cassette tapes

[betterdays]

what are your thoughts on cassette tapes?

i may be pressed a couple in the next few months.

[oakland]

In blind tests most people choose the sound of a high-quality cassette over both CDs and records.

[One Hundred Fifty-Two]

Im always afraid they will get eaten.

[silentgods]

i have like 100 old metal cassettes.

[jimmythescumbag]

I am down with tapes. You can get up to 120 minutes of music on a tape, and they are usually the same price as most 7"s.

[themullet89]

Dig 'em!

[cactusbot]

Fully backed.

[kurtz]

Listen to them in my car every day!

[jimmythescumbag]

Listen to them in my car every day!

Same here.

[saxamaphone]

I got like a shoe box fulla them.

[Guest errolwest]

i love cassettes, i have a few things ive done released on cassette. also, as a side note, i love the way something sounds when recorded on tape.

[bill]

Tapes rule, I probably own a few hundred and I listen them pretty much every week.

My walkman gets far more use than my mp3 player, I like the sound a lot better but that's probably because I grew up with tapes

[Guest markovianprocess]

I like them. It can be a very cost effective/fun way to release your music.

[Dillhole]

I don't like them. I've had so many get eaten up in the past. Ugh. I even had a couple melt from being in my car.

They can sound damn good through good equipment though. I'll just stick with records and cds, plus I have no way to play them anymore.

[punkrudeboy]

When I was streamlining first thing to go was my cassette player. Now I'm just down to my records and Ipod.

[jcamps]

huge fan, especially because of my car.

perfect price point:free-$6

this past month i've scored fugazi - repeater, suicidal tendencies how will i laugh tomorrow, a cure single, bjork, bone thugs, and a few others from the goodwill on melnea cass blvd

also dropped some dollars on two xfilesx cassettes off ebay

[thisisyourliferva]

They are super cheap and still have great art. They are also a great release means for smaller bands, and can be quite collectible with customized small runs.

[Guest markovianprocess]

I have a box of them under my bed. My record player has a built in tape player, so I still play them when I get the chance.

I like how easy they are to produce, and how much content you can fit onto them despite how cheap they are. I wish more bands (other than hardcore) released them.

[lonesomexloveus]

i have no way to play them. nor do i have the desire to 'collect' another form of media. i already don't have enough space for all my crap.

[kurtz]

I wish more bands (other than hardcore) released them.

Start listening to black metal or noise/experimental music. You'll have more tapes than you can handle in no time!

[travis]

i have no way to play them. nor do i have the desire to 'collect' another form of media. i already don't have enough space for all my crap.

[Guest]

I have a bag full of tapes and they are all awesome. Half of them are warped or otherwise marred by some kind of damage. I love them because I don't have to care about them.

[eddieruckus]

i like em... I only have a handful but thats because I dont have a tape player... if I did I would own a ton more

[jcamps]

scored a ton of weird al tapes at goodwill outlets, 5/$1 cannot be beat!

[deafmx]

cool to relive the past with all the demos and stuff collected in the 80's and 90's.

not cool to pay $10 for a tape now though, especially limited "collectible" releases tape labels are doing.

I've been playing a bunch in my work van the past year, it's been fun. I have a bunch of good old tapes and some great cheeseball stuff too.