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Uncle Bulgaria · 9th Nov 2019, 5:46 pm

I've bought a couple of things on cassette this year, most notably the first compilation of Walter Gavitt Ferguson, the now-99-year-old Costa Rican 'King of Calypso'. He hardly recorded anything professionally, but if you visited him and asked to buy his music, he'd ask you to return the next day and in the interim would record you a cassette of some of his songs. It seemed apt to buy the release on cassette rather than a high quality vinyl release...pressed from a home-recorded cassette master!

One thing I have noticed about new cassette releases is that they don't make claims to high-fidelity. None of the new ones I've bought make reference to Dolby or even to tape type on the cassette or packaging. I think a case of medium before message.

9th Nov 2019, 5:46 pm	#2
Uncle Bulgaria Nonode Join Date: May 2016 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 2,339	Re: Back To The future with a C90 I've bought a couple of things on cassette this year, most notably the first compilation of Walter Gavitt Ferguson, the now-99-year-old Costa Rican 'King of Calypso'. He hardly recorded anything professionally, but if you visited him and asked to buy his music, he'd ask you to return the next day and in the interim would record you a cassette of some of his songs. It seemed apt to buy the release on cassette rather than a high quality vinyl release...pressed from a home-recorded cassette master! One thing I have noticed about new cassette releases is that they don't make claims to high-fidelity. None of the new ones I've bought make reference to Dolby or even to tape type on the cassette or packaging. I think a case of medium before message.