More tapes. Real. Not fake.

By Nik Stanbridge on April 23, 2008 9:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

I've found the rest of my cassettes. All of the ones I thought that I had, I have and they are here. Boxes now too as some of the labels are blank.

These though are not just mix-tapes. What you have here is:

Mix tapes
Cassette audio letters (including one that actually went through the mail - it has stamps!)
Field recordings
Loops for use in my band [Ordinary]. Loops, BTW are an obscure type of cassette that I got hold of. They came, I seem to remember in 30s, 60s and 120s lengths. I had all three. The 30s one was the best though. The Boris Karloff loop is from a film on the telly and was, is, brilliant.
Field recordings from the telly.
Field recordings that were 'interviews' with strangers. 'Lesley' was a cardboard sales-woman on a train to Manchester.
Band recordings. 'Ordinary' was 'my' electronic / experimental band. There are also recordings here of Mark and I. 'Vindaloo Orchestra' was a band at uni ['Pink Trouser Strut' was about Tracey, my girlfriend at the time.].

My video compilations could have told a similar story, but they went in the bin quite a while ago.