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  • #16
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    which was worse? The amount of time involved or hoping there was enough tape left?
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    • #17
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      Where the hell was I when those cassette singles were available? This is the first time I've heard of them! Was this in the second part of the eighties? By that time I was well into my twenties and didn't follow music the way you do when you're in your teens.

      Cassettes were the only music medium I had in those days (the late 70s/early 80s) - a mixture of pre-recorded ones and ones I recorded myself, either off the radio or off my brother's record player (he was old enough to be working so had more money than me). As I could only afford the cheapest kind of cassette player I couldn't record off the radio directly, I had to use the microphone. My brother used to say it sounded terrible, but it was good enough for me.
      The present is a foreign country. They do things differently here.

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      • #18
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        a friend of mine has tons of them.

        ive got a cassette from the early nineties it has two songs on it.
        one on one side the other song on the other side.

        its a mariah carey cassette from 93 i think.
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        • #19
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          I don't remember seeing many cassette singles (Cassingles) around in the shops etc. If I remember, they were quite shortlived really. They first appeared late 80s, but by the mid 90s CD singles were around. Late 1996 a new CD single had just come out, I asked if it was available a Cassingle, it wasn't so I bought the CD, even though I didn't have a CD player at the time. For your information, my first CD player was part of my Sanyo Midi System which I got autumn 1997 (and still going strong).
          I am 13 ... times 4.

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          • #20
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            I think that most people these days download tracks if they don't want the whole cd as most people have either mp3/ipod/laptop/or pc or phone with mp3 player.I find it more amazing when you think of the 8 track tapes people used to own.They were massive!.What happened though with the digital explosion is that a lot of small independant record shops went under.I remember cassette singles in woolworths but i think more people were collecting the now series of compelations as they came out fairly quick and represented better value.
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            • #21
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              I'm sure I bought the cassette single "Lovestruck" by Madness in 1999! I got it reduced in Woolworth's....they're both defunct now....NOT Madness.....the Cassingle and Woollies I mean!

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              • #22
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                Hardly see music tapes anymore? most people have moved away.Partners had some a while back (Now raymonds).
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                • #23
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                  i had records and tapes of the damned still got some but cant play them my tape machine is broke
                  The Damned

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                  • #24
                    One of my tapes got caught up in the player, tangled and broke. So I disassembled the tape and rejoined it with a small piece of Sellotape and straightened as best as I could. Unfortunately, when the track played, the sound was muffled and crackled for about 15 secs. Even now when I hear the track on CD I cringe in anticipation of the distortion! It was from Pink Floyd The Wall.

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                    • #25
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                      Sound quality has improved so much with digital media that i am suprised if people still use cassette players.the cold/Damp/humidity was always a killer to tapes.But cds are not as tough as they made out when they first got released.Most people used to back up their vynal to cassette so they had a copy for their cars.
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                      • #26
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                        I bought a few cassete singles from local charity shops, one was Erasure, one was Duran Duran. But one tape I bought (not a single, an album) still has the Woolworths receipt inside the case, it was originally bought on 31/10/87.

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                        • #27
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                          I always used to keep receipts inside my new cds...for some reason i wanted to prove i liked a band more by buying the cd and proving i bought the cd on the release day...

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                          • #28
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                            Once or twice I did that with CD's & videos.
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                            • #29
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                              Originally posted by RetroAEROSMITH View Post
                              I always used to keep receipts inside my new cds...for some reason i wanted to prove i liked a band more by buying the cd and proving i bought the cd on the release day...
                              I used to do this too and still have a couple.

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                              • #30
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                                I have 4 cassingles 'Hold On My Heart' by Genesis, 'Hazard' by Richard Marx, 'Regret' by New Order and 'When You Walk In The Room' by Status Quo.
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