My Insane Cassette Collection From The 80's - What Influenced Me As A Kid! 

As a 23-year-old who just bought a 27-year-old car with a cassette player I’ve been getting into cassettes I currently have made a few mixtapes with a shoebox cassette recorder and I own one professionally recorded tape(Tracy Chapman) thank you for this video I’ve been geeking out over cassettes lately. But this isn’t my first obsession with analog media.

So many memories I'm 56 but you made me feel like I'm 15 again thx

I still have my 8 Trac of hemispheres from rush listened to it every night when I went to bed great memories thx for reminding me of the good times

I still have a lot of those hard rock and metal albums on original vinyl. And boxes and boxes of bootleg tapes!!!

OK, so I grew up with parents that are now 60 and Im 40 and they are rock n roll nuts and they had a vacation house in a warm part of WA state that is 3+ hrs each way, we went most weekends and always listened to records (on cassette tape). We listened so much they wore out, got wet in convertible and more but mostly still work today. Modern technology doesnt carry the same feel, where you are building a collection that represents who you are and will become, its not a limiting representation but one that you rocked loudly through the neighborhood, saying, lets rock n roll. Jethro Tull is among the stuff we loved most as a family, ans Styx edge of the century, as well as Bad Company, Bad Co VH I and VH II and all day all long they would rock the band RAIL!!

I've got 300albums,650cassettes,550cds,10"8tracks! Tapes I worry about they don't play well after years! Thanks Marty

I found a case full of cassettes at an old worn down house we were cleaning out for a demolition team (I worked for the dump at the time and we were called in to clear out houses due for demolition) we got to keep whatever caught our interest and usually that's stuff like books, magazines, comic books, newspapers etc; anything that will last a long time in storage, as most of the other items were destroyed with the passing of time, and cassettes are one of those things that last forever. I took home some cassettes dating to the late 70s and early 80s at the oldest, and they still sounded like they were brand new.

Those multi coloured TDK tapes were of the better quality back in the day.

The Star Fleet Project ! that bluesbreaker Jam !!!!!

I'm in my mid 50s. Your collection looks like mine except for Bruce, Madonna and a few others. We grew up with great radio stations in NY.

dude , the memories this brings back lol !!! you rock bro

WOW talk about a flashback, the metal cassette case most but almost all were part of my growing up, my collections have sprouted legs and vanished but I have my memories, thank you Marty for the memories

That is one awesome collection of cassettes there dude. I grew up through the 80's listening to most of my music on vinyl and cassettes. I didn't really start buying CDs until about the early 90's when I got my first CD player. One of my favourite cassettes I had bought in 1987 when it first came out was Appetite For Destruction by Guns N Roses. I played it over and over back then when I was about 12 years old. Sadly a few years after that the cassette deck on my hifi system rather badly chewed it up. I think I wore it out in the end. I have it on CD and vinyl now. I still buy CDs and I love collecting vinyl but I've also started getting back into cassettes again recently since a friend of mine gave me a hifi they no longer wanted with a twin cassette deck on it. I have bought some really good tapes from a local charity shop I work in and have also got a lot of the Beatles albums on tape off ebay too so I now have one of my favourite bands on vinyl, CD's and tape. Cassette tapes have seen a bit of a resurgence in recent years which I think is great. Watching this really was a trip down memory lane. Great memories.

I might have already told you I met Roger Dultery and John Entwistle when I was 13 years old 1973 and Cambridge Massachusetts at Fresh Pond no joke hung out with them for an hour two hours shooting the s*** it was awesome.

Van Halen from when I saw them. Part 2, there's a part?! The excitement in your voice at that very moment. It was like you were a kid again being drawn in by Eddie. Awesome Marty, just friggin' awesome!!! I actually miss old cassettes man. You could rewind em with a pencil while listening to another tape. The music almost never had to stop! It's convenient nowadays but it's just not the same as interacting with cassettes or vinyl... I'm not much for cd's but man some old cassettes and vinyls I can get down with!!! 🤘🤘🤘

I love cassettes! Because it was on cassettes that I recorded the "Trance Mutation" radioshows, which shaped my musical taste! 🥰

Love that 5 man acoustical jam album , it’s always been one of my favourites.

Thought that was a very cool vid! It’s fun to go back in time and I don’t know anything that can take you back in time more than music. It’s like you hear an old song that takes you back to a certain time spent with an old girl friend or hanging with buddy’s! I got to say to the youth of the 80s definitely had some of the best music growing up!

Wow, what a great collection, lots of memories I bet eh? love seeing those rare VH cassettes, Twisted Sister, White Lion, Scorpions, Helix....Jerky Boys? awesome!!! I still have all my collection and they still get played on a regular basis, nice collection

I just acquired a beautiful Wolfgang standard very cheap I got lucky and it's beautiful it's in great shape and it plays like a dream put new strings on it set up the Floyd Rose set up the action oh my goodness and by the way people it's not hard to set up a Floyd Rose at all it's easy

Dude…. I still have over 200 cassettes and 400 LPs……. Your collection looks almost like mine! Cool video….

Fun episode! I went through a short cassette phase, then started buying the LP’s and would make a cassette copy to play in my car. I recognize many of the blank cassette brands you owned in your collection

loved watching this video a fun trip down memory lane

That's a fantastic collection Marty. Some of my best ones got chewed up in my cars cassette player years ago. Hated when that happened 😂

I really love your cassette collection, and the different genres of music you have. I just brought a new Prince cassette but I am nervous to play it cause the last tape I played on my boombox ate the tape up. 😟😊

Yes, listened to Psychotic Supper over and over! Still have all my hundreds of cassettes too.

Too funny,I have watched your guitar magazine ones and now your cassette's, we are kinda on the same tangent here,I still have all my Guitar Player mags from 81' to 94' with some Guitar World issues for good measure.I also have all my cassete's and many are the same.

Most people don't know that Eddie Van Halen played a lot of bass guitar on Sammy Hagar's solo stuff

Marty…thinking about it, I have to say, probably THE most important “thing” that helped my guitar playing, had to be the CD…I had an old Sears cd player with the best rewind function…I wore out the button (and eventually the player) rewinding parts to learn songs…thanks for making me remember this stuff…rock on my brother!!!!

Marty, thanks for showing your collection and turning me on to Box of Frogs and Kindom Come !

Was expecting more Satriani! Brought back some memories for sure!

I probably have 500 of those things still to this day always brings back good memories there all mostly metal that was just me in those days 🤘🎸

My cassette collection was from the 1970s when I was growing up in Australia and included first run cassettes from that little known Australian band AC/DC. Sadly my collection was lost decades ago and I don’t think that group went any where. Oh well.

Very nostalgic you took me down memory lane

I still have a ton of cassettes a lot of the same that I see you have... music unites us

Thank you Columbia House Records for my records, cassettes and CDs over multiple subscriptions.

This explains a lot. Thanks for sharing!

Very cool. I have hundreds of cassettes and listen to them all the time still

I have around 100 classic rock new wave, and mtsl tapes all unopened factory sealed with all the original price stickers. Melijah Rage.

Love it

Memory lane for sure.

I love my pre recorded cassettes. I also have a high end AIWA deck. There is a lot of cassette hate out there but on a good deck they sound fab. Do you know if 80’s bands recorded in analog or digital? I know tape is analog but would still be digital if mastered in digital. Do you still listen to your cassettes and enjoy that vintage music?

Great video, now I have to go through my cassettes too,. Gonna dig up that guitar mag collection too soon

Hi Just started to sell my very large collection via a trader with a 50% split and have nearly reached his bulk offer price with just 30-40 cassettes. Regards from England.

What year were you born. I’m guessing you’re a little older then me , maybe 73 or 74 I’m guessing ? Great video, brings back the good times in our lives with no cell phones or internet. Man I miss it.

My first concert was Boston 1975 wow I'm old

Awesome! I had the exact same blue cassette cases.. I have no idea what happened to mine lol.. lot of memories are coming back!! You Rock brotha!! By the way absolutely loved the Van Halen videos on the Frankenstein and the trick bag Eddie's trick bag LOL awesome stuff man keep it up

Been recording music from the radio since 1968. Been converting them to MP3's for the last 9 years (I have 98 of them). Lost interest in doing that for a while, then a sense of urgency was initiated. Cassettes have a limited life-span, estimated to be 30 years. Eventually, MOLD takes place on the tape itself. Yes, mold. Even in the case, good conditions, etc. If you're using cassettes, copy them to some other type of medium ASAP. You don't want to lose what's on them.

Only ONE White Lion cassette? BOO! lol (You really need to organize your stuff so it's easier to find) 🙂 Those cards might be worth something. Look into it before you throw away any "junk". My brother-in-law was given one of the original Jerky Boys tapes that they made and passed out to friends. It had most of the phone calls that were on the record company version, except the original tapes were more vulgar than what the record company released.

I had three cases filled just like that. My wife sold them at a yard sale because I didn't have a cassette player anymore. Now I've got an old Harley with a cassette deck and nothing to play in it. Can't buy them at the convenience store anymore. Bummer

And my father started his first radio station in Ithaca wow

I wrote my girl/ mixed tape comment before you mentioned it. Great minds think alike lol.

Kool stuff ❤🎉 I’m collector .

Toys in the attic was Aerosmith 3rd album first was self titled then get your wings

That would be a great way to get a girl , would be to make her a mixed cassette tape of rock ballots. Worked like a charm 9 out of 10 times.

I use to stuff Kleenex into the gaps at the top of shitty cassettes I didn’t listen too anymore and recorded over them if I didn’t have a blank one around.

Did you ever buy cassettes singles very popular in the uk i always get them the week the records went out the chart you could buy them for 50p each or sometimes 20p each ..i still have mine ..

I miss those days.i started out with 8 track in my first car with black Sabbath., AcDc..and led zep and they played over and over.then the 80's I had tons of cassettes too.,I still love my CD's now days...

Some of them I already got on vinyl.

Love bob Marley if you are ever depressed Bob Marley will make u smile that's a fact

all mine went to good will 10 years ago, got to let it go at some point.

Take 90 wo great memories

There's probably some money in those baseball cards

That's how I am, if it sounds good I give it an ear

Cassette tapes have side A and side B… … so it’s only logical their successor would be the CD.

Us festival 1982 triumph amazing rik emmit is amazing

Basic instinct soundtrack funny

I looked up box of frogs before you got to it

😁😁😁😁😁

You never talk about triumph what do u think about rik emmit blinding light show excellent song

I had most of those albums as well someone stole all my cassettes and CDs bastards

nice Aerosmith- Toys ,, Led Zeppelin -1 , Led Zeppelin-3 , Jethro Tull , Aqua lung , Stevie Ray Vaughn , Cars greatest hits, , Cinderella - Night songs , Queensryce - operations, Van Halen- 1984 , Van Halen -1 , Meat loaf , Ozzy - Ultimate sin , Bon Jovi - New Jersey, Ozzy - No Rest for the Wicked , Boston - debut , Van Halen- Fair Warning , nice Kiss alive , Def Leppard - Pyromania , Janet Jackson , Joe Satriana , Kiss - self titled , Scorpions - ZZ Top - Eliminator , Def Leppard - High n dry ,Journey - Escape , Van Halen - Diver down , do you have Black Sabbath- Paranoid? Ozzy - Blizzard and Diary? Rush - Moving pictures? so your from Ithica did you play Hockey in High school? Mixed tapes are way better than play list? mixed tapes you record your own music and you can actually label any way you want

TDK 90

I see ozzy Osborne it must n Be randy

They’re out of their cases because you bought them as a lot on eBay to pretend that you collected your whole life.