• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

Question about 7" audio playlist

M

mikecroaro

Greetings,

I purchased a "mix tape" so to speak on a 7" reel to reel. Both sides were loaded with fantastic 1960's songs. The strange thing, is that there are no big hit songs. All lesser known songs. Nonetheless, I had a blast listening to it. Copy of playlist attached.

For some reason I suspect the person who created this worked in radio. Do you agree?

Mike
 

Attachments

  • 05132026.jpg
    05132026.jpg
    137.1 KB · Views: 31
  • 05132026_001.jpg
    05132026_001.jpg
    139.5 KB · Views: 31
I'm not sure, but I did see at least a couple that were at least minor hits (Shambala by Three Dog Bight and Wonderful World by Herman's Hermits).

That said, that appears to be an excellent tape I would enjoy listening to.

c
 
mikecroaro said:
For some reason I suspect the person who created this worked in radio. Do you agree?
Click to expand...
Not necessarily,.

Predominantly lesser-known titles today, but would have easily been put together by someone with a healthy record collection *or* access to a collection. RTR mix-tapes were a thing back in the 1970's.

"Amos Moses" and "Gotta get a message to you" both peaked at #8.

I *just* disposed of a 1970's era RTR that I've had for nearly 50 years. At this state of my life, best to slowly get rid of those 'boat anchors', y'know.
 
kwthom said:
Predominantly lesser-known titles today, but would have easily been put together by someone with a healthy record collection *or* access to a collection. RTR mix-tapes were a thing back in the 1970's.
Click to expand...
They still are in some (very small) circles.

For instance, I've taken to making some, mainly because after spending so much effort on restoring my Ampex RTR to almost like-new functionality (there's still a few bugs to work out, and it needs a recap eventually), I'd like to be able to actually listen to something on it when I'm finally done fixing it.

c
 
kwthom said:
Not necessarily,.

Predominantly lesser-known titles today, but would have easily been put together by someone with a healthy record collection *or* access to a collection. RTR mix-tapes were a thing back in the 1970's.

"Amos Moses" and "Gotta get a message to you" both peaked at #8.

I *just* disposed of a 1970's era RTR that I've had for nearly 50 years. At this state of my life, best to slowly get rid of those 'boat anchors', y'know.
Click to expand...
I have a 50 year old AKAI RTR that still works great, it ain't goin' nowhere!
 
TomásEstefan said:
I have a 50 year old AKAI RTR that still works great, it ain't goin' nowhere!
Click to expand...
The heads on mine were toast, and by now, the caps are long since dried out.

I'm sure the recycling place I took it to had fun with that beast.
 


Back
Top Bottom