Cassettes..

[johnmiic]

I have a helluva lot of cassettes lying around. Does anyone want them? I'll send you a list and you can have them if you pay postage. I have like 2 small boxes worth. I hate to throw them out.

[Mikey]

Worst problem with cassettes is their pressure pads (little fuzzy pad in center) usually fall off over time --- especially cassettes kept in your vehicle.

[Figuremod73]

there are ways of copying them to cd's now. ive been meaning to look into those. i definately want one that can copy records.

[Spawn67]

I have a helluva lot of cassettes lying around. Does anyone want them? I'll send you a list and you can have them if you pay postage. I have like 2 small boxes worth. I hate to throw them out.

Send me the list if you have anything metal/punk related!

[Cosmicman]

I have Mercyful Fates "The Beginning" on tape that I have had since 88 and it sounds perfect!

Ha Ha That's awesome! Those old dark metal tapes from the 80s are holding up.

You know, back when Mercyful Fate Released "Melissa" in the early 80s there was some foreign tour manager phone number on there and I know a guy who called the number and actually talked to King Diamond. This was way before anyone had any clue who he was. Some of the later prints of "Melissa" didn't have the tour manager number on it as the band became popular.
Some of the original prints of "Melissa" with the tour manager/booking agent numbers on there is an indication that it is the earliest incarnation of the release.

This has nothing to do with the topic but I wanted to comment this for Spawn67....

Mercyful Fate had to reunite to re-record the song "EVIL" because the record company they used back then wouldn't give them the rights to their original tapes. They re-recorded the song for a Metallica "Guitar Hero" section where you can activate an animated King Diamond. I have never seen the game or have I ever played "Guitar Hero" but I thought it was interesting that Mercyful Fate did that.

[cjefferys]

I had a huge box full of them that I finally just threw away while we were moving a few years ago. I kinda wish I had at least cherry picked through it a bit, I'm pretty sure there a few rare tapes in the box.

I have Mercyful Fates "The Beginning" on tape that I have had since 88 and it sounds perfect!

I still have that album on vinyl.

Mercyful Fate had to reunite to re-record the song "EVIL" because the record company they used back then wouldn't give them the rights to their original tapes. They re-recorded the song for a Metallica "Guitar Hero" section where you can activate an animated King Diamond. I have never seen the game or have I ever played "Guitar Hero" but I thought it was interesting that Mercyful Fate did that.

I got the game, the new version of "Evil" sounds really good. And King Diamond looks awesome in the game. Never thought I'd see him in a Guitar Hero game, it's great!

[johnmiic]

Send me the list if you have anything metal/punk related!

PM sent. Thanks!

[bobws]

I never can seem to buy a car with a cd player so i still use cassettes, i was playing Debbie Gibsons first 2 albums whenever x-mas music comes on the radio just yesterday.

[The Toyroom]

I never really cared for the cassette... I was pretty much exclusively vinyl until the switch to CDs...

[Cosmicman]

I never really cared for the cassette... I was pretty much exclusively vinyl until the switch to CDs...

Though I pick up CDs these days. As a hobby I collect vinyls. I have almost 1,000 of them and I keep finding them in antique stores and even the modern Exclusive Companies are selling them again due to their popularity. I won't buy a record unless the vinyl itself has hardly no scratches on it. I'm pretty picky what I grab for the collection.
Oddly, I rarely play the vinyls (even though I have a record player). I just love the look and feel of the record and the art work offers way more then the CD packaging that I need my glasses to sometimes see the things.

Most of the time I usually just make a copy of my CD and slide it inside the album packaging. That way if I want to play a certain vinyl there is a CD in there also and I can admire the artwork while rocking out to the recording and I won't risk scratching the vinyl any further. I guess I'm bizarre when it comes to that. Really picky about vinyl quality in my collection. Probably doesn't matter and I'll be dead before they are worth ****.

My daughter and I spent a fun day copying and burning CDs to go with the records. The vinyl and the CDs are between paper so they don't touch and you can barely notice they are inside the LP cases.

[Adam West]

I have also cherry picked through my old cassettes and held onto a handful of them (usually old tape mixes I put together). I rarely listen to them but don't have the heart to pitch them. I also have kept my vinyls. Again, I don't really play them but have picked a few of my favorite, found frames at A.C. more to frame the nicer looking album covers and hang them on the wall.

[Thor]

I still have several.

[Figuremod73]

I still enjoy the sound of records. Its something that cd's cant duplicate.

[Mikey]

I always like 8-tracks better than cassettes

8-tracks had way better sound

Only thing, players would eat 8-tracks way more often than cassettes

[livnxxxl]

I to have a lot of cassette tapes still from my teenage years. Some that have became scarce over the years and even increased in value to my surprise.

Who would have ever thought that the band Killer Dwarf's - Stand Tall would have ever been worth anything today.

I mainly kept them all these years because I like the covers and I listened to most of them growing up. I have even found myself buying some every now and then in a thrift store find just for the hell of it. I really do not listen to them at all any more every since the CD revelation took over. I have most of them all digitally transferred or on CD and or on my PC.

I collect a little bit of everything when I go to thrift stores. Since I rarely find Mego's in the wild I figure I gotta blow my money on something.