Do you remember cassette tapes?
By Porcospino
@Porcospino (31366)
Denmark
July 2, 2018 11:09am CST
When I was about 5 years old my grandmother's boyfriend gave me my first tape recorder. He was very interested in music and he had lots of cassette tapes. He copied some of them and gave them to me. My mother was against the idea and she thought that I was too young to use a tape recorder., but I quickly learned how to use it.
My grandmother's boyfriend also had another idea. He found some of my favourite books and he asked my grandmother to read them aloud. He recorded her on tapes and gave me the tapes. I wasn't able to read at that time, but when I played the cassette tapes I was able to listen to my favourite stories.
When I got older I started buying my own cassette tapes, and I also recorded my favourite songs from the radio. Since Youtube and similar sites didn't exist at that time we had to be patient and wait for the right song 
Have you used cassette tapes? Did you record music from the radio?
Have you used cassette tapes? Did you record music from the radio?15 people like this
15 responses
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
2 Jul 18
I also had lots of them. I got rid of most of them, but I still have a few left. I often recorded my favourite music from the radio.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
2 Jul 18
@amadeo The same thing happened here. The physical shops that used to sell cds have all disappeared. I think it is still possible to buy them in some of the online shops from my country, but that will probably change in the future.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
2 Jul 18
@Porcospino I do not have any left.I am ready to get rid of the CD soon.Most places stop selling them.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
2 Jul 18
Hello. Yes, I remember those cassette tapes and it was goodluck when I need to do recording.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
3 Jul 18
I had so many of them in the past, and I loved to record my favourite songs from the radio. Today I search the songs in Youtube, but of course that option didn't exist at that time
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
3 Jul 18
@Porcospino That is right. It was manual recording back then. 
@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
3 Jul 18
@Porcospino , I don't have any problem in keeping those casettes as these casettes as my Sony Deck can play these casettes without any problem even today! Thanks!
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
3 Jul 18
I also had a lot of them in the past. Since that time I have gotten rid of many of them, but I have kept a few including some of the cassettes that friends recorded for me in the past.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
3 Jul 18
@AKRao24 It is nice that you still have the chance to play them. I have a radio in the kitchen. It has a cassette player, the rest of the radio is broken, but I keep it because it is the only cassette player I have. I would like to buy a new cassette player. I might find one in a second hand shop.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
2 Jul 18
Some young people don't even know what a cassette tape is. A daughter of a friend saw one in my home and asked me what it was. It is nice that you were able to transfer the content to your computer. I still have a few cassette tapes left, but I don't use them much.
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
2 Jul 18
@Porcospino We still have a player, but we do not listen to the cassettes anymore.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Jul 18
I did record music on cassettes back in the day.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
3 Jul 18
I had so many of them when I was younger. There were no cds in my childhood so I always used cassettes instead. The cds came when I was a teenager.
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@saritflor (3914)
• Hungary
2 Jul 18
Sure! back then it was so exciting to buy one and to wait many hours and record your favorite show or songs
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
2 Jul 18
Yes, it was exciting. I always had some extra cassette tapes in my home so that I didn't miss my favourite song. I still have a few cassette tapes left, but I don't really use them.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
3 Jul 18
I have kept a few of mine, but I used to have a lot of them. Like you I used them in my childhood. When I became a teenager I started using cds as well, but cds didn't exist in my childhood.
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@youless (112561)
• Guangzhou, China
4 Jul 18
@Porcospino They are useless today as today we can record it with phone and other devices.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
5 Jul 18
@youless Yes, there are better options today. I often recorded music on cassette tapes in the past, but some of the young people don't even know what a cassette tape is
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
3 Jul 18
Yes, they have disappeared from the shops now. When I was a child and a teenager it was still possible to buy them in the shops. Now we only find them in the second hand shops.
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@allknowing (137553)
• India
3 Jul 18
I have loads of tapes and till recently I was playing on the deck which now needs repair
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
3 Jul 18
I hope that you can get it repaired. I still have one tape player left that works. I think it is hard to find a new one today. Ten years ago I managed to find new tape player in a shop, but today they only sell them in the second hand shops.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
3 Jul 18
@allknowing I remember LPs. The first stereo my parents had consisted of radio, cassette player and record player. Cds came later when I was a teenager.
@allknowing (137553)
• India
3 Jul 18
@Porcospino We started our life with LPs then came cassettes. I should be able to get the deck repaired.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
3 Jul 18
I think we are from the same generation. I also remember the cassette tapes from my childhood. When I was 13 or 14 cds became popular. I still remember the first cd I bought, it was a Gary Moore cd.
@FourWalls (68884)
• United States
3 Jul 18
You bet I used cassette tapes. I still have a cassette deck, too! And yes, I remember fondly the days of calling radio stations and requesting a song, then waiting for them to play it with the cassette recorder sitting next to the radio!
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
3 Jul 18
I remember that. I used to listen to a radio station that played a lot of alternative songs from my country. In many cases I didn't know the bands, but I recorded the songs and I listened to them over and over.
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@Courtlynn (67081)
• United States
2 Jul 18
Yes I used them, and yes I recorded songs off the radio. I also did that with my cellphones, instead of buying the songs for $3 LOL. We still have all my moms and our tapes, just cant play them as our tape part of the radio was broken shortly after we got it, thanks to kids sticking stuff in it.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
3 Jul 18
Our radio in the kitchen has the opposite problem. The tape part still works, the rest doesn't work. We still keep it because it is the only cassette player that we have.
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@Courtlynn (67081)
• United States
3 Jul 18
@Porcospino i have a boombox in my room, but the tape part doesnt work in that either, and the cd fast forward button broke off and doesnt like to work when i stick my finger in to do it. So might get a new one, but it wont have a tape part. Ugh.
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
9 Jul 18
@aureliah My father also had many in the past. We used to listen to them in our car.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
3 Jul 18
I also have some of my old tapes, but I don't use to them very often. I usually listen to music online instead.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
2 Jul 18
Yes of course.They were around here in the 80s.sometimes they would unwind and spools of tape would-be all over
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
2 Jul 18
It looked like a tangled mess sometimes It was especially annyoing when you had just recorded your favourite song...
It was especially annyoing when you had just recorded your favourite song...1 person likes this
