catblaster
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YEP..Realy...reely
I had one of those. Still do, actually, but it no longer works. I just can't bring myself to tossing it. Bought mine from the ship's store while on a WestPac in 67/68.catblaster said:I bought a dual cassette made by Aiwa from the PX oversea in 1968 and thought this will never work out so I traded it for a reel to reel Akai.
alanhui said:BTW, next to him, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young and Emmylou Harris are up there for me. Hopefully one day soon I will be able to play their music loudly in my RV while dry camping in a forest or in a canyon (with no one else in sight.)
Emmylou Harris' album "Red Dirt Girl" is one of my favorites. Great song writing as well as vocal.MT4Runner said:Emmylou Harris has an incredible voice to match her beautiful songwriting abilities.
Emmylou Harris is another artist whose artistry sustained over decades. On Nov 2013, I saw her concert billed with her long time collaborator Rodney Crowell in Benaroya Hall, Seattle. Her voice was almost as golden and pure as she was on her Pieces of the Sky or Elite Hotel albums. These were released nearly 40 years ago.MT4Runner said:Emmylou Harris has an incredible voice to match her beautiful songwriting abilities.
Oh, oh! Besides the Akai, I bought a Pentax SLR on that cruise. It finally wore out, the curtain would stick and it cost too much to repair. It was about 35 years old by then and the threat of film going away was looming on the horizon, as well.Jeff said:When I was in Asia an Akai deck and a 35mm SLR from Nikon or Pentax were the first items on everyone's want list.
I am too but I am afraid the thread drift police are going to be coming in and arresting us soon. :-[Wendy said:With apologies to the OP, I am enjoying this discussion.
nomad297 said:Are you sure about that? Cassette players and music cassettes weren't really prevalent until the mid-seventies. Maybe you were playing your eight tracks.
Bruce