The next tape box says “Oldies.” Nothing else. There’s a typed list inside, though, which turns out to be accurate (at least for Side 1; I haven’t played Side 2 yet).<\/p>\n
There are thirty-two 1950s pop\/rock numbers by assorted performers, then the first four cuts from The Beatles’ 2nd Album<\/i>, and finally “Heartbreak Hotel” on Side 1. Those 32 are all the same as the first thiry-two I recorded off an unlabeled cassette many months ago, and the quality was better on the cassette, so I don’t need them.<\/p>\n
I don’t have The Beatles’ Second Album<\/i>, though, and at $11.99 it’s not all that cheap, so I’m debating what to do. The quality on this tape… well, it’s not one of the worst, but it’s not very good, either. It’s a bit muddy, with too much bass and truncated treble. Hmm.<\/p>\n
“Heartbreak Hotel” — it’s a single, it’s cheap; I’ll want to play it again to assess the quality more exactly, but I’ll probably buy the download instead.<\/p>\n
Side 2, assuming the list is accurate, has the rest of The Beatles’ Second Album<\/i>, then “I Will Follow Him” by Little Peggy March, which I got from the single early last year and probably don’t need again (though the single was kind of scratchy), then the remaining four tracks off that oldies cassette — and then fifteen 1950s tracks I don’t seem to have anywhere else, and Meet the Beatles<\/i> rounds it all out.<\/p>\n
No idea where I got any of this stuff except for “I Will Follow Him.”<\/p>\n
By the way, I degaussed the heads before playing this tape. It didn’t make much difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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