Cassettes

[Hopkirk]

They were rubbish, weren't they?

[boxtops]

No, I've still got loads!

[ttfn]

I disagree Hopkirk - without them I wouldn't have cherished voice recordings of lost loved ones.

[askyourgran]

No I disagree, I've lost a lot of good music because I chucked most of my cassettes when I got rid of my Hi-fi with cassette player, and got a cd.

[dothawkes31]

It was 8 track cartridges that were rubbish!

[Hopkirk]

Yes but if you wanted to hear that song again, well what a pullava!

[BAKERS DOZEN]

So have we - boxes of them -mainly taped off the radio. Some brilliant music on them.

[Buenchico]

I would have though that Hopkirk (first transmitted in 1969) would regard the cassette (patented in 1965) as almost the latest technology!
;-)

Anyway, I've still got loads of them that I play regularly.

[Mick-Talbot]

what else could you do at the time?

[4getmenot]

you could get them put onto cd ttfn x

[mrs.chappie]

Compared to what we have available now, yes, they were rubbish. Brilliant in their day though, because you had nowt much else to record onto.

[Buenchico]

My car radio had automatic track detection, so that you could simply press the track number (or, for example, 'Repeat') to go to the track which you wanted. Yes, you had to wait for the tape to wind through but it was far from being a 'pullava'

[4getmenot]

I miss having the blank cassette ready in player to press record at my faves songs on the top 40 on a sunday night. Bloody annoyed me when they talked over song though.

[Hopkirk]

Remember trying to record from an LP?

Wind the cassette on with your little finger until the leader was past the middle.

Put the cassette in.

Press pause.

Press down Play and Record at the same time.

Put the needle on the record in the right place.

Get ready to release Pause.

The music starts too early. Lift the needle off and try again.

After several attempts, release Pause.

[Buenchico]

My parents would have thrown me out of the house if I'd have recorded the Top 40, 4GetMeNot. If my school found out that I'd done it I'd have been expelled! Copyright infringement was taken very seriously in those days!

[Hopkirk]

You can't be serious Chris!

Everyone recorded from the radio.

[4getmenot]

yer I put all my records on cassette so I didnt have to keep changing them over

[Hopkirk]

The grass verges by roads were often decorated with magnetic tape, all tangled up.

[mccfluff]

lol forget i remember doing the same, shame i can;t play any of my tapes now though, i still have a load in a box somewhere!

[Buenchico]

My school had some very strict rules, Hopkirk.

Playing for an organised football (soccer) team in your own time (e.g. at the weekend) was an automatic expulsion offence, as was holding hands with a pupil from the neighbouring girls' school while walking home or doing a paper round. Listening to pirate radio stations was seriously frowned upon but actually recording from the radio was close to a death sentence!

[AlBags]

Tom Browne was great at the Top20.
Used to record onto reel-to-reel every week without fail. I hour.
Then later it became Top 40 .. didn't it? 2 hours.