the vintage cassette tapes appreciation topic

[Vince Evert]

Opening & playing sealed 54-year-old cassette tapes...


Vwestlife acquired some Ampex music cassettes that were sealed since 1969 or 1970. Will they still be playable after sitting unopened and unused for 53 or 54 years? And how good do they sound?

Let's find out!

Time flow:
0:00 50+ year old cassettes
1:17 Ray Charles
2:46 Harpers Bizarre
3:58 Peter, Paul & Mary
5:06 Mantovani (with pressure pad repair)
7:11 Solomon Burke
8:12 Don Ho
9:11 Pricing
9:40 Why didn't cassettes catch on sooner?

 

[Vince Evert]

I had to do it

This here is Andrew's (Parlogram auctions) look at The Beatles pre-recorded commercial cassette history...

 

[Vince Evert]

Ampex Grand Master 2 - A 43 Year Old Type 2 Cassette From The Legends Themselves - Unwrapping & Test...

 

[Vince Evert]

It All Started With This !!! - Playing the VERY FIRST music cassette tape (1967) -


Quote VWestlife : Out of seven billion pre-recorded cassette tapes in the USA, this is the first music cassette that people ever heard, when Norelco/Philips introduced the first stereo cassette player over half a century ago.
Make sure to play this video through good-quality stereo speakers or headphones!

Chapters Index:

0:00 Introduction4:04 The Francis Bay Big Band - Pradomania7:15 Art Mooney & His Orchestra - Shine On Harvest Moon9:35 Roger Lecussand & His Club Lido Orchestra - Une Histoire D'Amour12:14 The Empire City Six - Battle Hymn Of The Republic14:05 The City Stompers - Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey17:03 Nick Nantos & His Fireballers - Tweet Twa Two19:11 Billy Boyd - Shuffle Boogie22:26 Members of the Benny Goodman Orchestra - Jersey Bounce25:20 André Previn - Fat Stuff28:29 The Bunker Hillbillies - The Banjo's Back In Town