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August 30, 2023: 60 Years of the Cassette
Developed in 1962 by the Philips Company, the first cassette tapes were released on August 30, 1963, at the Berlin Radio Show. This episode of Bodega Pop presents a three-hour celebration of the format focused on international cassette-only releases sourced from compilations, music blogs, friends, and Gary’s personal collection. HT to Andrew Simon for alerting us to this anniversary.
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Music behind DJ: Bodega Pop |
Introduction |
Bodega Pop |
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Orou Karim | A2 Modern/neo-traditional Bariba & Dendi music | Bariba, Dendi & Fulani Peul music from the Radio Parakou Archives | https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/ | 0:04:35 (Pop-up) | |
Gounkpare | A4 Modern/neo-traditional Bariba & Dendi music | Bariba, Dendi & Fulani Peul Music from the Radio Parakou Archives | 0:06:51 (Pop-up) | ||
Bade Kparu | A6 Modern/neo-traditional Bariba & Dendi music | Bariba, Dendi & Fulani Peul music from the Radio Parakou Archives | 0:11:05 (Pop-up) | ||
Nariman and Alia Awwad | Intifada انتفاضة | Intifada انتفاضة | 1987 | https://majazzproject.com/ | 0:15:46 (Pop-up) |
Unknown Palestinian Artists | Dabke | Palestinian Bedouin psychedelic original dabka tape 1980s كاسيت فلسطيني بدوي اصلي ١٩٨٠ | 0:20:13 (Pop-up) | ||
Music behind DJ: Phạm Mạnh Cương |
Instrumental 1 |
Phạm Mạnh Cương: Nhạc Tuyển 3 |
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Khánh Ly | Like a Flying Cauldron Như Cánh Vạc Bay | Phạm Mạnh Cương: Nhạc Tuyển 3 | 0:52:54 (Pop-up) | ||
Thanh Thuy | Thương Ai Nhớ Ai | Thanh Thuy 7 | 0:56:57 (Pop-up) | ||
Thanh Lan | I'm Still Waiting Em Vẫn Đợi | The Road with Tamarind Leaves Con Đường Có Lá Me Bay | 1:02:04 (Pop-up) | ||
Duy Quang | Ha Dong Rice Dress Áo Lúa Hà Đông | Băng nhạc Ngọc Chấn | 1982 | 1:06:01 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Konrad Kraft |
Accident in Heaven |
Accident in Heaven |
2022 |
1:12:02 (Pop-up) |
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Konrad Kraft | Mapec A/3 | Accident in Heaven | 2022 | 1:16:25 (Pop-up) | |
und Piloten | Umsturz | Klar!80 - Ein Kassetten-Label aus Düsseldorf 1980-82 | 2023 | 1:22:08 (Pop-up) | |
ACLP | Kriminelle Tanzkapelle | Behind the Wall - The Record: New Wave and Post-Punk from East Germany 1982-1990 | 2020 | 1:26:31 (Pop-up) | |
The Bill Jones Show | Jad Fair Shook My Hand | Tape Hiss: Emanations From The Cassette Underground: Tony Coulter's 2015 Marathon Premium | 2015 | 1:30:42 (Pop-up) | |
Sick Dick & The Volkswagens | Interference | Tape Hiss: Emanations From The Cassette Underground: Tony Coulter's 2015 Marathon Premium | 2015 | 1:31:52 (Pop-up) | |
PSA | V.D. | Tape Hiss: Emanations From The Cassette Underground: Tony Coulter's 2015 Marathon Premium | 2015 | 1:36:10 (Pop-up) | |
One Big Square Foot of Sod | That's My Horse | Tape Hiss: Emanations From The Cassette Underground: Tony Coulter's 2015 Marathon Premium | 2015 | 1:38:23 (Pop-up) | |
Fracas | Breathless | Tape Hiss: Emanations From The Cassette Underground: Tony Coulter's 2015 Marathon Premium | 2015 | 1:39:32 (Pop-up) | |
Doll Parts | Carnival Raga Revisited | Tape Hiss: Emanations From The Cassette Underground: Tony Coulter's 2015 Marathon Premium | 2015 | 1:42:54 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Volkswhale |
Ditditdit |
Tape Hiss: Emanations From The Cassette Underground: Tony Coulter's 2015 Marathon Premium |
2015 |
1:44:36 (Pop-up) |
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Naowarat Phongphaibun & Suchit Wongthet | Khrai Khue Khru | Karaket, Vol. 1 (Phong Khao Ta) | 1:49:19 (Pop-up) | ||
Monruedi Phromchak | Rak Chak Choi Loi | Thi Det 2 Lam Tangwai | 1:53:09 (Pop-up) | ||
Sairung Wimanthong | Somsi Hak Tae | Sao Noi Khoi Khu | 1:56:21 (Pop-up) | ||
Traditional Thai Artists | Manohra Offering Talisman | Ramasun Mekkhala | Elephant Face Dance | 1:59:40 (Pop-up) | ||
Son Thoeung | Bong Lear Hoy Oun | Cambodian Cassette Archives - Khmer Folk and Pop Vol. 1 - 2016 Deluxe Edition | 2016 | 2:10:49 (Pop-up) | |
Klan Han | Knyom Chea Howra | Cambodian Cassette Archives - Khmer Folk and Pop Vol. 1 - 2016 Deluxe Edition | 2016 | 2:13:27 (Pop-up) | |
Anonymous | Euy Saob Nas | Cambodian Cassette Archives - Khmer Folk and Pop Vol. 1 - 2016 Deluxe Edition | 2016 | 2:16:27 (Pop-up) | |
Son Thoeung | Damrey Cheung Buon | Cambodian Cassette Archives - Khmer Folk and Pop Vol. 1 - 2016 Deluxe Edition | 2016 | 2:20:28 (Pop-up) | |
Chhoun Vanna | To Tea Yum Chlong | Cambodian Cassette Archives - Khmer Folk and Pop Vol. 1 - 2016 Deluxe Edition | 2016 | 2:24:32 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Wat Phnom Orchestra |
Om Touk Knong Beung (Lake Festival) Excerpt |
Cambodian Cassette Archives - Khmer Folk and Pop Vol. 1 - 2016 Deluxe Edition |
2016 |
2:27:05 (Pop-up) |
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Daniel Johnston | Desperate Man Blues, Hey Joe, She Called Pest Control, Keep Punching Joe, No More Pushing Joe Around | Hi, How Are You - The Unfinished Album | 1983 | 2:32:40 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Rachid et Fethi |
Melody |
Instrumental |
2:47:25 (Pop-up) |
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L-Gnawi Mahmoud Gania لڴناوي محمود ڴنيا | Wali Moulay Driss Tijaniya | VDC 53 [Moroccan Tape Stash Expanded Edition 2022] | http://moroccantapestash.blogspot.com/ | 2:49:07 (Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Catrina Paslaru |
Hei La Bodega |
Hei La Bodega - Carnaval! |
2000 |
2:58:40 (Pop-up) |
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Listener comments!
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:
listener james from westwood:
Gary:
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:
tim abdellah:
northguineahills:
northguineahills:
Gary:
tom tom the pipers son:
Gary:
tim abdellah:
tom tom the pipers son:
northguineahills:
Gary:
tom tom the pipers son:
Andres:
northguineahills:
Gary:
tom tom the pipers son:
After the Second World War, the magnetic tape recording technology proliferated across the world. In the US, Ampex, using equipment obtained in Germany as a starting point, began commercial production of tape recorders
Gary:
northguineahills:
Andres:
tom tom the pipers son:
tom tom the pipers son:
northguineahills:
Threemoons 🌛🌕🌜:
northguineahills:
tom tom the pipers son:
tom tom the pipers son:
adamdoesit:
Gary:
adamdoesit:
Alex In Illinois:
Gary:
Andres:
coelacanth∅:
Gary:
slugluv1313:
greetings, Gary! Bodega patrons!
i am not sure if they are still around, but there is this amazing Dabke troupe based in Paterson, NJ -- they would perform every year at the NAAP-NY ("Network of Arab American Professionals") street fairs in Manhattan -- ALWAYS brought the house down -- so now i gotta research to see if they are still active, but cannot recall their name 🤯🤯
adamdoesit:
still b/p:
There's an episode about the German R to R machines being brought to US, reverse engineered for start of the American industry, with Bing Crosby laying some of that foundation.
'S all on the Youtubes and in Radiolab's podcasts.
coelacanth∅:
slugluv1313:
Gary:
Gary:
Gary:
Andres:
northguineahills:
coelacanth∅:
northguineahills:
Andres:
Andres:
coelacanth∅:
slugluv1313:
PaulRobeson1923:
still b/p:
PaulRobeson1923:
coelacanth∅:
slugluv1313:
coelacanth∅:
Gary:
still b/p:
tom tom the pipers son:
slugluv1313:
i had that cassette recorder/player too -- or a similar model? but when i was older (maybe 5th or 6th grade?)
headcleaner:
Gary:
Andres:
Listener Gregory:
adamdoesit:
I'll show myself out.
chresti:
coelacanth∅:
i also recorded the opening themes to the munsters and hogan's heroes. at some point i decided to play those really loud in the echoing hallways during class time.
i miraculously didn't get busted, but that was the last time i brought it to school.
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Gary:
northguineahills:
coelacanth∅:
right behind you
Listener Gregory:
emily_w:
still b/p:
It must have been on a cassette when I played Discreet Music in a college painting class, and a much older non-traditional student said, "Do you think anyone is enjoying that? It sounds like a funeral dirge." I'm guessing it was side 2, the Pachelbel manipulations.
Another cassettes on the road recollection: Viva Roxy Music, listened to repeatedly on portable unit while on a Cape Cod and Nantucket jaunt-week in my friend's Saab, summer 1976.
Gary:
Gary:
northguineahills:
chresti:
Listener Gregory:
coelacanth∅:
chresti:
headcleaner:
chresti:
Gary:
Gary:
tim abdellah:
still b/p:
slugluv1313:
yup! recorded a bunch of songs off the radio (but sadly, no friends jamming)
northguineahills:
slugluv1313:
northguineahills:
rw:
northguineahills:
Gary:
rw:
Listener Gregory:
northguineahills:
slugluv1313:
yes, exactly! heard about the effects on flooding too -- all ok where you are?
still b/p:
DL in LA:
tom tom the pipers son:
northguineahills:
coelacanth∅:
so now i had a tape recorder, and i've already filled up the 3 lafayette c-60s i got with it (probably, like chresti, with songs off the radio); so i used the c-10 (it was probably a c-10)
but it never completely erased anything. first i clandestinely recorded my brother playing the mothers' absolutely free album; then "let it bleed"...but the whole while with talking and house sounds - which became a mush which i found very interesting.
then came revolution 9 and i was validated!
Gary:
coelacanth∅:
chresti:
slugluv1313:
chresti:
northguineahills:
tim abdellah:
northguineahills:
slugluv1313:
coelacanth∅:
Gary:
coelacanth∅:
coelacanth∅:
...probably it was like "this music sounds Great on this machine - much better than anything else! we'll stick with this one"
Listener Gregory:
northguineahills:
chresti:
tim abdellah:
northguineahills:
slugluv1313:
slugluv1313:
coelacanth∅:
nobody.
HOWEVER, Maggie, of cat bomb radio fame, would very much want to hear them, and play them on the radio.
Gary:
coelacanth∅:
slugluv1313:
still b/p:
tim abdellah:
slugluv1313:
go for it!
slugluv1313:
coelacanth∅:
Listener Gregory:
chresti:
northguineahills:
tom tom the pipers son:
chresti:
coelacanth∅:
northguineahills:
Gary:
emily_w:
northguineahills:
coelacanth∅:
in any case it's her choice and her discretion.
you know, we hear "listener" tapes on wfmu pretty frequently.
Ganyoon:
Gary:
tom tom the pipers son:
northguineahills:
Gary:
slugluv1313:
i still have tapes that friends made for me, when we were making tapes for each other
northguineahills:
Listener Gregory:
Gary:
chresti:
northguineahills:
northguineahills:
chresti:
slugluv1313:
we were dragging chains across the concrete floor, using plungers (pretty cool/odd sounds when used on concrete), doing "vocalizations" (no words, just sounds), and generally making a racket, and recording it all
(pre-industrial industrial? sound/noise art? 1970/71 -- we were ahead of our time 😹😹)
chresti:
tim abdellah:
That being said, I did buy the cassingle (cassette single) of The Divynyls' "I Touch Myself". Cos they stopped selling vinyl 7" records at Tower.
slugluv1313:
tim abdellah:
northguineahills:
tom tom the pipers son:
northguineahills:
northguineahills:
DL in LA:
slugluv1313:
slugluv1313:
Listener Gregory:
(Thanks for listening.)
chresti:
chresti:
tom tom the pipers son:
chresti:
Carmichael:
tom tom the pipers son:
Gary:
chresti:
Carmichael:
Jill B.:
Listener Gregory:
northguineahills:
Carmichael:
Listener Gregory:
chresti:
coelacanth∅:
here i am innocently trying to steal music and they ruin it! i tried to start the record after the chatter (and before it at the end) but the tapes were very sloppy sounding and i just gave up.
now i wish i'd just taped them through -with all that annoying crap that would quite entertain me today!
Gary:
northguineahills:
chresti:
Listener Gregory:
Listener Gregory:
Listener Gregory:
chresti:
slugluv1313:
chresti:
northguineahills:
chresti:
Zip7:
northguineahills:
Gary:
coelacanth∅:
then when records became unavailable i refused to buy cds 'till around 1998 so i bought the cursed factory cassettes, sure enough most of which sound crappy now -if they play at all.
...but i did the same thing with them: i made a copy onto a tdk (the only brand i'd buy by the 90s), which are in fine shape today.
Carmichael:
Listener Gregory:
northguineahills:
Carmichael:
slugluv1313:
coelacanth∅:
Gary:
northguineahills:
Gary:
northguineahills:
tom tom the pipers son:
slugluv1313:
Gary:
northguineahills:
tim abdellah:
northguineahills:
slugluv1313:
when he was set to do some songs at Pier Platters, apparently he got through maybe a song and a half? then freaked out and ran out of the store
(i was not there -- probably had to be at work ugh)
Zip7:
Carmichael:
Listener Gregory:
Gary:
Carmichael:
Carmichael:
tom tom the pipers son:
Ike:
northguineahills:
Ganyoon:
Gary:
northguineahills:
coelacanth∅:
tom tom the pipers son:
tim abdellah:
Gary:
tim abdellah:
tim abdellah:
tom tom the pipers son:
chresti:
coelacanth∅:
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
tim abdellah:
emily_w:
DL in LA:
coelacanth∅:
so i have all those. however, the art would differ for my copies.
Listener Gregory:
slugluv1313:
slugluv1313:
coelacanth∅:
Gary: