c81 nme tape

c81 nme tape, a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

C81. First release by NME / Rough Trade Tapes 1981.
See here for more details.


First release by NME / Rough Trade Tapes 1981. To get this you had to order it through the New Musical Express. 30,000 copies were sent out. I still have the original 32-page Owner's Manual; which you had to put together by cutting out various pages over a number of weeks from the NME and then folding and assembling them. You had to be patient in those days. Computers and internet weren't around then.

roxy music: country life (tape)

roxy music: country life (tape), a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

roxy music
country life
island records (1974)
island tapes zci9303

roxy music
country life
virgin records america (1974)
roxycdx4
card sleeve hdcd

artwork: bob bowkett
photography: eric boman
design: nicholas de ville
art direction: bryan ferry
models: constanze caroli & eveline grunwald

unkle : psyence fiction (tape) - view 3

unkle : psyence fiction (tape) - view 3, a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

unkle
psyence fiction
mo'wax recordings
mw085 mc (1997)
comes in a deluxe card foldout sleeve that holds the standard jewel case
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sleeve design : den drury & andy holmes
photography : william bankhead
cover image, paintings and all characters : futura 2000

Found in the glove compartment of my car where it has been for the past 12 years or so. It still plays. Correctly.
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the hilary jeffery tape

the hilary jeffery tape, a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

the hilary jeffery tape
trombone: hilary jeffery
processing: rutger zuydervelt
2-track cassette tape
machinefabriek (2010)
MF014

A collaboration with trombone player Hilary Jeffery and Machinefabriek (Rutger Zuydervelt). Two cinematic tunes on a bright orange cassette tape, limited to 100 copies, housed in a hand stamped chipboard arigato pack.

one2zero

throbbing gristle : beyond jazz funk (tape) view 2

throbbing gristle : beyond jazz funk (tape) view 2, a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

throbbing gristle
beyond jazz funk (tape)
rough tapes (1980)
copy009

conrad schnitzler 10.10.84 (tape)

conrad schnitzler 10.10.84 (tape), a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

conrad schnitzler
10.10.84
mirror tapes (2010)
mt004

limited edition of 250 copies on professionally duplicated cassette tape
with an offset printed inlay card on 157gsm paper.

one2zero

the B52's (tape)

the B52's (tape), a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

the B52's
the B52's (tape)
island tapes (1979)
zci9580

art direction : sue ab surd
photography : george dubose
hairdos : la verne

we're gonna have a real good time together

we're gonna have a real good time together, a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

Velvet Underground compilation tape picked up at a street market for 0,50€.
A real bargain for this fascinating piece of history.

lou reed : growing up in public (tape)

lou reed : growing up in public (tape), a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

lou reed
growing up in public (tape)
arista records (1980)
402 120

photography : mick rock
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Lou gently hums "The Power of Positve Drinking" as the hangover begins to kick in.

roxy music : for your pleasure (tape)

roxy music : for your pleasure (tape), a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

roxy music
for your pleasure (tape)
island tapes (1973)
zci9232

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artwork: c.c.s.
art direction : nicholas de ville
photography : karl stoecker
cover model : amanda lear

from brussels with love (tape) view 3

from brussels with love (tape) view 3, a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

I can't imagine many people having this tape (in it's original format). It's the first edition which came in a PVC 7"-single format sleeve and included, as well as the tape and it's fiche technique, a 16-page booklet. I managed to get this almost the day after reading a review about it's release in the NME. Very few were initially made but due to demand (I imagine) a second edition, was released in the normal plastic cassette case in 1982. This second edition came with an all white, instead of black, background but with the same cover photograph. A vinyl edition was released later but I don't recall ever having seen one. Also, a highly desirable, belgian-pressed Japanese double-vinyl edition was released in 1983. I've never seen that one either.

from brussels with love
les disques du crépuscule
tape, fiche technique, & booklet (detail)
twi 007 (1980)

includes a 7" format, 16-page booklet (with pvc sleeve)
and a fiche technique

einstürzende neubauten : 2 x 4 (tape)

einstürzende neubauten : 2 x 4 (tape), a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

einstürzende neubauten
2 x 4 (tape)
reachout international records inc.
roir (1984)
a-133

elvis costello : my aim is true (tape)

elvis costello : my aim is true (tape), a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

elvis costello
my aim is true (tape)
stiff records (1977)
zseez3

photography : keith morris