Me vs. The Audiocassettes
46. Get collection of music audiotapes down to only the amount that will fit in the red thing.
Well, I’ve been working on #46 on my list and I have already made a couple of discoveries.
1) I’ve been able to get rid of two old mix tapes by buying two songs. Apparently, “Pressure” from Billy Joel (iTunes) and “Done With Bonaparte” by Mark Knopfler (not available on iTunes, but Amazon.com has it) were each a lone song that I liked on a tape. So, that’s two tapes down.
2) Some of the tapes I have can’t be replaced. Generally speaking, this is because they exist only in that format. Le Sigh. Some examples:
- “One by One” by Miles and Miles. This band no longer exists. I managed to hunt down Margaret Miles, but I can’t seem to find any word of a CD or MP3s from that album.
- “Reflections” by Laura Allan. I found someone selling a used LP of this album. Sadly…that’s not what I’m looking for. No CDs or MP3s. Le Sigh.
- Golden Bough’s Self-Titled album from from 1990. I can find some of their other stuff, but not this one. I don’t think that I can even recreate the album from bits of other ones.
(If you have any info on these, please let me know. At this rate I’m going to have to sweet talk Koshvader into hooking his tape deck up to his computer again.)
3) I have several tapes that I can buy the CDs/MP3s for. I suppose that I have to start somewhere. It’s the mix tapes that are going to be interesting to deal with. Heck, I don’t even know who the artists are for some of those songs.
At least I’ve made some progress. And now you all know what the infamous “red thing” looks like.
I find it really hard to get rid of CDs. I just start thinking: Sure, I haven’t listened to this in 7 years, but what if I suddenly do want to listen to it someday???
But that’s the kind of thinking that eventually leads you to living out on the lawn because there’s no room for you in your house.
I just start a big decluttering and cleaning project and we’ll have a box of tapes to go through. I think we will be in lucky in the fact that they aren’t really albums we want anymore.
Good luck with this process. I know it can be difficult!
May 19th, 2008 at 5:00 am
Thanks,
I did manage to get rid of a couple of albums that I didn’t really have an interest in anymore. Little by little, I suppose.
May 19th, 2008 at 11:22 am
I see Beloved in your tape collection. I have the songs from that disk (from Itunes). Shall I make you a CD? I don’t have a tape player anymore…:( But, I haven’t gotten rid of any tapes either. (much to the husband’s dismay) :p
May 19th, 2008 at 11:27 am
*meow?*
Please make me a CD, Sister o Mine. *begs*
Which tapes do you still have?
May 19th, 2008 at 11:29 am
Tapes suck…I want crystal recordings!
May 19th, 2008 at 1:55 pm