Resurrecting old Cassettes (my early 20's)

[cassmcentee]

Attempting to save a volume of recordings (Tascam 4 track/Roland TR-707 Drum Machine) that I did in the late 80's (23 year old self)
Wondering if anything is viable in our Legacy Library Market.
Dealing with cassette lag and degradation is a bummer...
Do you think something like this would get forwarded for an 1980's listing???

[cassmcentee]

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[funsongs]

I'll go back an listen to the rest of it... but first impression first:
cut that Intro in half, and end it at the 1:11 drop... remove the vocal = voila - you've got a cool cue right there.
OKAY... brb after I finish the whole song.
If this IS authentic from that period - why NOT good for a listing asking for such? - that's my QUESTION/point of view so far.

[funsongs]

I'm hearing a very heavy David Bowie influence - and that's okay, right?

[cassmcentee]

Thanks Peter!
I hear ya, these can't be remixed or vocals removed, the original 4-tracks seem to be missing though I'm still searching for them.
Bouncing these tracks from my Master Mixdown Cassette/Stereo Only...
David Bowie is perfect for this period!

[funsongs]

Thanks Peter!
I hear ya, these can't be remixed or vocals removed, the original 4-tracks seem to be missing though I'm still searching for them.

Oh - yeah - DUUUHH.. my bad.
Maybe you could still use the material and copy/paste/edit those portions without vocals... to make a cue -
OR - do a re-vamp of the tune with your current array of obtuse instrumentation...
good stuff, Man.

[LamarPecorino]

Attempting to save a volume of recordings (Tascam 4 track/Roland TR-707 Drum Machine) that I did in the late 80's (23 year old self)
Wondering if anything is viable in our Legacy Library Market.
Dealing with cassette lag and degradation is a bummer...
Do you think something like this would get forwarded for an 1980's listing???

I think that it is very viable if they are looking for authentic 80's music. I've wondered the same thing about 4 track recordings that I have from the dark ages. Unfortunately, I no longer have a 4 track cassette deck.

[cassmcentee]

Thanks Lamar!
I hear ya... just bought one on Ebay so I could do this

[lesmac]

Love it! Is that you singing??
If that aint 80s it will do till 80s comes along.
If you wanted to twiddle with the levels, say bring the guitars up a tad , you could try some M/S processing but it sounds great straight out of the box.

[cassmcentee]

Thanks Les!
Yes that's me screeching!
Good idea with the M/S treatment