Got new tapes Increase in Kittens CDing1 - U -Series is now complete Very glad about the two Oldies ( Krom from 72, Maverick - here again in paper box - from 73 ) This CD Power Cassette has a little bit other design than the 90-minutes-tape. It`s assembled in Thailand. And i like the blistered tobacco merchandise tapes - had this only without the blister. 590 Cassettes in Collection - 8 new will come next. Have a good weekend
After a longer time, i can post someting new - it`s harder from post to post getting new tapes, the to-do-list is smaller and smaller, but the tapes rarer and rarer. Let`s start You can see, i began to collect also special cassettes, like the Horizon and the Nobody - these are TDK Learning and Music Editions. A curious thing is the 10-Pack for Karaoke - i don`t know, what tapes are in it - may be CDing Type. The Basara i still had, but not in Paper Box, and the SA 42 completed the list of special playing time - it`s the last, i needed. The D-C -tapes are different - some with star, some without - the star in the declaration means, it´s the first edition of the tape type, from 1972-74, in 1975 then the star changed to a point, you can also see this on SD and AD and ED - Type. Now collection includes 607 items, and i not added some funny stuff, like a Corgi Bus with TDK logo, a red metal Cassette Box, Rommee Playing Cards in TDK Cassette Format and Blistered Labels and Inlay Cards. So it`s going on, there are about 50, i`m still looking for ( unfortunally i passed Time Editor, but price was very, VERY high ). I wish you all a Cosy X-Mas, and peaceful sliding into New Year - that are strange times, aren`t they !
The life cycle of collecting is so fascinating, 25 years ago there were NOS tapes everywhere and boxes of "FREE" used tapes at every garage sale. The other thing I like is the graphic design, I've heard that 50's logos are coming back bigly, Jaguar is getting pummeled for changing theirs. I feel like modern CEO's want to leave a mark and changing the iconic logo is the easiest way, right before they get kicked out usually.
2 Mr.X @ "The other thing I like is the graphic design" - yes , some of the TDK Tapes are really Art - for example the "CUE" - series, and i really like the Design of the CDing with different grafic patterns for different playtimes. And the Logo is a longtime player, despite of some people don`t discover the gemstone in it... I will post a picture of a selection with every playtime, TDK has published, so you can get a little overview of the different designs. Still have a peaceful X-Mas.