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Jun 13, 2010 15:39:53 GMT @rottie007 said:
the main thing to check with the tapes is the condition of the small foam square that holds the tape against the head when the tunes are playing back, normally by now this has broken down and become a litle pile of black dust... so when you play the tapes back they sound awful and flatYou can replace the pads using foam draughtproofing strip. A £3 roll will do about 500 tapes
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Yep, Quad 8 tapes. They needed a specific quad player to get the proper effect but will pplay happily enough on a normal player. On a normal player you get tracks 1 & 2 as normal, then the "rear speaker" versions - which generally sound pretty curse word on their own - of the same songs on tracks 3 and 4. I've got a quad version of In Deep by Argent in my collection but never had a quad player
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