walkman / cassette tapes / listening to full albums

[chuck norriss]

I have a bunch of cassettes that I still want to listen to so I'm getting a walkman portable cassette player. I'm willing to pay $1 or less for cassettes, especially for classic albums. another part of it is going back to listening to albums in their entirety, albeit I can do that w my iphone/ipud--dark side of the moon, the wall, any led zeppelin, beatles, classical, jazz, etc. Part of it is nostalgia, part having a tangible object from a band I like & not jsut mp3 file (I have that too; dont worry I'm not a complete dinosaur), part warm sound quality even if it means white noise from the tape rolling.
Do you listen to entire albums? which ones

a coworker is vehemently opposed to audio cassettes, their sound quality, the fact that they are separate objects, not files, & is trying to talk me out of it--don't know why--I don't owe him an explanation + he can kiss my grits. anyway im getting it so if you ahve cassettes you want to get rid of send them my way or just discuss

I also still like reading real hardcover books & flirting with girls face to face. well not since my current girl

[tplyons]

I'll take paperback books and an iPod please.

Cassettes were trash, and I pulled the tape player from my first car within 20 minutes of getting it home for a CD player. CD's were great, but didn't have the portability of an iPod. Can't beat a week's worth of music in my pocket. But yes, I generally listen to whole albums, though the idea of an album is going by the wayside.

[jnuts1]

ha ha ha! saying you could come home & take out your tape player for a cd player tells me you have no business talking about tapes! when they are the only format to use you use them. my first car had an 8track player & my current truck only has a tape deck. i rocked some Van Halen yesterday on my way to rehearsal. it ruled hard

[My name is Mudd]

My 80 gig Classic has 145 full albums and around 100 singles currently loaded...I'll buy singles off of iTunes if I know I only want that song, but I usually buy albums on CD and rip/convert them myself.

Every now and then, I've though about buying a USB-powered turntable and recording my small vinyl collection for my iPod - I have a few 1st-gen Beatles, a 1st-gen Live At Leeds, and some Japanese imports, none of which get used currently.

[chuck norriss]

I wouldn't mind having an 8track player either. I had Chuck Berry on 8Track as a kid. there must be a way to hook up 8track to a stereo receiver.

My ex wife has my turntable & record collection. And library. And furniture.

[Richard G]

my fav 8 track in 6th grade was an ac/dc i believe it was back in black...then dirty deeds or vice versa......also had a ted nugent 8 track...and somehow got a disco 8track at a thriftstore that had the song disco duck!!!..i love listening to vinyl especially my dad's old jazz records from the pacific jazz label...and of course my countless other records!....i dont think theres nothing wrong with tapes..they are a cheap hobby!...i still get vinyl from time to time always adding to my reggae stuff....or something new that i dig and is available on vinyl ill get the vinyl....Mogwai sounds awesome on vinyl. (ony my technics 1200 or my vestax pdx2000)...(i own some turntablism type records too with beats,samples etc... even some vinyl thats ment to be performed with a band like keyboard sounds that you are able to change the pitches and toy with!)

my 2005 toyota tundra truck has a tape deck with a cd/radio in it....

[totallyfrozen]

I used to have boxes of cassettes. Now the only cassettes I have are old radio airchecks of myself from when I was on the air as a DJ.
When CD's got popular and cassettes started to disappear, I moved to CD's. When mp3 files got popular and CD's started to be more inconvenient, I moved to mp3's.

I still have a Radio Shack cassette player/recorder but it doesn't get any use now. I don't see the need to stay stuck in the past or to idolize outdated technology. The only reason might be the nostalgia of it. I mean, I still love radio and listen to the radio. I even own a few analog AM/FM radios. Old technology, yeah, but having been a radio DJ I have a thing for radios.

If I was going to value the old technology for the supposed "warm" audio quality, I'd go for vinyl records. Records have a unique old skool sound all their own and I like it better than a hissing, warbling old cassette. When I was a little kid (way long ago) we had 8-tracks and vinyl records. The first records I remember were Aerosmith (Get Your Wings and Toys In The Attic). The first 8-track I remember having was Nazareth (don't remember which album). I had cassettes all through my teens.

If you want to get into cassettes, keep an eye on eBay. I'm sure you can find a few on there. Also, check your local pawnshops.

[jnuts1]

oh man that is one thing i got was my records, 7" reel to reel w/ an 8 track player/recorder & all my other music stuff. she kept all the tvs & furniture i didn't want anyways!
but any old 8 track recorder will have audio outs. & you can even get converters if it is a phono jack like old school record players are.

[My name is Mudd]

I think I may have gotten the VERY LAST factory-installed cassette deck in the universe...my '04 Toyota Tundra has both a CD and cassette in the dash. I use the cassette with a car kit for my iPod, but when I can I'm yanking it out and installing an iPod-ready/USB drive-ready unit.

[D.M.N.]

I'm into vinyl myself, over cassettes. But I wholely agree with the "Whole Album" part. I put on a record, and I'm not jumping around to listen to one song. I'm experiencing the ENTIRETY of what the artist intended (at least when people gave a crap about a whole, strong, album). I have Yes' Fragile as one big file on my ipod, because let's be honest, it's a bit stupid separating up all those songs. So here's for the return of the ALBUM, not the hodge-podge assortment of Singles and filler you get all the time now.

[My name is Mudd]

Originally Posted by Richard G

my 2005 toyota tundra truck has a tape deck with a cd/radio in it....

Originally Posted by My name is Mudd

I think I may have gotten the VERY LAST factory-installed cassette deck in the universe...

I missed seeing that part of Richard's post until just now...oops, and 'congrats' (or something) on having old tech in a newer container than mine.

[champbassist]

Originally Posted by My name is Mudd

I missed seeing that part of Richard's post until just now...oops, and 'congrats' (or something) on having old tech in a newer container than mine.

Maybe these are the last cassette decks in the US but we have cassette decks on many music systems here in India even today: I bought a Philips music system last year which had one

I always feel that listening to complete albums is a much more wholesome experience than listening to favorite songs, individually. The latter gets boring pretty quick, so I almost always have whole albums in my music player(s).