COMPACT CASSETTE

This portfolio is a homage to the good old analog compact cassette also called music cassette. I show some tapes of different brands and type sorted by brands: BASF, Denon, FUJI, maxell, RAKS, Sony and TDK of various types (I, II, IV). I also added three special cassettes from EMI - Scratch and Break (my favorite, because of “Boytronic - You” and “Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - New York, New York”), “Europa - Neue deutsche Welle” and “Ernst Klett - Learning English”.

The cassette, a Sony CHF 60 type I (1978 - 1981), in very bad condition now, is my absolute favorite, because it contains Bollock Brothers - Faith Healer, a radio recording of Big Black - Bad Penny, L Dopa, Trisomie 21 - Joh’ Burg and UV Pop - Serious.

'BASF' in a higher resolution
BASF, 2017
'BASF' in a higher resolution
BASF, 2017
'BASF' in a higher resolution
BASF, 2017
'TDK' in a higher resolution
TDK, 2017
'BASF' in a higher resolution
BASF, 2017
'BASF' in a higher resolution
BASF, 2017
'BASF' in a higher resolution
BASF, 2017
'BASF' in a higher resolution
BASF, 2017
'BASF' in a higher resolution
BASF, 2017
'Denon' in a higher resolution
Denon, 2017
'FUJI' in a higher resolution
FUJI, 2017
'maxell' in a higher resolution
maxell, 2017
'maxell' in a higher resolution
maxell, 2017
'maxell' in a higher resolution
maxell, 2017
'maxell' in a higher resolution
maxell, 2017
'maxell' in a higher resolution
maxell, 2017
'maxell' in a higher resolution
maxell, 2017
'maxell' in a higher resolution
maxell, 2017
'maxell' in a higher resolution
maxell, 2017
'RAKS' in a higher resolution
RAKS, 2017
'Sony' in a higher resolution
Sony, 2017
'Sony' in a higher resolution
Sony, 2017
'Sony' in a higher resolution
Sony, 2017
'Sony' in a higher resolution
Sony, 2017
'Sony' in a higher resolution
Sony, 2017
'Sony' in a higher resolution
Sony, 2017
'Sony' in a higher resolution
Sony, 2017
'Sony' in a higher resolution
Sony, 2017
'Sony' in a higher resolution
Sony, 2017
'Sony' in a higher resolution
Sony, 2017
'TDK' in a higher resolution
TDK, 2017
'TDK' in a higher resolution
TDK, 2017
'TDK' in a higher resolution
TDK, 2017
'TDK' in a higher resolution
TDK, 2017
'TDK' in a higher resolution
TDK, 2017
'TDK' in a higher resolution
TDK, 2017
'TDK' in a higher resolution
TDK, 2017
'TDK' in a higher resolution
TDK, 2017
'TDK' in a higher resolution
TDK, 2017
'Europa - Neue deutsche Welle' in a higher resolution
Europa - Neue deutsche Welle, 2017
'EMI - Scratch and Break' in a higher resolution
EMI - Scratch and Break, 2017
'Ernst Klett - Learning English' in a higher resolution
Ernst Klett - Learning English, 2017

I got a sickness sweet as a love note
I got a headache like a pillow
Called me Daisy, called me Daisy, called me Daisy, that one
Called me Daisy
I am a sweetheart
I am a prom queen
I am some puppies
What, Daisy?
What, Daisy?
Are we here now?
I am a horror
This is an old one
What, Daisy?
L Dopa fixed me, all right
(Lyrics of Big Black - L Dopa)

On the website Vintage Cassettes you find beautiful pictures of sealed compact casettes from the years 1963 to 2010.

On YouTube you find a video about the Bloomberg Quicktake - The Last Audio Cassette Factory.

Little boys say
Big ones don’t cry
Look at you now
Look at you now
Never take what dreams are made of
Makes me laugh so,
Serious serious
Children play
Outside my window
Happy happy
Black and white
Go and join them
Won’t you won’t you
Always wanted
Always wanted to be
Serious serious
Serious serious
Serious serious
Only two things
Free in life are
Love and air is
Love and air is
Clench my hand I’ll take you walking
Into the stars into the dark the dark
The dark the dark
Serious serious
We’re so serious
(Lyrics of UV-Pop - Serious)