mem (12/20/82)
c I just read a paragraph from a record catalog which says, in part.. "Please refrain from home-taping records by artists on independant labels. ...it is economically detrimental to artists and small companies who are already having a difficult time surviving this economy ... If you need cassettes for your car, please buy pre-recorded cassettes... We hope you'll think about who profits (blank cassette manufacturers) and who loses (performing artists and independant companies)..." I, personally, have never gone in much for taping other people's records. Not really out of respect for the artists, but because I have this flaw in my outlook that wants to own the material I like. However I have made it a practice to record ALL of my albums on tape. This in order to save my records, and so I can listen to an album all the way through without having to get up and turn it over. Lazy, wot? Not to mention being able to take them in my car. There was a time when I bought pre-recorded tapes (not having a turntable), but I never did see one of these things of a quality above the throw-in-the-trash level. And, not all albums are on tape to begin with; plus when the tape gets old or eaten, what is the chance that another one will still be available. Mark Mallett