Rick-Rolling Through My Tape Collection: Remembering The Generation of Cassette Tapes
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I own Rick Astley’s Whenever You Need Somebody on tape.
I bought it when it was released. I found that old tape just recently. (I have it on vinyl as well – nutcase!)
Buying tapes – it dates you.
I mowed lawns to earn money to buy tapes. Then I’d listen to the new tape that next weekend while mowing the lawns, working to buy another tape. I mowed my parent…
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