from brussels with love (tape) view 2

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

lou reed : metal machine music (tape)

lou reed : metal machine music (tape), a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

lou reed
metal machine music (the amine β ring)
cassette tape
great expectations (1991)
pipdc023

ciccone youth - the whitey album (tape)

ciccone youth - the whitey album (tape), a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

ciccone youth

the whitey album

blast first (1998)

bffp28c

artwork : sonic youth 

the album cover is a b&w xerox enlargement of Madonna's face

head demagnetizer

head demagnetizer, a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

maxell he-44 head demagnetizer

r.e.m. : get up (tape)

r.e.m. : get up (tape), a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

r.e.m.
get up (tape)
warner bros (1988)
4-22791
2-track, cardboard slipcase, cassette single

test dept : ecstacy under duress (tape) - view 1

test dept : ecstacy under duress (tape) - view 1, a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

test dept.
ecstacy under duress (tape)
pleasantly surprised (1983)
ps 005
1000-copy limited edition cassette in cloth bag with photographs

cover photograph : chris barclay

pedro magina : nineteen eighty five (tape) - view 2

pedro magina : nineteen eighty five (tape) - view 2, a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

pedro magina
nineteen eighty five (tape)
not not fun (2011)
nnf219

artwork: andré abel

lou reed / john cale : songs for drella (tape) - view 2

lou reed / john cale : songs for drella (tape) - view 2, a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

lou reed / john cale
songs for drella (tape)
warner bros. (1990)
wx345c

art direction & design: tom recchion and sylvia reed
photo of andy warhol: billy name
cover photo: james hamilton

some of the interesting things you'll see on a long-distance flight (tape) - view 1

some of the interesting things you'll see on a long-distance flight (tape) - view 1, a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

various artists
some of the interesting things you'll see on a long-distance flight (tape)
les disques du crépuscule (1982)
twi081

Live recording of the "Dialogue North/South" tour in February 1982.
This release comes without a tracklisting but includes tracks by: Richard Jobson, Tuxedomoon, Paul Haig, The Names, Marine, Durutti Column...
The "Inbetween" tracks are taken from Serge Gainsbourg's soundtrack to Goodbye Emanuelle (aka Emanuelle 3).

some of the interesting things you'll see on a long-distance flight (tape) - view 2

various artists
some of the interesting things you'll see on a long-distance flight (tape)
les disques du crépuscule (1982)
twi081

Live recording of the "Dialogue North/South" tour in February 1982.
This release comes without a tracklisting but includes tracks by: Richard Jobson, Tuxedomoon, Paul Haig, The Names, Marine, Durutti Column...
The "Inbetween" tracks are taken from Serge Gainsbourg's soundtrack to Goodbye Emanuelle (aka Emanuelle 3).

emerson, lake & palmer : pictures at an exhibition (tape)

emerson, lake & palmer : pictures at an exhibition (tape), a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

emerson, lake & palmer
pictures at an exhibition
island records (1971)
island tapes

cabaret voltaire : live at the lyceum (tape) -view 2

cabaret voltaire : live at the lyceum (tape) -view 2, a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

cabaret voltaire
live at the lyceum (tape)
rough trade (1981)
copy 002

recorded live on a sony walkman, february 8th, 1981

brian eno - before and after science (tape)

brian eno - before and after science / tape, a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

brian eno
before and after science
polydor 3100 386
polydor records (1977)

brian eno - here come the warm jets (tape)

brian eno - here come the warm jets (tape), a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

brian eno
here come the warm jets
island tapes zci9268
island records (1974)

throbbing gristle : beyond jazz funk (tape) view 1

throbbing gristle : beyond jazz funk (tape) view 1, a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

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

mr maxted : momentum (tape) view2

mr maxted : momentum (tape) view2, a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

mr maxted
momentum (tape)
mordant music (2010)
mm042

sonic youth : sonic death (tape)

sonic youth : sonic death (tape), a photo by japanese forms on Flickr.

sonic youth
sonic death - early sonic / sonic-youth live (tape)
blast first (1988)
bffp 32c

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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