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Hey all. I could use some help disposing/donating of my GD cassette collection to a new home. I am moving and recently rediscovered them while packing the house. I'm ready to let them go as I'm not interested in moving them with me. Downsizing and will have less storage space. They are in excellent condition. Approximately 300 cassettes. Mostly early year shows. Some choice stuff. Some that I recorded myself which I stopped doing around 77-78. If anyone is interested or knows anyone interested please let me know. All you need to do is find a way to get them.
Thanks and Peace.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: fishcane
ill take them! fishcane@gmail
ill take them! [email protected]
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: I rang a silent bell
Excellent offer!
Excellent offer!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Frank3
great offer. If it doesnt
great offer. If it doesnt work out, please email me >
f.fasula0203@ com....net
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Denny
I gave away my tape
I gave away my tape collection here to a zoner 4-5 years ago. It wasn't all dead and it was an assortment of bands from the 70's to late 90's. Two big boxes I mailed out. All I was looking for was the postage, which the dude sent to me. His name had slipped my mind.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: .............
Denny, i think that was me...
Denny, i think that was me....(if it wasnt, the boxes and music sure sound the same, large boxes, great mix of music)
Ive enjoyed it thoroughly!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Denny
Cool, glad you've enjoyed
Cool, glad you've enjoyed them.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lord Kalvert
I went through that a couple
I went through that a couple of years ago.
Couldn't cut loose - dragged them along - what a mistake.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
I see old tapes selling on
I see old tapes selling on eBay. I've never sold any, as it was part of the deal, share and trade the music and you can tape our performances. Now that there's no more GD, things have changed. There's plenty of younger folks getting into the Dead that are asking about these type of collections. I've held on to my own, and have been given a couple of others by folks when I told them I don't sell homemade cassettes, and they insisted I take them so they wouldn't get pitched.
Tapes are a hot item with the 15-25 year old set right now, and all things GD have a mystique, so I could see these things gaining interest. Wait until Ken Burns does a GD doc for the market to crest.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Strangha
My CD player in my 2001
My CD player in my 2001 Subaru broke a few years ago and they want a bit to fix or replace it. I've looked at a new after-market player but most the newer units don't play cassettes. I'll have to get that figured out.
So without CD's for long trips, I've been enjoying listening to my old cassettes, especially past radio shows I did in the 80's when the community station was a LOT more loose and free, and I have a bunch with 45 minute mixed sets with no interruptions. I used to do that and warn listeners, and I've had people come up to me and say they still have some of those tapes.
Someday I'll have to transfer some of those to digital, but it will take a while. And be a while. I didn't know about cassettes being a hot item with the younger crowd, Dave. I'm surprised.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bob
This is still up for grabs.
This is still up for grabs. Fishcane it seems is too far to arrange to come and get them. With the insanity going on with my home sale, then moving to my in-laws home for six weeks and packing and selling that place too before I head out, I just don't have the time to pack them and get shipping estimates. And if I'm packing them, I might as well take them and my classic Yamaha stereo system too. I emailed Frank and got no response although his email address was a little weird.
So if anyone wants to come and get them or meet me at a reasonable halfway point, I'm still willing to let them go, and my stereo system too if the offer for that is reasonable.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Localcountyline
Where are you located Bob?
Where are you located Bob?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bob
New Jersey
New Jersey
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nebulous nelly
Where in Jersey, Bob? North?
Where in Jersey, Bob? North? South?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bob
Central Jersey. Near Freehold
Central Jersey. Near Freehold.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Localcountyline
Thanks Bob. I'm only 3,000
Thanks Bob. I'm only 3,000 miles away. I'll start driving.
Seriously, nice offer. Some local head will be happy.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nebulous nelly
Hey, Bob, freehold area, eh? I'm not far. I'd be happy to give them a home, especially since I lost my tape collection to Superstorm Sandy
OrangeCountyLumberTruck. At mail. com
Thank you
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: A Bit of a Goddess
this is a phine example of
this is a phine example of when i love us
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bob
Hey Orange County,
Hey Orange County,
I heard from one of my tour buddies that saw my post and he said he would take them. If for some reason it doesn't work out. I'll get in touch via email.
Thanks all!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call"
Sweet offer for the lurker.
Sweet offer for the lurker. Thanks for playing for nothing, zoners.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: nebulous nelly
Thanks, Bob.
Thanks, Bob.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Rich Pankanin
if no one take this let me
if no one take this let me know, not far from ya.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jonaspond
Among hundreds of shows I had
Among hundreds of shows I had a shit load of Gan's GD Hours taped. A zoner wanted a certain year of GD hours but when I went to copy they were all damaged. They had moved around from a few houses and though I thought that they were playable they were worthless. The zoner accused me of bullshitting him....as though I would cop to having GD Hours stored. My grandfather, who other than me digging ditches for his masonry business, barely acknowledged my existence had built me cases in his last ditch effort to secure a place in heaven, lined w/plastic insert sleeves and sealed shut. All the tapes looked great but either snapped, tangled or the audio was jumbled. I refuse to toss them.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Thumbkinetic
In anticipation of
In anticipation of jettisoning a shit-ton of cassettes the next time we move (octogenarian landlords; figure the clock's ticking already), I've been grabbing one at random now and then for a potential "last listen." GD, JGB, Other, GDHour, AMDew, Prairie Home Companion, random live radio performances, etc. Makes for some interesting mixes.
Some of those stealth JGB recordings are absolute shit.
Still didn't toss too many.
The tape in the deck currently (Side A, anyway) is a GDH. Starts with Obsequious Cheese Log's take on If 6 Were 9, then moves on to some GD 6/9/77.
Many have FILLER: some timed out, some faded out, some that end like the studio version of Feel Like A Stranger.
Freaks me out a bit when I can still anticipate the FILLER after a particular performance on a bootleg. Other times, it's a surprise.