Is it live or is it Memorex?

[sirhrmechanic]

Hummmmmm.....

That same acronym just keeps coming up again and again. Seems some of the politicized seniordership just don't want to play by the rules!

BREAKING: Deposition Shows Seth Rich Communicating With Wikileaks And Requesting Payment...FBI Memory-Holed Data - CDM - Human Reporters • Not Machines

BREAKING: Deposition Shows Seth Rich Communicating With Wikileaks And Requesting Payment...FBI Memory-Holed Data.

creativedestructionmedia.com

Or maybe all just smoke and mirrors.

I'd honestly be happier if it were. Because it it is real, well, how much more of this can the Constitution and the Republic stand?

Sirhr

 

[Moe Ron]

For those under 50

How Ella Fitzgerald's Glass-Shattering Memorex Campaign Revitalized Her Career

In the 1970s, Fitzgerald became the face (and glass-shattering voice) of Memorex tapes. It fueled a career revival that extended her relevance and positioned her to pass the torch to a new generation.

www.npr.org

 

[sirhrmechanic]

I actually liked the Maxell tape ad better ;-)



Sirhr

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Oh and for those under 50... most of you have no idea the agony of cassette tapes or, worse, %$##ing 8-Tracks.

Listening to your best Pink Floyd tape getting eaten while you run to try and eject the cassette and carefully untangle it from the guts of your boom box.... followed by carefully re-winding it back into the cassette. Then fast-forwarding and rewinding it a couple of times to get it all to lay down smooth on the wheels.

Though cassettes did keep the pencil industry going for at least another decade.

But all in all, CD's were the tits!

8-tracks you just threw out the car window. With the player.

Sirhr

 

[P-Squared]

Some of us old farts (aka boomers) remember 4 track, the precursor to 8 track.

 

[Moe Ron]

Had an 8 Track on a boat. Skip every time you hit a wave

 

[Not a Sniper]

You know this dude was rockin' the butterfly collar. HAD to be by Ron Popeil....

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Had an 8 Track on a boat. Skip every time you hit a wave

Er... wasn't that a record player?

Or in your case.... a Victrola?

;-)

Ah ha ha hah ah ha hhah ah a

Sirhr

 

[EddieNFL]

How many of these did I use "back in the day?"

 

[EddieNFL]

You know this dude was rockin' the butterfly collar. HAD to be by Ron Popeil....

Nothing that fancy, but I did have a case in the back seat of my '63 Ford Falcon that held 30 8-tracks. Took up half the seat.

 

[Sean the Nailer]

I still have a gramophone here,,, does that fit?

 

[sirhrmechanic]

How many of these did I use "back in the day?"

View attachment 7516400

Honestly, I couldn't afford them in High School. I bought bulk cassettes from the Ames Department store and... made do.

Maxell... holy crap, that was for people like Malcolm Forbes, David Rockefeller and Ross Perot.... Jesus, were you rich or something?

SIrhr

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Nothing that fancy, but I did have a case in the back seat of my '63 Ford Falcon that held 30 8-tracks. Took up half the seat.

So you had to take your date outside and do the old 'in-out-in-out' on the trunk lid at the drive-in?

Sirhr

 

[EddieNFL]

Honestly, I couldn't afford them in High School. I bought bulk cassettes from the Ames Department store and... made do.

Maxell... holy crap, that was for people like Malcolm Forbes, David Rockefeller and Ross Perot.... Jesus, were you rich or something?

SIrhr

Nah. Stationed overseas, they were pretty cheap. Limited hobbies so music filled some holes. I think they were like a couple bucks each in bulk.

 

[EddieNFL]

So you had to take your date outside and do the old 'in-out-in-out' on the trunk lid at the drive-in?

Sirhr

I'm only 5'9" and pretty flexible as a teenager so the front seat was sufficient. Girlfriend learned to have a pillow so her head didn't bang into the armrest.

 

[eicas]

From the “Gee Wiz” department comes this:

Do you know who invented the 8 track player?

Hint: CJ610

My buddy Joe had one in his 1974 Gran Torino. Lots of memories there ranging from Milwauke’s Best to John Prine and SkunkScent in the boys 3rd floor bathroom....

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Nah. Stationed overseas, they were pretty cheap. Limited hobbies so music filled some holes. I think they were like a couple bucks each in bulk.

A couple of bucks bought an entire McDonalds meal.

;-) Ah ha aha ha aha ah aha aahh

Sirhr

 

[JMGlasgow]

I'm 40 and distinctly remember vinyl records, 8 track, and cassette. I had all 3 at one point. I never used an 8 track in a car but I have bought some that had one (it immediately got removed for a CD player). Early Walkman CD players that would skip if you breathed on them and eat batteries in the time it took to play 1 album.

 

[Waorani]

I didn't have 8-track or cassette. All I could afford was one of these.

 

[clcustom1911]

Hummmmmm.....

That same acronym just keeps coming up again and again. Seems some of the politicized seniordership just don't want to play by the rules!

BREAKING: Deposition Shows Seth Rich Communicating With Wikileaks And Requesting Payment...FBI Memory-Holed Data - CDM - Human Reporters • Not Machines

BREAKING: Deposition Shows Seth Rich Communicating With Wikileaks And Requesting Payment...FBI Memory-Holed Data.

creativedestructionmedia.com

Or maybe all just smoke and mirrors.

I'd honestly be happier if it were. Because it it is real, well, how much more of this can the Constitution and the Republic stand?

Sirhr

This screams of a House of Cards style assassination where the FBI smoked Rich to assist the incoming (Clinton) admin.

 

[Jefe's Dope]

Reel to reel FTW.

I bought this bad mama jama for like $300 in 1985ish. I spent weeks/months deciding which one to get.

Ceramic speakers. Would separate from the unit for 'home' use.
It spend the majority of its life on the headboard of my super single water bed.

Eventually stepped to a pseudo "separates" home stack that had a turntable ,dual cassettes and I added a newly released compact disc player. It was a 80s kid's music dream. I was a cassette tape recording mofo.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

Reel to reel FTW.

I had the dual cassette deck so I could copy tapes.

Right? Mixtapes in the 1980's were made by recording shit off the radio. Noone today will 'ever' know the pain of sitting by the boom box waiting to hit the 'Record' button at exactly the right moment to catch the latest song off the radio and get it on your cassette!

Then the 'transferring' to a cassette that doesn't sound retarded.

iPhones and digital music? Lucky kids...

Sirhr

 

[roostercogburn98]

I didn't have 8-track or cassette. All I could afford was one of these.

View attachment 7516433

Add one of these for your smokes and jam out.

 

[Jefe's Dope]

Add one of these for your smokes and jam out. View attachment 7516447

$.35/pack!!!

 

[roostercogburn98]

$.35/pack!!!

State tax form attached to the side says 71 or 72. Dad said last time he remembered them that low was the late 60s. I got all the manuals, extra brand labels, it vends shorts and 100s, and the light works. Flea markets are a hell of a place. Paid 80 bucks for it

 

[Waorani]

Fortunately I never started smoking but I remember the machines. Some POS decided he needed my FM converter more than me and when he yanked it, he tore out the the whole underside of the drivers dash panel on my '71 Camaro. At least he left the panel in the car though.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

My brand new '68 Volvo was fully loaded, all 2 options, AM/8trak, a/c. I had to buy an 8trak/FM adapter to get FM Stereo,

 

[Not a Sniper]

$.35/pack!!!

AND pull handles. Before they were unhealthy.

 

[kenny1773]

I always like TDK tapes better

 

[Not a Sniper]

Right? Mixtapes in the 1980's were made by recording shit off the radio. Noone today will 'ever' know the pain of sitting by the boom box waiting to hit the 'Record' button at exactly the right moment to catch the latest song off the radio and get it on your cassette!

Then the 'transferring' to a cassette that doesn't sound retarded.

iPhones and digital music? Lucky kids...

Sirhr

And popping out the tabs so as not to record over the best shit....

And, using tape when it was no longer the best shit but you couldn't afford more.

 

[uffduh]

Speaking Maxwell wanted to be this guy...

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[tnichols]

I remember riding with my brother in his '71 Nova SS (big block) with Grand Funk Railroad blaring on the under dash 8 track...on our way to church

 

[Moe Ron]

Well this thread derailed quickly didn’t it

Boomers have seen some amazing leaps in technology.

 

[Jefe's Dope]

When I started smoking in Summer of 85', they were $.50/ pack. And quickly started going up. Almost seven years clean.

 

[W54/XM-388]

Cassette tapes were easy and fun.. Reel to Reel recorders were a pain in the ass, but way cooler.

 

[hlee]

Not a boomer, being born in the late 70s, but we had a record player and an 8track wired into the “home entertainment system.” Was never an audiophile and didn’t ever sit around waiting on a song to record, but I remember rescuing cassettes with a pencil eraser.

 

[W54/XM-388]

More fun was had when you lived in a country where cassette tapes and video tapes would tend to mold and you had to take them apart and clean the mold off the tape by running it through a custom cleaning machine.

 

[DarnYankeeUSMC]

FUCK the FauxBI. The hoover building should be burned to the ground and every employee should be sent home with out unemployment benefits.
Every one of them/ all of them from wray to the last guy hired.

 

[EddieNFL]

When I started smoking in Summer of 85', they were $.50/ pack. And quickly started going up. Almost seven years clean.

I quit in '81. April 17th, to be exact. 1105 AM, standing in my boss's office. Crushed out a Kool Filter King and swore I would never touch another. Except for the soles of my boots, I have not.

Cigarettes were $2.19 per carton in the commissary. No taxes.

 

[johnnycat]

TDK Metal was the shit!

And I had Frampton Comes Alive in every media it was released - vinyl, 8-track, cassette x 2 since one got eaten, and finally CD.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

And popping out the tabs so as not to record over the best shit....

And, using tape when it was no longer the best shit but you couldn't afford more.

And putting scotch tape over the holes when it was time to record over that abba shit you thought was cool in middle school but now didn’t want your high school buddies to find out about??

Sirhr

 

[mtrmn]

Ran across my old Craig Powerplay 8 track player a few months ago. Had to weigh 10 lbs. How it stayed bolted underneath the truck dash on all those rough gravel roads is beyond me.

 

[TexPatriot]

8 track tapes left on the dash in the sun ended up strung out on the side of the road.

Nothing like a hot session with Mary Jane Rottencrotch in the back seat being ruined by a dragging 8 track. I still hate 8 tracks with a passion.

 

[dustingaunder]

There’s an old school cigarette machine in the Acropolis in Portland. Or so I’m told.

 

[candyx]

TDK Metal was the shit!

And I had Frampton Comes Alive in every media it was released - vinyl, 8-track, cassette x 2 since one got eaten, and finally CD.

This was the best at the time , nothing touched it.

 

[candyx]

1974 brand New Camaro with Pioneer tape deck with rear deck speakers which is why I suffer from Tinnitus today.

 

[ubettcha]

Hummmmmm.....

That same acronym just keeps coming up again and again. Seems some of the politicized seniordership just don't want to play by the rules!

BREAKING: Deposition Shows Seth Rich Communicating With Wikileaks And Requesting Payment...FBI Memory-Holed Data - CDM - Human Reporters • Not Machines

BREAKING: Deposition Shows Seth Rich Communicating With Wikileaks And Requesting Payment...FBI Memory-Holed Data.

creativedestructionmedia.com

Or maybe all just smoke and mirrors.

I'd honestly be happier if it were. Because it it is real, well, how much more of this can the Constitution and the Republic stand?

Sirhr

Ask yourself how Debbie Washerface Schultz's brother a Capital police detective was put in charge of this case to begin with. Be pretty easy to steer the case in any direction you wanted which is what they did

 

[pmclaine]

Ask yourself how Debbie Washerface Schultz's brother a Capital police detective was put in charge of this case to begin with. Be pretty easy to steer the case in any direction you wanted which is what they did

.....and you ask yourself "How does one place lack anyone with any touch of humanity, morality or Patriotism such that they could know and cover for such a heinous crime as is suggested and they say nothing?"

From top to bottom DC apparently needs a reckoning of fire and brimstone.

 

[ubettcha]

I'm hoping that TRump making sure all of the 435 are in DC over the defense bill is to get them swept up in a sting to right many wrongs. He exposed how they steal taxpayer money by sending it as aid only to funnel it back into their family through board of directors in these aided countries. Be nice if Adm Rodgers had a few men and women working with him to make this a reality. God only knows how many brennan types are in place

 

[Mike Casselton]

Oh and for those under 50... most of you have no idea the agony of cassette tapes or, worse, %$##ing 8-Tracks.

Listening to your best Pink Floyd tape getting eaten while you run to try and eject the cassette and carefully untangle it from the guts of your boom box.... followed by carefully re-winding it back into the cassette. Then fast-forwarding and rewinding it a couple of times to get it all to lay down smooth on the wheels.

Though cassettes did keep the pencil industry going for at least another decade.

But all in all, CD's were the tits!

8-tracks you just threw out the car window. With the player.

Sirhr

Remember digging all the broken pieces out of the player after ripping the thing out of the machine?
You couldn't fix an 8-track once the player ate it.
And, it was never the shitty albums, it was always Zeppelin, the Eagles, the Doors, etc.