Mid 1970s Scotch Dynarange C120 Cassette – Blue Label

A lo-fi feast, in the shape of a two-hour Scotch Dynarange audio cassette, from an era long before the personal computer was a thing – let alone the Internet. In fact, it even predates Pot Noodle. Us kids were all still getting our powdered food fixes from Vesta curries, paellas and chow meins when this beast was sitting on the retailers’ shelves.

1992 Maxell SX II 60 Audio Cassette

Staying in the year of 1992, we find a Maxell SX II 60 high bias audio cassette hard at work in one of the era’s most popular home multitracking machines – the Tascam Ministudio.

1994 TDK SA 90 Super Avilyn Audio Cassette

By 1994, the world of home multitrack recording was well along the road of transformation from tape to digital formats. But full computerisation of the process was still not a realistic proposition for most recording enthusiasts.