I got my first cassette recorder (a Mayfair) for a birthday present back in
1971. Like most kids who were fascinated with audio I went crazy taping TV
shows (Partridge Family and American Bandstand), radio, records (Osmonds,
Stories "Louie Louie" and Jerry Reed?) and my younger brother and I singing
and
telling jokes. 

I almost tossed them during my 20's because they were recorded on such cheap
tape but Im so glad I didnt - they are aural snapshots of a time long passed.

Billy


At 10:17 AM 2/8/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>> My guess your tape was recorded in March 1974. Is this a radio aircheck or
>> songs taped from records?
>
>It's just a tape of random nonsense I recorded with a handheld tape recorded
>when I was a kid. I have a big box of tapes like this (I was a strange
>child), but of course none of them have dates on them. Some of it does sound
>like it was taped off the radio, and some of it is clearly from records I
>had in my possession. Some of it defies description (e.g. five minutes of
>inarticulate shrieking accompanied by the Hallelujah Chorus?).
>
>Conversations on the tape indicate that parts of it were recorded around
>Easter. That jibes very nicely with your information, and that provided by
>Jaimie Vernon. Thanks a lot, guys!
>
>Robert
>  
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio