response to Reply # 102

Those are cool to have.

ME
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CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/82679

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116. "RE: Sometimes one can find unopened packs at garage/yard sales"
In response to Reply # 104

screw unopened packs...well if they have two i'll get two, one to open and one to use. lol...i keep having a scene from blazing saddles playing in my head (with hedley lamarr humping the statue saying "i want that land, i want that land so badly i can taste it. there must be a waayyy" lol

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122. "That's what I meant, one for use, one still sealed"
In response to Reply # 116

Or for anyone with the luxury of a nice house, they can display it and go "that's an unopened pack of Denon's baby!"

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CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/82679

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jetblack
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13. "word up. *cabbage patches*"
In response to Reply # 1

---
Stoicism and chill.
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Stay +.
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119. ""90 minute Maxell tapes, instrumental breaks...""
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"...Bangin earaches, lay my verse down in 2 takes" � Ghost

yeah dog.

<--- Luvlee's Favorite!!!

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152. "RE: MAXELL XL!!"
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co-sign! and the XL-II S! man! when i tape vinyl to these bad boys. they sound better than the pre-recorded versions. the artists sounds as if they are in the room!!!!!!!!! my tape deck has a recording level button. I LOVE IT! HIGH BIAS CASSETTES ARE THE TRUTH!

BLACK WOMEN RULE!

LONG LIVE ANALOG AUDIO!

i love music-THE MIGHTY O'JAYS

let the music play!-BARRY WHITE

my love for the art(MUSIC) is what drives me-AALIYAH(Honey magazine-Nov.2001)

jawjuh man
star being
lady sun's favorite

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MISTA MONOTONE
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154. "i have been wondering what took YOU so long to get to this"
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post.

you're speaking the truth though, i kinda prefer the sound of vinyl on cassette myself.

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230. "Ciggidy-ciggidy-ciggidy-ciggidy-co-sign"
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Seeing the photo of the XL-II S made my day.

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2. "120 MINUTES!!!"
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..but they would break all the time ..still u couldnt mess with 2 hours on a tape ..especially when taping mixshows

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5. "Or the short lived TDK 180's!!!"
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ME
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CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/82679

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172. "shit i remember those!"
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118. "i couldn't fuck w/ 90 minutes"
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'smokin weed, feelin fine, steady gettin bloooooowed' - Devin

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143. "ah.. memories.."
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nm

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235. "The official Stretch and Bob tapes!!!"
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Shits popped like nobody cared. SAD.

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239. "Watch 'chall know about that feedback"
In response to Reply # 235

on a tape...when you tape OVER music...
but if you listen real close you can hear
the orignal..

NYC 1997. I discovered this spot in Chinatown
that has the Maxwell 120 High Bias joints, for
like $2/ 3 for 5. That was the come up. Perfect for
the Stretch and Bob.

I still got a Maxwell High Bias Coltrane mix from 3 ex's
baby daddies ago.

You lose/ cuz you got the ill street blues.

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3. "RE: Okay,"
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This is, just about the coolest website, I've ever seen!

Peace

In Heavy Rotation;
KRS ONE will phuck yo head up hip young emcee!

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4. "john book..boy u a serious OG..."
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I used to fk with them Maxells and Memorex... I still got the Sugar Hill cassette i made with Sequence on the B side..I put that shyt in a ziplock..I'm savin that tape..

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johnbook
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7. ""Is It Live...Or Is It Memorex"?"
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I remember thinking "when can I break some glass?" The infamous Ella Fitzgerald commercial where she sings and then breaks the glass, but it was really a cassette. That was the only reason why Memorex was cool.

Of course, the infamous Maxell commercial where the guy is sitting in his chair listening to classical music, while his wine class is moving.

I don't use tapes anymore, but wouldn't hesitate to do so.

ME
http://www.john-book.com

CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/82679

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MISTA MONOTONE
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11. "u don't use tapes?"
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*passesout*

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johnbook
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36. "Not in a long time, but..."
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I had to wait 15 years before I could get my first 4-track. I had a nice Sony tape deck but foolishly gave it to Goodwill when I didn't think I would need it anymore (that's when I had created all of my music on a computer).

But to be honest, I don't miss it. I do plan on getting a new deck, as a lot of people want me to do cassette > CD transfers. I did one last year and they loved it.

ME
http://www.john-book.com

CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/82679

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LAbeathustla
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22. "dude u remember that commercial?"
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that shyt was serious..Ella fkd it up...

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38. "Yes I do n/m"
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ME
http://www.john-book.com

CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/82679

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8. "http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/maxell_ur_90_c.jpg"
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nm

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9. "dope site"
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brought back memories of my old Nakamichi deck that just recently went out...that thing was a tank...

you know I STILL have tons of blank tapes with no labels, but I know each and everything on them just by looking at the scratches, marks and dents on them

yep

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MISTA MONOTONE
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14. "HELL YEAH MAN!!"
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>you know I STILL have tons of blank tapes with no labels, but
>I know each and everything on them just by looking at the
>scratches, marks and dents on them

i'm the same way!

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15. "Scotch tape or wadded up paper in the recording hole on top n/m"
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ME
http://www.john-book.com

CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/82679

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MISTA MONOTONE
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16. "HEELLL YEAAHH MAAANNN...UH..UH...*convulses*"
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Spread
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27. "hell yea"
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Pop in the tape that says "Linda Ronstadt" and you will here Willie D. for some reason...and of course your parents don't know you can record over factory tapes so they think you're starting to like their music...man...I still listen to tapes...

although I was an idiot and NEVER marked my 4-track tapes so I'll always pop in a tape that I know was from a certain era of my listening and it's sound like some ultra-screwed and chopped sizzurp induced mess...man, what happened magnetic tape industry? I think analog could've still improved...but I guess it just doesn't fit into the world today

yep

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MISTA MONOTONE
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33. "Shyheim's On and On fit PERFECTLY on the first side of"
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36 Chambers. lol.

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johnbook
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40. "In the land of great technology..."
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...Japan has had a revival of cassettes. Walkmans are now alongside purses and cell phones.

ME
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CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
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MISTA MONOTONE
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49. "i saw a new Sony CD walkman in Media Play yesterday..."
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$99 bucks. it was SWEET. AM/FM/TV/MP3/CD-R/CD-RW.

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elian4040
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10. "RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?"
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maxell xl 2 100
then by 1999 or so i was using the sony cd-it w/ hi bias for quality reasons...
the last cassette i ever made was in the summer of 2000..

definatly the end of an era in more than 1 regard...

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19. "There was an art in making tapes too, which still exists in the CD world"
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Except that when we made tapes, we had to look at the label on a record or another cassette and see how long each song was. But you had to think in minutes, not regular 50+50=100. It would be 50 + 50 = 1 minute and 40 seconds. So when it came time to compile the perfect mix tape, it had to be precise. If you were lucky, each side would have only a few seconds of silence on each end. When when auto reverse came, it would only be a temporary wait inbetween songs.

When I say "the CD world", it's easier now because you create WAV files for a comp CD and you can already see how much music you have, how much space is left, and you try to find a song that would fit the time there is left. But back in the cassette days, you either did that shit in your head by rounding out the times, or wrote it all on paper.

ME
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CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/82679

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MISTA MONOTONE
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23. "auto reverse was a gift from GOD."
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these kids can't even comprehend how auto reverse changed the life of a music lover.

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28. "Auto reverse in car tape decks ="
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best invention of the 1980s

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MISTA MONOTONE
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30. "DON'T FORGET WALKMANS!!"
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u could be on your merry way and didn't even have to flip the tape over!

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109. "Auto-reverse never quite clicked with me"
In response to Reply # 30

See, I always got paranoid when making my tapes. There was nothing more I hated than a song getting cut off before it was properly over. Even if I was just missing like a second or two. It was like cutting off an important thought. I'd have problems listening to the last song on the tape, knowing it was going to cut-off prematurely. I've been known to re-record the whole side of tape to make sure that shit didn't happen.

As a result, for years I could never leave like 10 or 15 seconds of empty space at the end. It always ended up a minute or two. And then on most commercially released albums, "one side may be longer than the other to preserve album continuity." Often like 10 minutes longer. So, for me, there for no real need for that auto-reverse button.

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25. "NO JOKE"
In response to Reply # 19

i made one of those 120 min jawns for the ride right when i started driving, i had about 6 pages of drafts and tables set up to make sure the timing was right. not only do you have to get a proper sequence to make sure the tape is dope, but yeah you gotta minimize empty space at the end of each side.

i made a bonus track at the end of when i taped myself being a dumbass on the greaseman show, that shit was rediculous.....

'a baker earns his living by baking. a carpenter, by building things. youre a rapper, RAP MOTHERFUCKER' - lyor cohen

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32. "ha, or else"
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just squint and try to see how much tape is left on one side of the reel inside the cassette and estimate how much time you got...analog is such an intuitive medium...CDs are so robotic

yep

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93. "*wipes tear*"
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y'all took me all the way back to jr high w/this, man.

fuck you.

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56. "lol, looking nervously at the reels while the last song got recorded.."
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Praying that it didn't get cut. The most satisfying feeling was when the song ended almost exactly as the reel came to an end.

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68. "Yep, and going "oh shit, it looks like about 10 more spins to go."
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Oh shit, I see the leader tape coming in, c'mon, 5 more spins, I hear the fade of the song coming. Oh shit, two more, wait... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

Then you would go back and if you knew how to do it, you would edit the song a bit so it would be about 10 to 20 seconds shorter, just so you could hear the proper fade.

ME
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CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/82679

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MISTA MONOTONE
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70. "ALL THESE YEARS..."
In response to Reply # 68

I BELIEVED THAT I WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT DID THESE CRAZY THINGS.

SOMETIMES I WOULD DO A PRACTICE RUN...LET THE RECORD PLAY AND LET THE TAPE PLAY JUST TO SEE IF IT WOULD FIT IF I TRIED TO RECORD.

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72. "I used to think I was the only one who did pause-mix tapes"
In response to Reply # 70

For years. Then when producers started doing interviews, I realized I wasn't alone. It's amazing, because the first time I had heard other people did it was an early interview with DJ Premier. And back then, when you wanted to make a loop of a beat, you had to count at the right spots. Definitely a math thing, especially when you wanted to try something trippy, like do a double snare. It wasn't just 1/2/3/4. You had to count in 8th or 16th, and then write that out. Such as the beat to "When The Levee Breaks".

Or when double cassette decks came along, and you could make a song flange. I remember the day that happened too, I was like "oh shit, my tapes now sound like KISS ALIVE!!!"

ME
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CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/82679

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153. "RE: I used to think I was the only one who did pause-mix tapes"
In response to Reply # 72

i did this a few times in the 80's. i did a good job. dudes paid me for copies!

BLACK WOMEN RULE!

LONG LIVE ANALOG AUDIO!

i love music-THE MIGHTY O'JAYS

let the music play!-BARRY WHITE

my love for the art(MUSIC) is what drives me-AALIYAH(Honey magazine-Nov.2001)

jawjuh man
star being
lady sun's favorite

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94. "*wipes tear*"
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fuck you.

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110. "Man, watching those reels would vex me to no end"
In response to Reply # 70

There's nothing worse than an improper fade at the end of a pause mixtape. Ruins the whole experience.

I actually only got good at editing the song length down when I made a series of "Best of Wu-Tang" mixtapes back in 2000. They often have like a minute of just music at the end of their tracks, so I had to figure out how to leave enough of the music on so the song would seem complete, but cut enough so I could fit all the song I needed to on the tape.

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127. "Word."
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RZA was good for letting the instrumental run on extra long after the verses...

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190. "RE: ALL THESE YEARS..."
In response to Reply # 70

>I BELIEVED THAT I WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT DID THESE CRAZY
>THINGS.
>
>SOMETIMES I WOULD DO A PRACTICE RUN...LET THE RECORD PLAY AND
>LET THE TAPE PLAY JUST TO SEE IF IT WOULD FIT IF I TRIED TO
>RECORD.
>
i still do that today. i transfer my records and cds to tape all the time.

''i went from bashful to asshole to international''- CdoubleO

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207. "Dog, you speak the TRUTH there"
In response to Reply # 19

I used to tape stuff, get to the end, TIME HOW MUCH ROOM THERE WAS and figure out what the best snippet/instrumental/skit to end the tape with. Art and Science like a muthafuck!

Damn this takes me back. And I have a gym bag full of tapes at ma dukes house I never bothered bringing to my crib. I'm finna do that 2morrow!

<-- Dave Thomas knows what's up...
__________________________

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17. "ANCHOR THIS!! THIS IS THE BEST POST EVER!!"
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Wed Jul-06-05 02:35 PM by MISTA MONOTONE

JOHN BOOK FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE!!

these right here were my standbys (when i didn't wanna splurge on high bias)...
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/maxell_ur_90_a.jpg

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18. "Maxell XL and TDK SA"
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20. "Other people's wack albums, lol."
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Like Johnbook said, tape the holes in the top and turn some wack shit into a blank, had to love that....

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21. "Maxell XL II, Maxell XL II-S, TDK SA, Sony (any chrome)"
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WOW

many of my mixes have survived because of these EXACT brands

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24. "XLII"
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At one point in college I was actually ordering them cheap from a Deadhead-run company called Terrapin Tapes.

In Japan (id-90s) they had tapes with all kinds of funky time limits - 48, 72, etc. Had to be careful what you bought. I thik I have a mix or two at home from friends - I'll have to check out the brand label tonight.

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42. "Terrapin are still around too"
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Grateful Dead definitely kept the tapes running as well, with all the tapers recording their shows for years. So if anything, they made sure the tapes they used were of quality, and "used but not abused".

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173. "terrapin!!"
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wow.. my friends ordered from there

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26. "tdk sa-x 90."
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|Fliteweight|

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217. "word!"
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29. "I'd just like to add that I had a cassette adapter that plugged into"
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8-track players.

Yes, I drove a car that had an 8-track player for a while.

Spun them a little fast, which was pretty cool.

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31. "the dark gray maxell w/the gold writing"
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stellar supreme

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34. "THOSE WERE THE SH*T TOO!!"
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I'M SPEAKING IN ALL CAPS AND OVERDOING THE EXCLAMATION POINTS FOR THE REST OF THIS POST!!!

YEAAAAAHH!! (C) HOWARD DEAN.

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35. "I see you done lost yo everlovin mind, lol..."
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"You post like you look your barber in the eyes when he lines you up."

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54. "YESSIR!! (C) RIP HAMILTON."
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39. "WHEN YOU RECORD AT THE STUDIO & NEED THAT GOOD"
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PLAYBACK?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THOSE WERE THE ULTIMATE SHIT.....ALMOST NO HISS AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

btw, get ur ass back to the wack mc post, i got beef w/u!

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37. "haha yep, they were expensive too, I used to covet them."
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41. "they were the ONLY ones to use when recording...god i miss analog!"
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________________________________________
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44. "I used to sit and watch the reels spin when I recorded shit on them"
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Shit I would cut a nikka open with a coat hanger if my Maxell got ate up in his box.

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58. "reels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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i have reels in my house.......i should put them up & see what i got on them.

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67. "You have a reel-to-reel machine too?"
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Damn, you are one of those rare treasures. For reel.

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75. "oh no no no!"
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i have reels with my songs on them. i did inherit an old school reel machine from my dad though...son, we used to watch home movies on the projector in the living room when i was young. my dad used to record us on the tape recorder.....i miss him soooo much

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78. "I still have my dad's old Bell & Howell film projector"
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I have an old film of me skateboarding at my house when I was 5. My love of 8mm filming still exists today, and if this music thing doesn't work out for me, I would love to do films, music videos, and documentaries using 8mm cameras. They make new camera models today. It's basic, it's grainy, but it has a "home feel" to it.

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83. "i think ours was a kodak...he was a kodak product junkie"
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camera, slide projector, rolling projector.......the 70's were underrated.

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91. "I got 2 TEAC machines from the 60's"
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one my granpa gave me to transfer old big band stuff onto CD (which I still have to do, sorry gramps, I'm on it)
and one I got in a thrift store for 10 bucks and works perfectly...came with leader, cleaner, demagnitizer and test tape...

those are dope too because you can record 2 seperate tracks on them, but one is left, one is right...you can do 4 if you flip the tape, but then playback is a mess

I also still have my Tascam 16-track reel-to-reel...that shit ain't that old though...late 80's...that's my baby.

yep

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45. "One of these would do, then"
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http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/maxell_xl_2_90_a.jpg
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/maxell_xl_2_90_b.jpg
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/maxell_xl_2_90_d.jpg

And this is what got me started, back when it still looked very Japanese, with the baby blue reels:
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/maxell_xl_2_90_c.jpg

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51. "i have TONS of all of those."
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_____________________________________________
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191. "RE: One of these would do, then"
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>http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/maxell_xl_2_90_a.jpg
>http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/maxell_xl_2_90_b.jpg
>http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/maxell_xl_2_90_d.jpg

that's my shit right there!
i use those in my ride!!!

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114. "Those are the supreme lick right there"
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Accept no substitutes. I still use the 100 minute jawns to this day.

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238. "Wathcu know about something"
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being "the lick?"

Who are you? (In box)

You lose/ cuz you got the ill street blues.

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144. "oh yeah! they just FELT heavier (higher quality) nm"
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`nm

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"i never knew you were a female. i mean not like i was looking but i got the dog in mind so i thought you were some 30 year old white dude lol" --?uestlove replying to my Soul Train post about idolizing Jody Watle

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241. "this one right here:"
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http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/maxell_mx_110.jpg

have a doo wop tape with "something in the way u make me feel, u make me feel real good..." over the Make the Music with ur mouth Biz beat, priceless

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43. "hahaha .. remember these??/"
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http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/memorex_dbs_90.jpg

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46. "LOL... a/k/a "blank tapes for mom""
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ME
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53. "LOL....U DID THAT TOO?"
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I NEVER BOUGHT THOSE FOR MYSELF...

I'D MAKE SOMEBODY A DUB W/ONE OF THOSE FRUITY LOOKING BI**HES THOUGH.

HAHAHAHA....

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82. "man...those were the lick...you could buy"
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like a big azz pack of those for pretty cheap...

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146. "..yup, when i used to sell mixtapes always used those"
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..cheap and pretty cool looking for the time ..

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101. "lol...those are what i thought of when i read this post"
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those were always the tapes you'd use for your girl.

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113. "Oh damn"
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I used to buy a grip of 120 minute Memorex's. It used to bug that there wasn't that extra sheet on the cassette card, so you wouldn't be able to write all the songs down.

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130. "I made my first mixtape off the radio with one of those joints..."
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Wed Jul-06-05 11:02 PM by ABC_Style

i was 12 years old... good times...

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137. "RE: hahaha .. remember these??/"
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DJ mastermind top 40 of 1994...
joints 21 - 40

later became midnight marauders / illmatic (2nd copy) cassette
^^^^
historic.

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139. "i dubbed a copy of living colour's 1st album on one of those!!!"
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174. "oh shit!!!"
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218. "wow..."
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>http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/memorex_dbs_90.jpg

^^^ piff

they was cheap as fuck, period

And now for a moment of PIFF:

"Speakin of good, I'm good with the semi,
blow wood with the henny, in the hood like a Hemi homie
You too feminine, took over two tenements with...
Cookies & cakes, the brand new Entenmann's" -- Killa!

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231. "!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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I sometimes wonder if my old girlfriends still have some of my mixes of those tapes.

For whatever reason that particular tape reminds me of 'the REFLEX'

Duran Duran.

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250. "HAHAHA"
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these were garbage

they would snap after a couple listens

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47. "Gotta give it up for the workhorses too, the TDK D's..."
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and Maxell UR's. Sure they weren't as good as the metal tapes, but when you were broke, you could usually find crazy deals like 10 90+ for five bucks.

Man, I do miss making tapes sometimes.

*tears up*

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50. "I think a lot of us started out with the "Normal" tapes"
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Especially those of us who were kids at the time, and had parents who didn't want to mess with ''CrO2''. Yet the first cassette player I had was a Sony, part of a component system with the record player, and I loved it because it had THE best pause button ever. It was the first thing I used to make not only my mix tapes, but pause-mixes. Eventually my dad got a small Panasonic cassette deck (the one with the "Ambience" feature). For years, it was the way I made my loops.

But once I had the CrO2, there was nothing like it. And Metal was for "those special moments".

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48. "How did yall used to fix snapped or mangled tapes?"
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I became a pro at opening up the casing, untangling the tape, cutting out the mangled bits and taping it back together. You get used to the skips after a while.

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52. "The wonders of mangled tape"
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I did that too. Ask my mom for her sewing screwdriver, cut it, put what was left on the reel, pop it back in.

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84. "Man I used to hate when tapes got tangled....that shit takes forever to ..."
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129. ""
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>I became a pro at opening up the casing, untangling the tape,
>cutting out the mangled bits and taping it back together.

I was chargin' dudes at my high school to fix their tapes...$2.00 per tape...I had flexible scotch tape, the screwdriver that fixed my glasses (from D.O.C.) and a razorblade...

When I got to college in '96, I almost passed out at seeing the analog tape editing block complete with splicing tape - I used to look at the Radio Shack catalogs and drool at what I couldn't afford...

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132. "that's how you know you're a music head..."
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when you figured that shit out BY YOURSELF... you didn't ask your folks to help you with it, you didn't give up on the tape, you straight broke out the screwdriver and fixed that mutha.

This is such a dope post.

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140. "*sticks pencil in reel*"
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*uses finger to guide tape so it goes in straight*

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55. "RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?"
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Wed Jul-06-05 03:02 PM by bob_sinewave

my god was tdk. i used the http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/tdk_ma_r_90_1.jpg, and http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/tdk_sa-x_90_a.jpg for personal use. i also used http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/tdk_ma_x_90_a.jpg for mixtapes.

oh shit, i forgot about http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/tdk_sa_xg_90.jpg and http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/tdk_sa_limited_edition_90.jpg and http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/tdk_ad_x_90.jpg.

i still have these tapes @ home. don't have a cassette player anymore, though.

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57. "Anyone remember doing this to tapes?"
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I had a good friend in intermediate school, and he happened to be a Jehovah's Witness. When it was lunchtime, he would gather along with the other JW's, and they always isolated themselves. I got along with everyone, and anyway, he (Troy) was cool because he liked some of the songs I liked. Plus, we both had Commodore VIC 20's so we often traded games. My mom felt that the Pac-Man for Atari 2600 was too expensive, so I had to find friends who had it. At that stage there was already Super Pac-Man, but you like to go back to the roots every once in awhile.

Anyway, Troy one day tells me "at church, did you know that you can hear backward messages if you undo the cassette case, and flip the cassette in a certain way, then rewind it?" I'm thinking no, the only way I could hear backward messages was by turning the record backwards, which of course would fuck up the record player itself.

So he shows me. He undoes the cassette, and you have the two reels. Instead of the tape going down on each side, he would flip it so that the path of the tape would look like an "S". He then pressed rewind or FF. Essentially, the tape was flipped. He then put the tape back as you would normally have it, and you are hearing the portion underneath the tape. You normally can't play the back surface, but when you record, some of it still seeps through. If it was a thin tape, like a Chrome one, the audio would be better.

He pops the tape in and it's Iron Maiden, because you know, they're Satanic. I hear the backwards guitars and drums and it's Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven", the big backward masking song. He tells me that it says "here's to my sweet Satan/the one who'll lead the path/who makes me sad/whose power is Satan". I'm thinking wow, that's cool, but not because of the message, but because one could make it go backwards simply by flipping the tape.

A year later, after I moved from Honolulu to Washington State, "Darling Nikki" came out, so I made my dub and heard Prince's message.

Looking back, it was so lo-fi, but it was "slightly" better than moving a record backwards by hand, because a cassette was steady, while for the most part your own finger was not.

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CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
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105. "discovered by accident...yes"
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on occaision a tape woud get twisted, mangled or actually break

no problem for mr wizard, just break outthe scredriver and do a little surgery (broken tapes could be repare with scotch tape....you might had a little gap inthe song, but hey...you still had your tape

after the surgery you could just re-thread, pop the screws back in and go on...well ONCE u put the tape back backwards and got quite a surprize when it played

sweet....so i immediately "reversed" the infamous "don't worry, i won't hurt you...." prince part and the rest was history as the technique was later used to make my own "clean" versions of tapes.....playing them and recording them onto a new tape

oh the heady days of youth

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195. "you said commodore! *wipes tears"
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i had a 64. me and my cousins put that thing to work.
used to leave it on for days while working on a long program.
this was before i got a floppy drive.
memories.

RIP JDILLA
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227. "My parents never made the step up to a 64"
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However, it was the first time I was ever to hack into a game and attempt to make my own patterns. I loaded up Snakman (the VIC 20 equivalent of Pac-Man, where you could actually go into the center box and eat all the ghosts over and over when they were blue, until the time expired), or Crazy Kong, and I was able to try a few new things.

But damn, a game that was probably 8k in the modern world took about 5-10 minutes to load.

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CRUT: the next phase is coming
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CRATEDIGGERS: never let your kids do this
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59. "*rewinds random cassete with a BIC* *sheds tear*"
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61. "*rewinds tape completely with fingernail* *annoys friends*"
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^^ true story. lol.

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65. "^^^gangsta"
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69. "i got the ill twist and flip technique..."
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it used to irritate the hell outta my boys, but hell...it was rewound when we were ready to play it again!

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88. "hell yea"
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in the ride where the tape deck works but rewinding eats tapes, but everything else is cool...man i got permanent dents on my pinky and index finger from that shit

yep

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60. "Fixing a cassette where the tape was wound too tight: one method"
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Remember that, when you would play a tape so much, that eventually the tape would not move. Most of the time you threw it away. I'm curious to hear what others did, but when I discovered this method, it changed things for a few years.

You get the tape, and physically "snap" it as if you were breaking it apart, but not all the way. Enough to hear a physical snap. I don't know why, or why undoing the shell didn't do it but this method did, but it worked.

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CRUT: the next phase is coming
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62. "I used to do that!!!"
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Great minds, eh??

Peace

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66. "I'm glad I wasn't alone n/m"
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63. "interesting...i might try that today. i was listening to a tape"
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that did that just yesterday.

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103. "i used to do that all the time"
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Leave it to you to even remember that shit, I got a kick out of this post.

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155. "RE: Fixing a cassette where the tape was wound too tight: one method"
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yep! i still do! i do it gently a few times.

BLACK WOMEN RULE!

LONG LIVE ANALOG AUDIO!

i love music-THE MIGHTY O'JAYS

let the music play!-BARRY WHITE

my love for the art(MUSIC) is what drives me-AALIYAH(Honey magazine-Nov.2001)

jawjuh man
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64. "A sight you don't see too much these days: driving on a highway and..."
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...seeing a wad of cassette tape on the median, after someone threw it out when it got mangled in their cassette deck. That was a weekly thing for me.

Believe it or not, there was a group out there who specifically looked for mangled tapes on the side of roads, and they would trade the results. Sometimes it was music, other times it may have been a personal message, be it kids with a birthday message, or even better, a wife talking dirty.

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CRUT: the next phase is coming
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71. "DID ANYBODY ELSE WRITE DOWN THE COUNTER #S?"
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THAT WAS THE CLOSEST YOU COULD GET TO INSTANTLY FINDING A SONG ON A TAPE BEFORE SEARCH FEATURES, ETC. LOL.

I MEAN...LOL!!
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73. "90 minute tapes, at least for me, were around 700"
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So if I wanted the end of a tape on a side, I would go to 550-600.

Or if you were a master, especially to show off to friends, you would have them FF in a car, and then go "NOW!" And boom, the song begins.

Yep (pulling up non-existent belt buckle), that's how we did it back then.

ME
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CRUT: the next phase is coming
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89. "or nature's search/find feature"
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leave it playing and press FF at the same time so you could hear "the chipmunks" and when the chipmunks silenced, let go of FF and you're at the next song...man i'm really missing tape now

yep

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158. "RE: or nature's search/find feature"
In response to Reply # 89

for me. i knew it took about 12 seconds to go through a song on ff/rw. i still do it this way.

BLACK WOMEN RULE!

LONG LIVE ANALOG AUDIO!

i love music-THE MIGHTY O'JAYS

let the music play!-BARRY WHITE

my love for the art(MUSIC) is what drives me-AALIYAH(Honey magazine-Nov.2001)

jawjuh man
star being
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229. "that "feature" can be duplicated in Cool Edit"
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Not quite the same, because with a cassette, the speed of the speeded up tape would change as it went from one end to the other.

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CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/82857

CRATEDIGGERS: never let your kids do this
http://home.comcast.net/~philasoul/daddys08.jpg

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85. "I had a dual tape deck, I broke all the buttons on my shit...both decks"
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I had to reach up under it to get it to play....I rocked that shit forever like that...damn those are good memories.

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151. "hahah same here, lol.. but even worse.."
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...u had to reach ur finger up in there and hold it down to get it to play ..i would pull the finger out all deformed lookin and shit ..its all i could do till my birthday when i got a new box

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74. "this post got an anchor????"
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why?

fire must be slippin

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76. "For a lot of people, cassette was the first way of listening to music"
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Mine was vinyl and 8-tracs, cassettes came a little later, but for a good ten to fifteen years there was a bit of "cassette culture", much of which has become fond memories and nostalgia. A lot of hip-hop is built on the convenience of cassette tapes, that's how much was conveniently traded. If you didn't want to loan someone a record (in fear of it never coming back), you made a dub. Back when "dub" mean making a duplicate recording on cassette.

These days, trading music is anonymous. You can still do it with CD's (and I do), but it was always cool to be able to put a tape in your pocket, catch the bus, and pop it in at home. See the handwriting, there was effort put into it, time and effort.

So, while it may not be artist related, cassettes were the way music was heard for years, even when hip-hop was entering the CD medium for the first time.
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Maybe it started with Sesame Street, Disneyland, or a Read-Along book, and in time it would be recording over the radio, or having a cassette recorder and Radio Shack mic to record it off of the TV and telling the family "SSSSSSHHHHH!!!" Many of these events don't happen anymore due to new technology, so it's nothing more than something to reminisce about.

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CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

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77. "*records the hate on Maxell*"
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79. "yet the hiss still comes through, the hate is too strong son!"
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147. "*pushes Dolby C button*"
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197. "YES!!!!!!"
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168. "step yo post game up & u can get an anchor too"
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this post is brilliant & nostalgic. btw, there are 7 other admins w/access to anchoring shit in here, fire is NOT the only moderator impala.

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181. "yeah"
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but i just said you because your the one i see the most in the lesson

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80. "RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?"
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^

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81. "This one right here..."
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http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/maxell_xl_2_90_d.jpg

man I got some super duper funky thangs on those...lol.

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219. "yup!"
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And now for a moment of PIFF:

"Speakin of good, I'm good with the semi,
blow wood with the henny, in the hood like a Hemi homie
You too feminine, took over two tenements with...
Cookies & cakes, the brand new Entenmann's" -- Killa!

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86. "Tape Transplanting..."
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I know y'all feel me with this...You have a tape you love, your stereo..usually car stereo eats it up..or some kind of way flips it ....or like Warren Coolidge did once, you spill a bottle of Pink Champelle on the tape (no homo with the pink champelle...that was the move back in like '89..lol) ...or sometimes that little foam tab on the inside gets bent up or broken..

anyway...the messed up tape doesn't have any screws showing to take the cover off...so you have to transplant the tape . Break the tape open....Windex always worked well to clean the tape, and to help you work the creases and folds out.....You find a tape that you don't really need anymore that has screws...take it apart and get it ready to transplant...it takes a while sometimes to clean and work out the old tape, but eventually if you can get it wound onto one of the spools...you carefully load it and wind it through....It can take a couple of hours but it's worth it if the tape is valuable..

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131. "fuck yeah I did this"
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and you're right, it did take forever...

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87. "Yo, who remember snatch out tape decks for cars?"
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The ultimate in anti-theft right there, you could just take the whole thing out and front HARD....

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90. "hell yea"
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i'd be carrying my shit into school so nobody got my shit in the parking lot...cats really clowned me though cuz this was '95 when them shits was going out of style for the detatchable face..."yo, quit kicking my backpack I got my Tape player in there!"

yep

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92. "Fuji Metal Z 100 & Memorex DBS 90"
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http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/fuji_metal_z_100_a.jpg

http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/memorex_dbs_90.jpg

fuck you.

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95. "Sony CD-It"
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I grew up on those cheap ass 3 packs of tapes from SupeRX, then went maxell (UR90 i think). Once I started recording, I discovered Sony CD-IT (I went digital late). These were the best tapes I ever used. i still have half a dozen of them with early demos/ instrumentals and other stuff that my friends/ artists would kill me for...

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125. "I just started rocking those in 98..."
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When I was into making beats and shit... They were damned good.

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96. "Denon!!!!"
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http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/denon_hd_8_90_a.jpg

Stretch and Bob shows never sounded so Crisp!!!! and the tapes were super durable, no getting caught in tape deck heads ( pause )

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97. "RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?"
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TDK CD BASS...120 or nothin. Fuck a 90 minute. I got spoiled on 120 minute tapes, still havin a hard time makin' CD mixes cuz they over too soon. Peace, D

DJ D'OmPeace Presents: 2 Newish Mixtapes. The 1st, The Repimption of Don Goldman, kicks off my TruPimpJamz series. 2nd is When Eagles Cry: Prince For The Brokenhearted Baller. Free d/l, 1st come 1st served:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N2IPL09A

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98. "Any hi-res Maxell's are the best"
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Which is interesting only because the regular resolution Maxell's are absolute shit and fuck up the sound every time I have used one.

- Dub

I give rappers the biz for being m-izza-a-archaic.

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99. "those 99-cent 90min fuji's were GREAT bang4buck"
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but the maxell's had the best sound at a higher price

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106. "nobody mentioned the SONY metal joints?"
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shits so crisp you could only record em ONCE?

check the resume

organix-93
(from the ground up)-94
do you want more?!!???!-95
illadelph halflife-96
things fall apart-99
(the legendary)-99
the roots come alive-99
phrenology-2002
the tipping point-2004
(the roots present...) 2004
homegrown: the beginne

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112. "It used to bug the hell out of me"
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when I'd re-record over one, not knowing the rule, and hearing how f-ed the tape sounded afterwards. The lack of rec-recording value coupled with their comparatively excessive price always kept me away from those suckers.

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121. "I used one that had a white shell, and was made out of metal"
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A band played here back in 1990 or 1991 and I had the engineer make a dub for me, and he did it on those.

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MrFr3nch
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234. "RE: I used one that had a white shell, and was made out of metal"
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You mean this one?

http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/sony_metal_master_90.jpg

Those Sony Metal Masters were awesome, and they had an all ceramic case. They also were 3 times as heavy as a regular cassette but I always carried mine carefully cause it was 3 times the price too. I only put my bands' music on it. Rest of the time I would rock the TDK SA 90s cause they were the cheapest Type IIs I could find.

http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/tdk_sa_90.jpg

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58impala
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141. "sounds like something ?uesto used for demos back in da day"
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moveNshake
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107. "these were the joints cuz you could write the tracklist on them"
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http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/basf_lh_e_1_90.jpg

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108. "Maxell LL II, 100 minutes baby"
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Wed Jul-06-05 06:22 PM by mrhood75

Always sounded great, didn't degrade fast, and you could usually fit two albums on them. I still use them to make my old-school from vinyl mixtapes.

For hip-hop mixtapes, I still preferr to use these Maxell 110 minute suckas. I like to pack as much hip-hop as possible onto one tape, and the 120 minute tapes are too flimsy for constant use.

I have a special place in my heart for the TDK Type I 90 minute jawns with the red, white and black wrappes, which I bought all through junior high and high school. That was back when I would dub like 5 or 6 songs per album, so I could fit three to four albums on one 90 minute tape.

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111. "CERTRON"
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the black cassette with the white, baby blue, and pink sticker-label -- yeaaaahhh.

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truth0ne SGC
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126. "60 minute jawns..."
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You could get a 3-pack at the Chinese electronics spot for like 2 bucks...

I'm flashing back to '89 right now... When you had to WAIT for the newest jawns to come on the radio and they didn't play it once an hour on the hour. You heard them shits like twice a week at BEST.

Damn...

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MISTA MONOTONE
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148. "that what the younger generation doesn't understand..."
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>I'm flashing back to '89 right now... When you had to WAIT for
>the newest jawns to come on the radio and they didn't play it
>once an hour on the hour. You heard them shits like twice a
>week at BEST.
>
>Damn...

that's what i'm talking about man!! these kids don't realize that hip hop was a COMMODITY back in the day. you hear hip hop all day everyday now...it ain't special no more. in fact, if you sit in front of the radio for a few hours, you'll hear the SAME sh*t over and over. that wasn't happening back in the days...

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truth0ne SGC
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178. "That shit was a treat..."
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It prolly lasted up until 1996... That's the last I can recall.

It died with "Radioactive" here in Philly. (Fuck Power 99fm)

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214. "Stands and applauds~"
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Couldn't say it better myself. A nigga would stay up until 2am just to hear Positive K's Step Up Front! Those were the days!

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223. "STEP UP FRONT!!! uh...uh...*convulses*"
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that was my sh*t too.

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115. "Maxwell"
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117. "Maxell 110 Min. Capsules!!!"
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what a great fuckin post!!! the capsules for me proved to have the best CD to tape quality. it also challenged me to fill in all 110 mins

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120. "CHROME! Stop playin...."
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u know you were the bomb if you had that 'metal/crO2' button on your tape deck yo

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123. "RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?"
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Maxell and Sony were two of my favorites.

When I used to make mixtapes from other tapes, cds and vinyl, the sound was so rich on those two brands of tapes. I never got a clearer, crisper sound than using those. Especially the way it captured the bass was magnificent.

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RECOR
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124. "maxwell"
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128. "Damn...I don't feel alone anymore...LOL..."
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I just KNEW that I was the only cat that:

- LOVED the look of those Teac tapes and could never find them bitches myself (my older cousin, who even got me into making tapes had a few and would NEVER give me one of those)

- bought a specific brand of high bias tape - or even gave a fuck about what that was...as recent as 2002, I was making compilation tapes from various CDs and records I owned, and I was ALWAYS timing out the songs, adding that shit up to equal the side of a tape...

- swore by Maxell XL II's...ANY recording I made using those tapes sounded as good as the CDs they came from, if not better...

I also liked Auto-Reverse on the tape walkman, but I could NEVER get a tape walkman where the playback head for the second side sounded as good as the head for the first side...I guess I kept buying cheap shit; I could NEVER afford an official Sony tape walkman...

GREAT post Mr. Book...

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Spread
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163. "it's the same playback head"
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one side was probably just dirtier than the other cuz you prolly used the forward direction more than the backward or vice versa...I STILL rock my Sony auto-reverse one that I stole from the Indiana University bookstore TWICE! (I dropped the first one)

but if you walking a decent distance or riding your bike, cassette walkmans are 50 times better than CD...smaller, no skipping, auto-reverse and REAL MIXTAPES

yep

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133. "RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?"
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the 99cent ones. I forgot the brand but the did the job well!

Your arms are too short to dunk on Jesus!

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134. "Ya'll bammas was rich...I was usin them cheap ass."
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....Radio Shack jounts and them jounts they used to sell up in the dollar store.

But when I worked in Kemp Mill (DC area recka stow), I stole a rack of them metal jounts and them blickies Fire was talkin about.

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tREBLEFREE
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136. "Nope..."
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Thu Jul-07-05 12:39 AM by tREBLEFREE

there was a LOT of shit I went without to get those better tapes...

I was/still am broke as fuck too...

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135. "My Favez: Maxell XLII-S, USII, UR, JVC AFII, Fuji DR-II, & TDK SA-X & D."
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To tell you da truth I had dem all, frum K-Mart'z KMC & Certron tapez, ta Woolworth tapez, & of courze da name brand onez like Maxell, Fuji, TDK, JVC, BSAF, Sony, etc.

I still got almozt every cassette I've ever had since 1985, I waz a fiend when it came to recordin' muzik off da radio & makin' copiez of everybody else'z cassettez (I guess I waz like a lot of da katz who download albumz frum everyone elze but with cassettez).

I even have about 20 ta 30 unopened blank tapez still, I uze ta have a car with a cassette deck so when I had time I would transfer some cdz to tape & make personal mixez juz to have something to listen to while drivin', now I got new car with a CD player.

When mixtapez were big I waz doin' dem az well but now everyone switched to CDz but I got stuck with over 100 old tapez, I probably need to give away all thoze tapez but I hardly know anybody who likez underground hip-hop dat still listenz to cassettez.

Peace & Pizza Greaze!

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138. "fuck it! *stuffs tissue in slots*"
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*dubs over original disco/country recordings*

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daps1
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142. "ha. didn't realize john mentioned it already =)"
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145. "ever have to put 2 boom boxes facing each other??"
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... before dual cassette came out that was the only way to record your boys tapes...

We used to do this to make our own mixes.. the timing to press play and record on two different machines at the same time so you could just get that drum snippet....

you could let the other one just keep recording because you were going to have to rewind it by hand to that perfect spot to record the next piece from some other cassette.... I have to dig out my old cassette mixes...

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150. "I never did, then again I was (am) a nerd so..."
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...I figured if a cassette deck could go into a stereo, and a stereo went into the cassette deck, why not two cassette decks, using RCA connectors? Of course at that age I didn't know the proper word, I just new "White=left, Red=Right".

I used to surprise friends with that, because they did it the way you did it. I also think it was always funny when I made dubs (before double cassette decks), and people would go "is it okay to talk right now?" I would say "yes, I'm recording it with these wires, the mics are cut off".

General reply: "oh!"

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156. "ha! "can I talk now...""
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that's real shit right there...

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149. "FINALLY..SOMEBODY feels me on the art of the cassette mix"
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Thu Jul-07-05 10:23 AM by onaje

I used to buy a brick of them cheap ass sony HF-90's at the Wiz EVERY Friday for years...then graduated to the TDK 90's. It was PERFECTION when a album fit perfectly on one side of a tape, and you got 2 albums from the same group on one tape..you didnt THINK about dropping a song off the album if it didnt fit on one side, like you would with burning a 84 minute album onto a cd...you had to retain the purity of the project...

And I had the Maxell UR-90s for my "Wine and Candlelight" slow jam mixes, ALL 54 of which I STILL have at arm's reach from the computer where im typing this. When i got an intership at WHUR, I would bring a pack of blank tapes with me to overnight shifts and get my dub on HARD. YES, I could look in a desk drawer full of unlabeled tapes and tell you what was on each tape in sequence...YES, I was the tape repair expert, especially since my sister had the busted ass box with no DOOR on the tape player, but you could still prop them in EXACTLY right and listen. I was a bootleg Phil Spector with the scientific tape repair and extraction. When Fisher component sets with the built in EQ were the SHIT, i could retrive a chewed up tape in MINUTES. YES I have made tapes by leaning the tape recorder up against the speaker and leaving the room. YES, I would lose my damn mind if one of the St. Louis heads in here has ANY tape of Dr. Jockenstein's High School Roll Call from WESL in the early 80's...and YES I had the "Battle Box", the shoebox of tapes with all the freshest shit that i could shut DOWN a party with RIGHT NOW.

This post is KILLING me...

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171. "the perfect fit!!!"
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wow.. i'm such a nerd

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157. "this cassette deck has my mouth watering!"
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you need a hot deck to get a nice sound from these babies! http://us.marantz.com/shop/_templates/Proddetail.asp?model=45&cat=20

BLACK WOMEN RULE!

LONG LIVE ANALOG AUDIO!

i love music-THE MIGHTY O'JAYS

let the music play!-BARRY WHITE

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159. "maxwell xl II and maxwell XLIIs"
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they also had a limited edition metal tape that came out once, i cant rmemeber the name though, but i was dying to get it cos it looked so special. i couldnt afford it at the time though cos i think it was about ten pounds (about 15 dollars)

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160. "RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?"
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I rocked these the most. Cheap in packs and always dependable.

http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/maxell_xl_2_music_90.jpg

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161. "A few more thoughts for real tape heads"
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- My boy showed me the method of pulling the tape to the black at the beginning of your mix so you never risked the recording process coming in late and you never wasted a second of tape.

- I had a pretty cheap stereo but it had two great features that I don't know why weren't included on every stereo ever made: 1) It could count the time backwards so you knew when the song was going to end and 2) It had an 11 second fade button. Nothing better than getting what you want or need out of a song and fading that shit. Esp. hiphop songs where you needed one verse and not the others you could just hit fade on the 2nd hook and it would clear right out. I was so upset when my new Technics system didn't do this.

- Anyone else used to have your stereo hooked up to your TV/VCR for not only the bootleg surround system but to record movie quotes to your mixtapes? That was it right there.

- I still make mix CD's and e'rything but there really never will be anything like the hands on experience of making the perfect tape. Right down to making up a title and tagging up the spine. Priceless. Never to be duplicated. That shit used to be religious. I'd get blunted and go to work like a scientist in the lab...

BTW

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mrhood75
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164. "RE: A few more thoughts for real tape heads"
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>
>- My boy showed me the method of pulling the tape to the black
>at the beginning of your mix so you never risked the recording
>process coming in late and you never wasted a second of tape.

Huh. I wish I had learned that. I always did it by sound. There's always this only slightly hiss/click when the tape starts rolling into the black. I'd wait to hear that hiss/click then press reocrd and play. I'd less maybe a second or so.

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MISTA MONOTONE
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183. "HELL YEAH MAN!! uh...uh...*call the paramedics!!!*"
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>Huh. I wish I had learned that. I always did it by sound.
>There's always this only slightly hiss/click when the tape
>starts rolling into the black. I'd wait to hear that
>hiss/click then press reocrd and play. I'd less maybe a second
>or so.

it was ALL about that hiss...lol.

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177. "smooth opening doors!"
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Who in here thought the were the shit cuz they finally got a box with the smooth and slow opening cassette door? I used to eject my shit just to see it open. Thanks MOM!

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MISTA MONOTONE
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185. "lol...such simple things"
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brought us so much happiness.

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DONNAN LINKZ
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187. "RE: lol...such simple things"
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Hell yeah

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192. "word!"
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i was like ''wow'' when i first saw those. you could slap somebody senseless with the door on my boombox lol.

''i went from bashful to asshole to international''- CdoubleO

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199. "RE: smooth opening doors!"
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>Who in here thought the were the shit cuz they finally got a
>box with the smooth and slow opening cassette door? I used to
>eject my shit just to see it open. Thanks MOM!

yep! my old JVC-P150 BOOMBOX! that mug had some serious BOOM too!

BLACK WOMEN RULE!

LONG LIVE ANALOG AUDIO!

i love music-THE MIGHTY O'JAYS

let the music play!-BARRY WHITE

my love for the art(MUSIC) is what drives me-AALIYAH(Honey magazine-Nov.2001)

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193. "RE: A few more thoughts for real tape heads"
In response to Reply # 161

>- Anyone else used to have your stereo hooked up to your
>TV/VCR for not only the bootleg surround system but to record
>movie quotes to your mixtapes? That was it right there.
>

yep. my boombox had a mic installed in it and if you put close to the tv you could record songs/skits (in terrible quality of course).
that was before the bootleg surround system lol.

>- I still make mix CD's and e'rything but there really never
>will be anything like the hands on experience of making the
>perfect tape. Right down to making up a title and tagging up
>the spine. Priceless. Never to be duplicated. That shit
>used to be religious. I'd get blunted and go to work like a
>scientist in the lab...

cosign ^^^^

''i went from bashful to asshole to international''- CdoubleO

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162. "These were also dope with the ultra-thin snap on case"
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http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/sony_cdit_2_90_a.jpg

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Spread
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165. "Remember the multi-tone beep at the end or beginning of a tape"
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Letting you know the side was over or the tape was beginning..."doo-dee-doo-dee-dii-doo-doo-dee"

I always wanted to chop that up and make a track out of it, but I didn't have a sampler or nuthin...I think I may still do that now though

yep

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175. "XDR, the tones usually on tapes made by Capitol"
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There were two versions of that tone too. One was someone fast, and the other was a bit slower, but same tones.

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201. "Wow, so that really did only happen on Capitol tapes"
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I always wondered why I hear that weird-ass sound on my King Tee tapes.

Jeez, not only is this post great for nostalgia sake, it's also informative as hell. One of the best post I've read during by allbeit brief time in this forum. Props.

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182. "YEAH SON!! UH..UH...*CONVULSES AGAIN*"
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166. "such a fantastic post."
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it really is.

got me wantin to dig through all my old tapes and shit.

Marmari: i played dumhi for my friends last week
Marmari: they were like "these are just your substance-abusing cohorts? or are they pros?"
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167. "Maxell XL II - the taper's choice"
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People would not be happy if you did a tape trade with anything else.

Oh.. and I still rock tapes baby

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169. "RE: Maxell XL II - the taper's choice"
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the correct answer.
case closed, end of post.

(i smell a phishhead)

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170. "*secret handshake*"
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memorieeessss...

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203. "Yo, could you teach me that handshake?"
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I still use those.

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215. "of course"
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just don't tell anyone

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176. "TDK SA-X90 - Those were my SHIT"
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Always recorded my good shit those. They weren't cheap,
either. But I liked their sound better than the Maxells

This takes me back......

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184. "holla at me about that avatar dog!"
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that's some new MOP sh*t?


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200. "Nah, found it on a google search"
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They probably could have used it on their Marxman mixtape they
put out.

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179. "wow the fucking memories this post brings up"
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180. "Rememba When Artistz Did B-Side Introz?"
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Betta yet rememba when at da end of side-A rapperz like Redman would do a skit tellin' ya to turn da tape over to side B, yeah thoze were da dayz.

Peace & Pizza Greaze!

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MISTA MONOTONE
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186. "i used to do that on mixtapes too."
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CD's kinda killed that.

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209. "Hell yeah"
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the blackout tape was the last tape I remember that had a side a side b intro.

Da da bricks (shaolin)

Da bricks da bricks da bricks

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188. "RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?"
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My tape of choice was by far the TDK SA-90:
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/tdk_sa_90_d.jpg

and when I could afford 'em I'd splurge and get the SA-X-90's
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/tdk_sa-x_90_b.jpg
(thought I died and went to heaven first time I bought these joints)

And if all else failed (my spot sold out of the TDK's) I'd go with the Maxell XL-II's (90 minutes, of course)
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/maxell_xl_2_90_d.jpg

Used to make 8 track demos and mixtapes with these shits... now its all been replaced by 1's and 0's.

cool post idea, jb.

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189. "Maxell XL II cosign"
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That was all I would use - unless it was an emergency. But I should have gotten stock in Maxell - yeah... I used them that much.

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206. "same here n/m"
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ME
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THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
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194. "music lives on TDK. olskool heads check this out:"
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hxxp://s35.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=32WDB5639NT582WDPG267S9GGJ

i'm on a mission to save the cassette lol.
seriously, the market is slowly dying.
i still transfer my cds and records to tapes. doing mixtapes for others.
everytime someone asks me to record something for them i ask if they prefer tape or cd.
i always get that crazy look and ''tape?!?'' reply LOL.

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196. "this got more views and reolies than LUTHER RIP...."
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...what does that tell you?

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202. "JULY IS CASSETTE APPRECIATION MONTH!!!!"
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Um, yeah.

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205. "..its only right!!!!!!!!"
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198. "TDK and Maxell"
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damn u brought back some memories lol
I still got my cassete mixes and all

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204. "Maxell & Sony ......"
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Loved the 120 min. Maxell's alot. If I couldn't find the maxell or sony ones, I'd usually go with fuji.

Silk.
Later

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208. "an album on side a, a mix of songs on side b"
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210. "this post is great"
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these were my go to tapes:
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/maxell_xl_2_90_d.jpg

and these:
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/maxell_xl_2_music_90.jpg

were my shit

I also used these at times :
http://c-90.nm.ru/cassettes/sony_hi-fi_90.jpg

I actually preferred them to CDs, especially before I got a computer with a CD burner. I would either buy tapes or buy CDs and put em to tape. To me CDs were wack because you couldn't record on em at first, and even when they came out with recordable CDs, you either needed it on your computer or had to buy one of those expensive decks.

The only thing CDs had going for them was instant access to songs...CDs got on my nerves because they were so damn fragile. I can't tell you how many I had and fucked up with scratches. I remember making the mistake of keeping my Reasonable Doubt CD in my coat pocket for a few seconds walking outside and finding that I shattered it to pieces.

I stayed with tapes til 2001, then I moved to CDs & Minidisc. That's like a comfortable in between for me...I would buy CDs and transfer em like in the old days, but I could also skip back and forth between tracks. I wonder why those never caught on...

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211. "FAT co-sign on Maxell II..."
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I made a fucking gang of tapes from 1995 thru 2000...I had been making tapes before that but not with the level of seriousness of that five year period....

but MAXELL was crisp as fuck...but you cant record over them with much success...I always thought my record heads were fucked up....

that shit was the standard....nothing else will do....

I found a couple Fuji shits that I liked but they discontinued them all....

the next year, I copped a CD burner...

LOL @ cats calling them shits "Maxwells"....

One of these days, Im gonna go thru and catalog my shit...

This is one of the greatest posts ever....

The avatar: Detroit, what's happenin'?

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MISTA MONOTONE
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224. "lol @ Maxwell's."
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...what that dude got to do with a cassette tape?
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212. "*dabs some solution, runs tape head cleaner thru post*"
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don't let me intervene or interrupt

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232. "haha"
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213. "the clear MEMOREX jawns with pink and yellow"
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for nostalgic purposes. i named my mix cd after it.

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220. "As discussed in reply #43"
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ME
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THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/82679

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216. "the ULTIMATE insult to musci was when somethign was so bad..."
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that youd have a purchased cassette and put paper balls in the "view only" holes in the top and record stretch and bobbito over top

lol

kids would see winger tapes in my car and be like...damn haj, i didnt know you listened to this shit

and 'el oh muhfuckin el' at everyone who said maxwell tapes were their favorites

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221. "RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?"
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I was partial to THATS, Denon, and TDK Pro tapes. In my old Tascam 466 Midistudio, I used a series of Sony professional chrome tapes.

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222. "need i say... ARCHIVE?"
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*wipes tear*

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243. "baby, it was an archive when it started"
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*more tears*

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225. "Maxwell XL 60 Mins"
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Mon Jul-11-05 01:51 PM by RawLA

I personally never liked the 120 minute joints cuz of the long rewind times, but these babies stayed wearing and tearing from numerous playbacks

good fuckin post, John

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228. "Or you'd rewind and never make it back to the beginning"
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That was the big fear. You figured "wow, I can put maybe three albums worth on this", or two good rap albums on a tape, one on each side.

ME
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CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/82857

CRATEDIGGERS: never let your kids do this
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226. "NOTHING WAS EFFING WITH THE LORAN CR02"
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anybody remember these? they were blue transparent with gold writing and label, and they had the tape locks on screws so you could lock and unlock a tape at will.

also shout out to the DENON MG-X series Type IV. them shits were damn near reference quality.

cheap shout to the the TDK SA-90 inexpensive, but good.

somebody remeber Lorans?

And the G stands for......GANGSTA!!!

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233. "ARCHIVE...this post brought me back"
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i still got alot of tapes that my brother and i used to make ..old reggae/dancehall mixtapes

and that is a fly ass website

@silentintellect

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236. "RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?"
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Who in here used to open up their cassettes and scotch tape them back together when they popped or got eaten up real bad! I've cracked open pre-recorded cassettes and blank ones.

Your arms are too short to dunk on Jesus!

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251. "i still do that with VHS"
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=\

i never got around to buying a DVD player

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237. "You know what's funny about this post?"
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you guys are talkin about tapes like they're dinosaur shit. i'm a senior in high school right now, and guess what i use in my car to play music?

That's right, a tape. lol i guess i'm just mad lo-tech.

last summer my brother and me put the Jadakiss album on a tape and the best song on there got cut off (i think it was called "pop shit" or something).

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242. "for the most part, it is n/m"
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ME
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CRUT: the next phase is coming
THE AMPLIFIERZ: yes indeed

THE RUN-OFF GROOVE: my column
http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/82857

NEXT WEEK TUESDAY @ 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern
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240. "TDK / Maxell , Type II Bias...Sonys sometimes"
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Thu Jul-14-05 11:21 AM by Shonuff

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244. "THIS POST IS FAN FKING TASTIC LADIES AND GENTLEMEN"
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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245. "there was a point where i was rocking the Scotch bx"
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that was early 80s, remember dubbing the miami vice soundtrack on that shit

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246. "wow"
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nostalgia like a muthufucka

.........
oh well

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247. "anyone for a dollar."
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DAMN!

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248. "SAVE AND ARCHIVE YOUR TAPES TO PC!!! PEEP THIS !!!!"
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Archive your old cassettes(MIXTAPES, SCREWTAPES,ANSWERING MACHINE TAPES!!!!)...

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/6908/

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be about it or be without it

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252. "there was a post about this here a month ago, I'd like to get that"
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Most people who know how to do tape>CD transfers will not need this, but as something conveinent, it would be great.

ME
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249. "try stickin a pencil in your ipod when it freezes up...."
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...it aint the same folks

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253. "i still own several albums exclusively on dubbed tapes."
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i refuse to buy them on CD b/c i already have them and i have a hard time buying something i already have.

fuck you.

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254. "RE: What was your favorite blank cassette?"
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Damn awesome post.

Yeah, my tapes of choice were Maxells XLS-II,XL-1, Sonys, TDK, and Denons. Back in high school I fucked with the normal bias but once I got my first crO2 it was on. I would use my Xmas money to get a two 10 bricks of those XLS-II and head over the by friends house to tape all the prince shit he had and other cool stuff. He has every b-side/12inch/extended b-side and large collection of 'unreleased' stuff. I still have all of those tapes and they still sound dope. You have to master the whole recording level slider or knob to have crispy sounding tapes.

My pet peeves with tapes:

Giving someone a a good tape(maxell xls-ii) for them to give you a mix and they give you a busta a yellow and purple normal bias tape trying to convince you it is the same tapes. Nigga those tapes are like 10 for 7 bucks. My brick was 20 bucks . How in the hell is that the same mofo.

Fools with bad hand writing fucking up up the labels and inserts. Just write the shit out on a post-it and I'll do the shit myself you chicken-scratch writing mother fucker.

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255. "*PUSHES PIECES OF PAPER INTO TAPE HOLES*"
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*presses PLAY and RECORD on post*

*stares at the equalizer bands magically moving*

THIS POST IS PROTECTED BY

THE RED
THE BLACK
AND THE GREEN

WITH A KEY......YOU SISSY ! ! ! !

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