Early Creedence Fantasies...

Back in the 1960's, when these cassettes came out.. tapes weren't always made by the record companies, but rather specific 'tape' companies like Ampex.. they would just make them to order, and add the label's logo on it somewhere.
The typesetting was done by hand, using metal type and spacers, on an  individual basis, so that depending who was on shift, the fonts and proportionality could change.. from album to album.. if you look at the backs of these three CCR albums you'll see how different they are from each other, as well as how the lines themselves have variable darkness and thicknesses on all the letters, due to the ink presses being mechanical. On a modern computer's font, you see the letters perfectly formed with the darkness of each letter perfectly even..
How thinks have changed..

Are these stars that may have lost some 'lustre' ?

Well.. sorry to say,, them's the breaks..
But it does mean that their cassettes are much rarer..
From 1971 or 1972..
John Philips' solo album:

And another band that definitely had already seen their best days... The Hollies:

Savoy Brown Cassette..

Always liked this band.. no matter which band it was ;-)

This is from the Chris Youlden lineup.. and absolutely the best album they did with him as singer..
And what a singer.. ..
But how could you go wrong with a lineup like this, with what became Foghat as the rhythm section, Kim Simmonds on lead guitar, and Chris Youlden  on vocals?

Rare Rare Earth ....

Never seen these anywhere else...

And another...

Adding a new one here, instead of as a new post.. Eventually I'll have it sorted so that each post comprises one artist  per...