Remember these? How about 'Wow and flutter', 'spooling', 'bias', 'auto-reverse', 'headroom', 'impedance', 'well' and 'Dolby'? Or the absolutely essential pencil?
All part of what is rapidly becoming a distant memory - the era of the mixture tape. Many a happy day spent putting together compilations from my record collection and, occasionally, from those borrowed from others. Tapes kept and tapes given away. Tracklists crafted, fadeouts and fadeins orchestrated; covers painstakenly designed, prepared and crafted. Music captured for a smile, all now fading like a distant memory. Overshadowed by a nondescript future where the playlist is king.
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