Paul McCartney latest album CASSETTE!

Check out @PaulMcCartney’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/PaulMcCartney/status/1040216296879792130?s=09

Well I'm used to indy bands releasing on vinyl and more recently on cassette but seeing the legendary Sir Paul embrace our favourite format is a hoot. I've ordered it and hope that it is better quality than those old pre recorded cassettes from yesterday.(pun intended)
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Thanks. Yes it seemed fine when I shared to WhatsApp but had extra characters inserted when I copied to the clipboard. The Twitter feed had a video promo and audio sample with it which the shop link doesn't show.

Try this URL.

https://twitter.com/PaulMcCartney/status/1040216296879792130?s=09

 

Yes. The big question. But you get the digital download and it's really a marketing ploy. Nice art work and you can always make your own on a premium type 4 cassette. Wouldn't be the first time I've done that.

 

https://www-billboard-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.billboard.com/amp/articles/columns/cha

Except that the source is digital. My preference is to record from a new vinyl source to retain the maximum analogue characteristics. Modern studio recording now is on a digital desk anyway so does it matter. The masters used for new vinyl records are most likely cut from a digital source.

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I purchased the latest Rick Astley album on tape. I'm not really a Rick Astley fan but i thought i'd show support for them bringing it out on tape. Shame though as the quality of the tape and recording was terrible! still, hopefully if more people support the tape format the quality will get better.

 

I know. It's rare to find a good pre recorded tape. Unfortunately they're all bulk loaded and high speed duplicated which for us means they don't do the medium any justice. It's why people laugh when you say you have a Walkman because all they recall is hissy tapes from the 1980's. Totally different when recorded on a quality type IV on a Walkman WM-D6C or a high end deck.
I recently bought a batch of E46 cassette tapes to replace the rubbish in my Santana album collection. Now I have the artwork and a high quality recording for our beloved Walkman and Aiwa devices.

 

and quite possibly much older records. A few nights ago I was watching Top of the Pops - The Story of 1986 and someone on it (probably the keyboard player from the Communards) claimed that they had the first hit single recorded entirely digitally that year.

 

For sure. Dire Straits released the first digital album in 1986. When you look at the back of that CD it contains the letters "DDD". All three stages, studio desk, master source and consumer's media are digital.
Of course we prefer DDDA for our Walkman!

 

Thank you Brian for this music recommendation.
I'm not a big Cartney fan but this new album I like very much.
My self recorded tape is playing for hours and hours..... actually in my new blue DD

 

Perhaps if you employed a quality vacuum-tube pre-amp between the computer and the tape machine, to soften the edges, you could obtain qualities you seek from vinyl... I imagine.

What album was it?

 

Well it depends a bit on definition. Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA is credited as the first commercial release on CD in 1984.

 

@Silverera thanks for the tip: for some reason I always "knew" that it was Avalon, but never checked my info. Got myself into CDs years later, only in 1989 or so.
Not a biggest Sir Paul fan, but after reading this will fire up my Tidal tomorrow!

 

Hi Jorge,
I hope to obtain the official cassette this week. I did get the CD and recorded another copy on a type IV cassette. It came up well. Also never been a big McCartney fan either but I guess there is a fair amount of nostalgia involved here. Having admitted to that I will say this album stacks up pretty well. The more you listen the more you like it and marvel at the talent that was also evident in those "fab" times. If only John was still with us!
Cheers
B

 

May I suggest George Harrison's "Cloud 9" album? I let an older friend--a big fan of John--listen to it and she said "It sounds so-much like a true Beatles album, it's like as if they all got back together again!"

 

@walkman archive: does it Not have a line-out? my Woo Audio 3 had it, maybe it is an "option" with your h/p amp?

Sorry to report that although this latest from Sir Paul is Way Above whatever we are being fed nowadays, going back in time to his Band On the Run days, his voice now does Not grasp me no more: it is very good but I am not going to buy LP for boombox replay-recording onto cassette, hi-fi Tidal will suffice...

@nickelindimer yours is a good off-topic advice: for the old fart like me who lived through the whole craze, George was my all-time fav of the Glorious Four: B-side of the Abbey Road was/still getting played ad-infinitum and all his solo efforts are placed right next to my fav LPs of Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Gong, Klaus Schulze, Steven Wilson....... and King Crimson! Old age does change your prefs, and I spend more time nowadays trying to understand Mahler than listening to Mariah Carrey or Lady Gaga, or trying to suffer thru Top 30... but George still sounds like a Real Thing to me, as crazy and innovative as Xenakis or Ligetti... Now I sound like Alex Ross in his bestseller The Rest Is Noise: totally off, sorry!!! But you just Must read his book, it reads like a drug and digs into you!!