Collectible non original pre-recorded tapes

Discussion in 'Cassettes' started by Ken80s, Dec 19, 2019.

  1. Ken80s

    Ken80s Well-Known Member

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    This is my ever growing collection of bootleg labels pre-recorded cassettes. (Pioneer Gold and Jensen). Apparently these cassettes are very limited in production in the mid 80's and they came in albums and mostly compilation. Recording quality is more superior than the original tapes and only manufactured locally in my country.

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    walkman archive Administrator Staff Member

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    Wow, excellent lot!!
     
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  3. Mister X

    Mister X Moderator Staff Member

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    Thanks for sharing, I wonder if the tapes were bootlegs as well. I don't see any screws and since they already had a printer lined up for the J-cards, who knows? It would be cool to find out what the story behind these are if they're a step better than counterfeit.
     
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  4. stuck-in-time

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    Looks like there are some interestingly named presumably bootleg labels over there as well! There are some here as well. We have cassettes released under labels such as:
    - Studer Records
    - Nova-Ampex Recording
    - Nakamichi Dragon (https://www.instagram.com/p/BzvFFOZHZrj/?igshid=9dj6afh5myo9)
    - Sheffield Lab (Direct rip-off with even the same logo)
    - Atlantic Records Indonesia (No connections, but a rather similar "A" of the logo. This ones's one of the biggest labels back then)
    And I'm sure there are many others.

    But these are not like Ken's cassettes here. They're just some common bootleg recording, which is not to say that they re bad sounding. There are audiophile bootlegs as well, Ill probably make a thread on that sometime.
     
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  5. Ken80s

    Ken80s Well-Known Member

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    Verified that they use Pioneer tapes for recording. The J cards still intact with the overlay album.
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  6. Helaba

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    Wow.... do you have some copies for sale to test the quality ?
     
  7. Ken80s

    Ken80s Well-Known Member

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    Sorry, for the time being I don't have any plans to sell these tapes.
     
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