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The lost art of the mixtape.
7:14 AM - Mar 28, 2020
I used to adorn my Maxell XLII 90 mixtape cases with artwork, etc.
If I had to venture a guess, the tapes in the photo were put together in the early-to-mid 80's.
roscoeroscoe
(1,369 posts)With a cheap Peavy DJ mixer, made a bunch of mixes each Christmas.
DJ'ed up in Northern California back in the 80's. Good times!
Shermann
(7,399 posts)I wish I still had those to share. I had a system I tell ya.
targetpractice
(4,919 posts)With an Epson dot matrix printer... I used Deluxe Paint... and some kind of software that made the Epson print really tiny print for the track list.
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)Since most people did not really know about the group "Simple Minds", listed on the tapes as "The Simpleminds", until The Breakfast Club came out in 1985, I would guess that at least some of these tapes were made in 1985 or later.
Generic Brad
(14,272 posts)Just a sample of some of the ones I recall I used to have:
A collection of Rolling Stones favorites labelled "How Is Keith Not Dead?"
A collection of disco songs called "Dance Your Pants Off"
Songs that were heavy on bass called "Rumblers"
A compilation of the most over the top depressing songs I could find called "You Can't Make This Shit Up"
Mixtapes held a finite number of songs. I just can't bring myself to do that with playlists that I can add to indefinitely.
Tikki
(14,549 posts)Always:
Talking Heads
DEVO
and some L.A. and S. F. Bands like...Social D or DK's
I thought it made me feel smarter..probably just helped ground me a bit.
Tikki
hunter
(38,301 posts)... driving across the U.S.A. several times.
Now I'm thinking I could scan the labels and recreate the tapes as files in my digital scrapbooks.
After all these years, and all the time they spent on the floor of cars parked in the sun, I'll bet the sound quality of the actual tapes is horrible! It was pretty bad to begin with, since a lot of them were originally copied from other cassettes.
targetpractice
(4,919 posts)... was the first mix-tape from someone you just started dating. That's when things became serious.
BigmanPigman
(51,563 posts)I paid for one to be installed in the late 90s when I got a new car but than it became impossible to do in 2010 when I had to get my next a new car. They couldn't even do it anymore they told me. I don't drive nearly as well without my mixed tapes. It is a fact!
Right now I have a mixed tape in my stereo cassette and it's turned up to 11:
The Small Faces...Ogden's Nut Gone Flake, Pink Floyd...Animals, Nirvana...Unplugged and "Assorted Good Stuff".
pansypoo53219
(20,952 posts)only purging 7 so far.
TomVilmer
(1,832 posts)... cut in stripes, so it was easy to see where they fitted in line.
GoneOffShore
(17,336 posts)Much easier to share -
I posted this the other day but I think it's worth doing it again.
The Apocalypse Now Spotify playlist
A good friend in Philadelphia has put together a playlist.
I think you'll all enjoy it!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4CL7fFeTcpvHyxfuwbpFbG?si=VH8WDCJfQkekZU6vy-V8qQ
Ellen Forradalom
(16,159 posts)As did my boyfriend at the time.