What's In Your Tape Cassette Deck Tonight?

Willy Hermann has gone through each of my three Nakamichi cassette decks: ZX-9; RX-505; CR-7A. As you would expect, they all have sounded amazing after being serviced by Willy. About five years ago, I bought a Nak Dragon from Willy. He called me and told me that he had a request from a medical records company to transcribe their records to magnetic tape, so (at his request) I sold it back to him. You won't meet a nicer guy than Willy, and I appreciated all the work he had done for me, but even today I wonder "what was I thinking."  

Yeah this is an old thread,Cassette players are more  expensive ,then ever....

UPDATE:  Cassette Store Day is now Cassette Store Week!  Just found out about this, sorry for the late news, but it's still going strong.  I bought a couple of titles.  These have always been pretty obscure, but I like supporting the independants.

https://blog.discogs.com/en/how-to-make-the-most-of-cassette-week/?utm_medium=pm&utm_source=mktg...

Emmylou Harris-Duets

Blind Faith S/T. Polydor Dolby Reissue 

Cream - Disraeli Gears. PolyGram Dolby Reissue (thinking late 70’s)

The Darling Buds - Crawdaddy. Columbia 1990

Candy Dulfer - Sax-A-Go-Go.  Also from the Estate buy.

Forgot to add the tidbit that I have owned and loved the deck since it was new in 1982(?) Never regret spending for high quality!

Lush - Gala. Reprise 1990

@r_f_sayles

+1 Can’t get better than Willy. Enjoy your newly tuned-up Nak

A Nakamichi ZX-7 just completely gone through by Willy Hermann is in play in my listening/living room. Listening to a live Springsteen concert that I was actually at, but someone else recorded with a Sony Pro recorder, captured the entire concert of some three hours+. Surprisingly good sound. 

Windham Hill Guitar Sampler II.  One of my recent acquisitions from that Estate sale.

Vassar  Clements / John Hartford / Dave Holland -  S/T. Rounder Records 1985

Junko Onishi Cruising promo tape (CrO2 Non-Dolby). Beautifully done by Blue Note.

@mofimadness 

Dang, congrats. Quite a find, and an incredible deal. Might as well just gave them to you.

I went to a local estate sale today and picked up over $200 worth of sealed, blank type II & IV cassette tapes, (Fuji, Maxell, TDK) and over 600 pre-recorded cassette tapes in excellent condition for...a whoppin' $25!

They even threw in quite a few cassette holders/cases/drawers.

Still going through them, but I think I did okay :-)

Mother Love Bone was a band that I never got a chance to really get into. I wasn’t aware, (until I just looked it up), that in a roundabout way, Pearl Jam was formed from their ashes. Also, I never knew that "Apple" was their only album.

Thanks for posting this! I love learning about new things, especially audio/music related.

Apple .... Mother Love Bone.

Would love to get this on vinyl but near unobtanium!!
Well at any price I would be happy to pay........
😁

Quarterflash-Quarterflash (Self-Titled)

(Recorded from the LP to a Fuji FRII-46 on an Optonica RT-6905)

Standing Hampton ..... Sammy Hagar.

Original 1981 release.

SQ is pretty sharp!

One more from the Road..... Lynyrd Skynyrd.

1980 reissue of 1976 original.

At Fillmore East .... The Allman Brothers Band.

2 record set all on one tape.

1986 reissue of the 1974 original.

Yea, figured all my other sources shouldn’t be left out. 😁 But, *it is* hard to drag me away from the SOTA right now.

Wondered when you would manage to drag yourself away from the SOTA Brian.
🤔🤔

Enjoy this revitalized thread.

Billie Holiday - All or Nothing at All. Verve 1978 Dolby

Fantastic SQ in this tape.

Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks. Columbia 1974, pre Dolby release.

Street Life 20 Great Hits .... Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music.

LOVE that album!  I have it on both CD and LP, but haven't recorded it yet.

How about:  Avalon-Roxy Music

(Recorded from the Simply Vinyl LP to a Maxell MX-46 cassette on a H/K CD-391).

Street Life 20 Great Hits .... Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music.

The Very Best Of-David Sanborn

  (Just recorded and played back on a Maxell XLII90 from the CD, via a Kenwood KX-7030).

I'm really not a jazz guy, but for some strange reason today, it struck my fancy...

Nice Mofi.

In my last preowned cassette haul there were 5 Spyro tapes.
Not got round to them yet but I think I have all of them on vinyl though.

The Collection-Spyro Gyra

(Just recorded and played back on a Maxell XLII90 from the CD, via a Kenwood KX-7030).

Frampton Comes Alive.
A&M cs-3703.

Another silicone rescue, hopefully the tape will hang in on this one.

Don’t you just hate that!
Got to end of side 2 and the tape pulled right off the hub and now junk as a sealed case....grrrrrrr.

Knock on wood, that hasn't happened to me in ages.  I used to have a deck (can't remember which one) that always snapped the tape at the end.  Never could get it to work correctly.  Think I threw it away.  Bummer dude!

Don’t you just hate that!
Got to end of side 2 and the tape pulled right off the hub and now junk as a sealed case....grrrrrrr.

I have that on cd .
I need to make a few new tapes myself, on vacation now for 10 days so hopefully find a bit of time to use some of my metal tapes.

The Concert In Central Park-Simon & Garfunkel

(Just recorded and played back on a Maxell XLII90 via a Kenwood KX-7030).

A Question Of Balance .... The Moody Blues.

Took a fair bit of silicone coating to rescue this from “squeaky hell “

Fotomaker-Fotomaker (Self-Titled)

(Recorded on a Denon HD7 60 from the LP to a BIC T-4)

Too-Rye-Ay...Kevin Rowland & Dexys Midnight Runners.

(Recorded on a Fuji FR-II 46 from the LP to a B&O 8000).

Lines-Charlie  (Maxell MX-46 recorded from the LP to a Nak Dragon).

One of my favorite groups.  This album is superb!

Winelight Come Morning ..... Grover Washington JR.

Southern by the Grace of God .... The Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour.

A Question Of Balance .... The Moody Blues

American Pie ..... Don Mclean.

1980 reissue

Ten Years After Greatest Hits 

1987 reissue.

Unfortunately the SQ is terrible, to the cull pile it goes.

Thanks for the meaningful contribution......

Nothing never had one it is junk.

That’s actually pretty sad story there.
What a world.

Right now.

Aerosmith S/T

1980 reissue