Dear Indiepages People,

i was wondering if there was such a place on the internet that would be selling mainly cassettes. i mean, not Popgun or Lil'Lion but a place that would have cassettes by major and some sub-major label artists. is there such a data-base or an online shop?

i was thinking there should be something on Swappingtons that has tapes on it. or perhaps we should start a website that trades tapes. let me know what you think.

BUT if anyone has any tapes such as the SMITHS, Jesus and Mary Chain, Wedding Present, Beat Happening, Tiger Trap, etc.... let me know!

***kev

if anyone finds a beat happening tape i will be most jealous. kevin, i know where i could pick up a smiths tape for you but its expensive...like 6 dollars i think. its the bombs one i always forget the name of it. if you would like me to keep a lookout for anything in particular let me know. i only buy tapes there that i can't find anywhere else because they are sort of expensive.

i got husker du - zen arcade there. they have a great selection.

whoa! you found a SMITHS tape!? i will totally trade or pay you for it. let me know, max.

i found a Beat Happening's "jamboree" on tape at this mom & pop used record store by my house that has since closed down. i was still in high school, so cassettes were still "in." i even found a Seam ep that was released on cassette off Touch N' Go. other neat things i've seen on cassette was the Tiger Trap album.

i just think tapes are real endearing. i still have Guided By Voices' "Alien Lanes" on tape.

here's a list of some tapes i've got...also it would be no problem for me to pick that smiths tape up for you. just let me know what you've got to trade.


Get the Hell Out of the Way of the Volcano - everyday examples of humans facing straight into the blow
Mecca Normal - Water Cuts my hands (this is the co release matador and k)
Hootenholler - (a love tape love compilation featuring all those k and knw yr own people and side b has some problems)
blw yr knws - (a knw yr own comp from 97)
Yoko Ono - the Seasons of Glass
Pink Floyd - the Wall
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Echo and the Bunnymen - Reverberation
Echo and the Bunnymen - Songs to Learn and Sing
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
The Clash - Combat Rock
The Sex Pistols - Flogging a Dead Horse
Oingo Boingo - Boi-Ngo
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Nirvana - Nevermind
Run DMC - Raising Hell
Dire Straits
Pete Townshend - The Iron Man
The Cure - Disintegration
The Cure - The Head on the Door
David Bowie - Heroes

i've always been hard to trade with because i never want to let anything go! i'm a bit of a packrat. my pockets are full of trash. but feel free to make an offer.

dude - Amoeba Records in Hollywood....you would go crazy over their vintage tape selection. i know Kyle Elegies did!

I've got "Louder Than Bombs" on cassette. my friend found it at a flea market for a buck and i bugged him until he sold it to me. I also found the Homestead Rec version of Daniel Johnston's "Hi, How Are You" at my local semi-cool record store. I thought that was weird, I didn't know Homestead was still pressing Danny J stuff. Those are the cooler things in my cassette collection. I'd be willing to trade the DJ tape if anyone really really wanted it though. "Hi, How Are You" isn't my favorite.

yeah i don't think i should ever go to amoeba records until i find a million dollars.

yeah, i have tapes of tiger trap, heavenly, coctails, throwing muses -- thats all i would buy back in the day!

they are good to listen to in the car.

i am in search of kicking giant tapes. please let me know...!!

I've got a ton of tapes I wanna get rid of (not to mention the 100s of cds/vinyl!); mostly stuff from my high school tape days, like the Cure, Dinosaur Jr, Husker Du, Pixies, REM, Buzzcocks, TMBG, etc. If anybody wants 'em, let me know!

Chris

hey kevin, i have a smiths tape. but i'm afraid you can't have it, if i were you i'd just continually check used record stores and various second hand stores i've found some great stuff in them.

i honestly never imagined any ever wanting to stick with tapes once CD burners came out.

crazy.
i have 100's and 100's of tapes, i never fathomed i could sell them to anyone. maybe i will.

post your list on here, i still like to buy tapes.

try ebay for buying or selling tapes. Ive found lots of good stuff on there

i'd like the knw yr own comp. but i don't really have anything i'd like to trade. (this message is in response to the person posting about tape trades)

hey how would i go about getting a copy of hootenholler and blw yr knws tapes???
let me know??