Subj : Re: Old Roland synthesizer contest winner tapes To : Nightfox From : Nigel Reed Date : Fri Feb 23 2024 23:51:55 On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:03:43 -0800 "Nightfox" (21:1/137) wrote: > In the late 70s to part of the 80s, Roland (synthesizer manufacturer) > had annual synthesizer music contests where people around the world > could submit songs they recorded with their synthesizers, and Roland > would choose & award winners. Roland would then sell tapes of the > winners' songs. My dad bought the 8th synthesizer contest tape > (1984), and he eventually gave the tape to me. > > When I was much younger (a child), I was careless and lost the > cassette sleeve, so I lost the information about the winners' names > and the names of the songs (and I didn't particularly treat the > cassette very well either, for whatever reason). Several years ago, > I bought a USB cassette player and recorded the songs digitally on my > computer (I've saved them to FLAC format, and have also converted > them to MP3). I put it on YouTube, stating that I'm missing the > original information. I've since found many of the song names, > thanks in part to a kind user who commented with a tip just last > week, though there are still a couple I don't know, and a couple I'm > unsure of. > Did you see this? https://archive.org/download/Roland8thAnnualSynthesizerContest_MissingInfo or this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sgibLoz9cA -- End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23 --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (21:2/101) .