So since I got this cassette deck, I picked up a box of high-bias blank cassettes and I’ve been taping some hot jams direct from the turntable. Interesting thing about cassettes; since your recording time is limited, there is maybe a bit more pressure to make sure that every song which goes onto tape is a badass track, worthy of ferromagnetic imprinting.
I had forgotten how making cassettes track-by-track is fairly labor intensive–you can’t really walk away from the deck for more than a couple minutes at most. There is something rewarding about finishing a tape though–one where you think to yourself, damn, every song on there is tops, and I’m pretty sure I nailed the order too. This tape’s got FLOW, baby!
I just completed one that’s a combination of two double LP Orgone releases. If I don’t say so myself, the track listing is AWESOME.
Side A: Cali Fever
1. Cali Fever
2. Time Tonight
3. Lookout
4. The Cleaner
Side B: Killion Vaults
1. Cruel Intentions
2. Wanting Wondering
3. Shopping Spree
4. K. Irin
5. Counting On You
6. Done Deal
7. Dark Falls
Total playtime: only 40 minutes. Make it count!
Since these cassettes didn’t come with stick-on labels, I used metal-ink pens to label them, then put transparent tape over the writing so it can’t get scratched off. I’m pretty sure that should keep the labeling in mint condition for the life of the tape.
And–AND–I’ve got three little mini-mixes that I whipped up for these tapes. After the goods have all been delivered, they’ll be posted on here. Stay tuned for that in the latter half of August.
Tags: analog life, cassette, funk, Music, nostalgia
