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Cassette Store Day 2015: Still Fresh!

Posted by ashleyelsdonon October 17, 2015October 14, 2015in Events, TechLeave a comment

TDK SA90's, all fresh! — TDK SA90’s, all fresh!

Still in the wrappers and fresh as anything!

Cassette Store Day 2015: One of my favourite T-Shirts

Posted by ashleyelsdonon October 17, 2015October 14, 2015in Events, StuffLeave a comment

It’s also very very cool indeed.

Welcome to Cassette Store Day 2015 …

Posted by ashleyelsdonon October 17, 2015October 11, 2015in Events, StuffLeave a comment

It feels like Cassette Store Day is something that was created just for me. So, I’m going to celebrate it here in style. Stay tuned for a lot of Cassette flavoured goodness today!

Cassette Store Day is only a week away

Posted by ashleyelsdonon October 10, 2015in EventsLeave a comment

It’s only a week away and I’m wondering what to do to celebrate cassettes in my own way. I’m not quite sure what form that will take, but there will be something for sure.

Bill Nelson’s Getting the Holy Ghost Across … the tape!

Posted by ashleyelsdonon August 21, 2015August 18, 2015in MusicLeave a comment

Bill Nelson's Getting the Holy Ghost Across Tape front — Bill Nelson’s Getting the Holy Ghost Across Tape front

I already have this album, on vinyl and on CD, but the tape has something special about it, and it isn’t just that it was the format that I bought this album on for the first time. No, it’s something different.

Bill Nelson's Getting the Holy Ghost Across Tape back — Bill Nelson’s Getting the Holy Ghost Across Tape back

With the original tape was a lyric list that came with it, printed on the same sort of paper that bibles are printed with. It was a lovely touch and in keeping with the whole album, so when I saw it come up on eBay I knew it was something I wanted to own again just for old times sake.

Bill Nelson's Getting the Holy Ghost Across Tape lyric sheet — Bill Nelson’s Getting the Holy Ghost Across Tape lyric sheet

Cassette Store Day will return 17 October

Posted by ashleyelsdonon June 28, 2015June 28, 2015in EventsLeave a comment

Great that Cassette Store day is coming back again this year. I hope it’ll be better supported than before. I’ll be celebrating it of course. Why wouldn’t I?

Nearer the time I’ll try and post details of events and the like, and hopefully I’ll get along to some too.

Wishing that Unknown Public was still a thing

Posted by ashleyelsdonon May 30, 2015May 27, 2015in MusicLeave a comment

But it isn’t and hasn’t been for a long time now, which is such a shame. It was such an interesting idea and such a good package. Of course it was in a time before music discovery on the internet was a thing. Before Spotify was a thing. Back then, stuff like Unknown Public (although there wasn’t really anything like it) was a really good way to discover new music, new artists. It worked like that for me.

So in many ways it doesn’t have a place in terms of today’s music world, but I think we’re poorer for it. A lot of the enjoyment from Unknown public was in how it was put together. The beauty of the package and its contents. You can’t make that on the internet. Maybe someone should try.

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