Jools Holland – Live Performance Audio Cassette – 1994

He’d been the keyboardist in Squeeze, but many teenagers of the early 1980s didn’t really get a taste of who Jools Holland was until he barged his way to the forefront of youth culture TV as a main presenter on The Tube.

The Tube exploded onto UK screens in early November 1982 as a flagship programme for the brand new alternative channel – Channel 4. As its name suggests, ‘4 was only the fourth TV channel to join the UK’s broadcasting network.

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.