Favorite brand of blank cassette tapes (old heads)

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I couldn't

They were popular. Again my sister had them primarily. I did buy several. My go to tapes looked like Robocop used them lol

 

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It removed the polarity and particles from the tape deck head that came off of the ribbon, it would clean up the sound.


A Head Demagnetizer is used to remove built up magnetism in the tape path & heads that can and does cause sound degradation AND can damage tape recordings

VERY well explained! Thank you for that.

If I knew this back then I would have bought one for sure.

 

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life was so simple

That's a dope graphic.

But personally I'd never twirl my tapes like that! Lol

I'd be scared it'd pull the tape off the reel!

I did use pencils to wind them though.

I was obsessed with tapes. Treated them with care.

I lent out one wu mix tape in high school.

Homie took forever to give it back.

I wonder why.

When I got it back he taped mad Britney and pop music from the radio! Lol wtf?!?

 

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Did any of you have any coveted mixtapes (yes real mixtapes) that you still have or got messed up?

I was lucky to have a boy who bought all the dope indie vinyl from 97-2001.

Jugganots, Finsta Bundy, Killah Priest singles.

I have one tape still that's good.

But one - had rare Kool Keith - Da Beat terrorists on it. Also my boy would blend different beats to other vocals but did it right. So his mixes were dope.

I don't even think I leant it out. I may have left it at my boy's apartment.

Dude had it and listened to it for months. I finally got it back and it just didn't work.

I tried to repair it. Put it in another case. Didn't work.

I was freaked out by that cause it was THEE tape.

I forgave my boy. Tried to remember what was on it. Etc

 

[get these nets]

I remember those days of getting any brand of 120 min tapes and setting my tape up to record as much Stretch & Bob as possible after I passed out.

Only to click play and hear them go into one of those weird talk breaks/roasting sessions



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The Lord Sear effect. They used to mostly play music and talk briefly, until he got on board,

 

[old pig]

maxell or TDK

 

[old pig]

These was my go-to.
I got a boom box for Christmas when I was 7 years old and I was addicted.
I would make tapes all day off the radio or CDs.
My uncle was a DJ and I would take his tapes and tape over them shyts... but eventually he caught on

So I started going to Rite-Aid and stealing tapes... weekly

ya these were the “newer” ones at the time...after a while these is all I would use

 

[old pig]

for real...it’s like nikkas is finding new and creative ways to indirectly shyt on me for throwing out my tape collection

 

[No Homo]

TDK or maxell was it for me

 

[ILLMMORTAL]

Side question - How did you guys repair chewed tapes? Were you always successful doing so?

I remember unscrewing and fixing chewed tapes by cutting the chewed part and using actual adhesive tape to tape the cut ends.

Sometimes it didn't work though.

Aye cuz I should’ve been a damn tape editor as much cutting and slicing I did back in the 80’s but that’s what we had to do to enjoy and listen to that dope azz mix tape that we either made or recorded off of whatever hip hop mix show that was either going on that Saturday morning or that Saturday night! Definitely a beautiful and memorable time in my life.... Thanx for the memories cuz, U a ill nikka for that one and uve just been ILLMORTALIZED!

Golden Era shyt at its finest.

 

[Kliq_Souf]

This thread got me looking at buying a boom box off eBay


I miss the sound of entering and pressing play on a tape

It’s been at least 13-14 years

 

[New Jeruzalem Journalist]

Always thought this gave the best sound.

This was my go to. So many damn jewels and hip-hop memories courtesy of these gems right here.

Even just seeing pictures of all these cassettes in this thread brings back some ill ass nostalgia of days past.

Before I even learned to label my tapes, I could tell which tape was which and had what songs on it just by looking at it. A certain scratch on the edge or face, a smeared letter, a chip off the coating. It was like a dog being able to recognize all of her puppies that look exactly alike to humans. That red and black maxell right there? Oh yeah, that one got my Redman freestyle, some Ras Kass tracks off the radio, and that new Busta Rhymes and Q-Tip joint.

 

[TEKBEATZ]

Da Grey Tapes...IYKYK

Thee the best

 

[valet]

This was my go to. So many damn jewels and hip-hop memories courtesy of these gems right here.

Even just seeing pictures of all these cassettes in this thread brings back some ill ass nostalgia of days past.

Before I even learned to label my tapes, I could tell which tape was which and had what songs on it just by looking at it. A certain scratch on the edge or face, a smeared letter, a chip off the coating. It was like a dog being able to recognize all of her puppies that look exactly alike to humans. That red and black maxell right there? Oh yeah, that one got my Redman freestyle, some Ras Kass tracks off the radio, and that new Busta Rhymes and Q-Tip joint.

NJJ= legend

 

[New Jeruzalem Journalist]

NJJ= legend

'ppreciate that homie.