http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=36703 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sun, 19 May 2013 22:04:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=36703#post-102978 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:22:00 +0000 Quaz 102978@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I will soon be eBaying a sinclair spectrum (boxed) plus expansion kit and microdrive. I also have a quantity of old style scalextric and some 1970's annuals to go. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=36703#post-102948 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:57:43 +0000 dvo4fun 102948@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>NiB</p> <p>Think that's how I got Hitch Hikers also. Any day now I expect such items to appear on Antiques Roadshow. Mine of course long consigned to the bin. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=36703#post-102930 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:44:27 +0000 John Ffitch-Rucker 102930@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"I just threw out my tapes of Hitch Hikers Guide, the radio show. Had to record them with a microphone off a transistor radio, so some episodes had mum calling me to dinner on them” - Jesus, that reminds me of trying to record the theme music from ‘the Sweeney’ for a school Christmas revue (don’t ask) - every fucking week my dad would talk over it, usually “are you recording this”? How I never hit him with the tape deck remains a mystery. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=36703#post-102916 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:34:07 +0000 Username 102916@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Can hear it already... ***** </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=36703#post-102912 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:50:03 +0000 Quaz 102912@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I just threw out my tapes of Hitch Hikers Guide, the radio show. Had to record them with a microphone off a transistor radio, so some episodes had mum calling me to dinner on them. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=36703#post-102905 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:50:34 +0000 Sinnick 102905@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Even nostalgia used to be better in those days.</p> <p>I've hundreds of C60 and C90 in the garage, chewed by a variety of rodents. But I'm sure they'll be Ok. Possibly still got that broken 45" of the "Ying Tong Song" somewhere. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=36703#post-102904 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:00:42 +0000 John Ffitch-Rucker 102904@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Emperor Rosko, Saturday afternoon, when rock was all prog. Sigh. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=36703#post-102903 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:03:20 +0000 dogwheels 102903@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Maybe something about them being damaged and a BBC technician restoring them by winding the tape back in with a pencil? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=36703#post-102893 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:29:21 +0000 allmyownstunts 102893@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>my C90s were full of recordings from Top of the Pops. I'd prop the machine up in front of the telly, and press the 'play' and 'record' buttons simultaneously as a 'fave' was introduced, then choke them as soon as the applause started at the end. Some of the best ones had the dog (Huisdean, pronounced 'Ooschin') barking in the background. </p> <p>I miss those days.</p> <p>I miss that dog.</p> <p>Oh! Oh! Nice one WLS, and thanks for the memories. I shall spend the next wee while singing 'You Needed Me' by Anne Murray, before it's chopped off at the end. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=36703#post-102892 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:22:46 +0000 The All New Jeni B 102892@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Lovely and bonkers as always.</p> <p>But in my cassettes range from Steve Wright through to Simon Mayo via Gary Davis and Mike Read.</p> <p>There might even be a Peter Powell and David "Kid" Jensen or two in there. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=36703#post-102888 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:00:06 +0000 steve_l 102888@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>This is very reminiscent of the spoof "mix-tape amnesty" from ireland; good video<br /> <a href="http://www.podcomplex.com/blog/mix-tape-amnesty/">http://www.podcomplex.com/blog/mix-tape-amnesty/</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=36703#post-102876 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:56:30 +0000 dvo4fun 102876@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ah nostalgia. My first cassette player was so heavy on battery use that it might have been cheaper to pay to see the 'now playing' band live. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=36703#post-102871 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:12:47 +0000 brownpaperreporter 102871@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>6* for the trip down memory lane</p> <p>-1* for mentioning that div Bruno Brookes </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=36703#post-102870 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:02:58 +0000 Perks 102870@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Brilliant. Not sure if I like the reference to big batteries or chewed up cardboard in the hole on top best but either way wonderfully nostalgic </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=36703#post-102867 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:06:16 +0000 waylandsmithy 102867@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Music fans are braced for a trip down memory lane on New Years Day, as 6music announced it will exclusively play old C90s for 24 hours. The decision was made after nearly 5 working audio cassettes were discovered in a shoebox decorated with Smash Hits stickers, it's believed one still has the holes on top filled with chewed bits of card, to allow recording.</p> <p>"Audiophiles are always banging on about how great tapes were and that", announced Jarvis Cocker from his allotment studio. "Luckily I've still got my old Sanyo tape deck in the loft. We just need to find a cleaning tape now, and a dozen or so of those big fat batteries."</p> <p>6music aren't sure exactly what they'll be playing as the labels are all curled up. "Listeners are in for a treat, we've found one that hasn't stretched that much. Although you'll have to bear with us in between songs, while we fast-forward Bruno Brookes." </p>