Showing posts with label Decca. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Decca. Show all posts

Saturday, February 4, 2012

The world of "The World Of"

Part of the appeal of cassette collecting is the concept of usable pieces of 'Mini Art'.. i.e. art you can use, in the case of cassettes, playing them, of course..
I don't know why, perhaps it's the colour selection or layout, but I've always found European Decca  cassettes, particularly UK, to be especially visually appealing..
 Sometimes I luck out and find tapes with the right combination of music  to art.. as in these 3.. two of which are compilations, but with superior sound selections, and the third in this series is really early quasi theatrical David Bowie..

Well, got the cassettes scanned too, so here they are:


Friday, November 11, 2011

Who's Meaty 'n Beaty 'n Bouncy.. and would you dare call someone that?

'The Who'... that's who.. and Rog can dare call anyone whatever he wants , i'd wager..

So 1971 Decca cassette.. actually saw this one sell in this condition on the internet for $80 .. three times.. as with most of the cassettes I've been posting here, I've seen them easily go for well over  $100 apiece .. but at the time i first obtained this one (yup this one.. i sold it to a local dealer 6 years ago and bought it back yesterday)
It cost me $5.. buying it back yesterday was $5.95 .. so i guess I made almost $10 ..
Huh? you say?
.. well the dealer in question paid me $15 for it around 2005...

The labels , as with all the old Decca tapes, had aging glue.. so I photocopied them direct..off the housings.