Subj : Tapes
To   : Blue White
From : Accession
Date : Fri May 24 2024 04:42:04

Hello Blue,

On Fri, 24 May 2024 08:18:10 -0500, you wrote to me:

 BW> I wonder if it is a nostalgia thing where the Gen Z kids find their
 BW> parents old cassettes & players and then start wanting some of their own.

I'm sure it is. That goes for records and 8-tracks and all that, too. Heck, some people even miss the crackling sound of a record.

 BW> In the late 1980s, I for a brief while got back into 8-tracks.  Not so
 BW> much because I thought they were better (by any means!) but because I
 BW> still my parents' working player, that I could plug into my stereo, and
 BW> could find the tapes at garage sales, flea markets, etc., for 25-50 cents
 BW> vs. $12-15 for the CD.

I suppose it would be different if there was something around here that played any of the old mediums. Nostalgia might kick in at that point, but there has been nothing around for so long, and none of us care to go out of our way to buy anything just to play a couple things, be like "cool" and completely forget about it again. :)

 BW> More recently, I have purchased old albums for between 50 cents and $2
 BW> from a local flea market store vs. more expensive CDs.  Then again, they
 BW> are mostly CDs I'd not gone looking for otherwise so I probably wasn't
 BW> saving as much $$$ as I thought.  ;)

Sounds about right. At that point it probably becomes more of an impulse buy than anything. I can attest I've been guilty of that many times, just not in retro music playback, is all.

Regards,
Nick

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