More Memorex - The "Clown" Cassette & a couple of hidden gems.

[@waz3128]

Love it. Those yellow turn reels! Everything about it makes me think of a fun mixtape with doodles scattered over the spine and tracklisting. I've gotta get hold of them for a cassette release of my next album

[@sean70729]

Post the title, I want to support it.

[@petikan]

I recall having these Memorex tapes years ago. Very colourful tapes.

[@brettjames1992]

I love the Memorex blank tapes alot!!!

[@RecordKrate]

Memphis Design influence was all over the 80s including this beautiful Memorex. They look great next to my Swatch Watches!

[@CassetteComeback]

Couldn't get more 80s, unless you were wearing a Benetton sweater.

[@csscott9803]

Those Memorex dba cassettes were wonderful

[@chuckaluck123]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate all the work you have done. I've just found your channel with my revived interest in cassettes(born 1976). Thank you thank you thank you. P.s. I know you wouldn't let me but I really want to roll out the dent in your dragon door. Keep up the good work!

[@spankysmp]

I'm still going through my old tapes and I have a couple of Memorex MRX3 Oxide, taped stuff from looks like 1981 and still playing!

[@bryede]

Super late to the game, but the reason some tape is warped at the ends is the leader clamp on the hub. Some designs are better at allowing the tape to lay flat than others, and it was recommended that several extra seconds of silence be used past the leader to allow the the creased tape to pass.

[@Musicradio77Network]

I have a couple of these dBS cassettes which was dBS I in Europe and the UK, and here in the US, it was just dBS instead of dBS I.

[@303nitzubishi4]

Thank you for the follow up on Memorex and giving the MRXI the recognition it deserves. I commented in the last Memorex video that I took a few of the older MRXI tapes (the ones with no head suspension-just the foam block) and put the tape and reels into the newer "clown" shell. Best of both worlds :) excellent tape in a reliable shell

[@rubyalfaro2576]

Although with a cold, makes a video of one of my favorite cassettes. Champion!

[@Gojirosan]

Yes! A proper appraisal of my beautiful Memorex friends! Cheers, Captain!

[@markphilpot4981]

You’re such a howl! So glad we have you to give a care about this hobby. You make taping fun and that is really what all this is about! By the way, got me one of the tape head gauges to check my none auto aligning decks with. All of us can’t have Dragons and Revoxes Tony!😊💖👍🏻

[@beyondfluid4271]

i just found 2 unopened TDK D60 cassette's in back alley.. they are the older not as flashy packaging.. I also found 2 unopened JVC T-120ps VHS Tapes... made my morning... thought you might appreciate... just sharing..

[@BC-qb7tx]

I have some last of the line memorex dbs that are super quality. They pulled out all the stops, even a smokey shell and smokey case, and the tapes are solid. The tapes even auto-lock if not in a player. It's like they went super high end right at the end.

[@BC-qb7tx]

They have a date of 1997

[@BC-qb7tx]

Ok they dont auto lock, but they are so precision tight that it is hard to spin with your finger. They are skc hubs and diagonal lead.

[@SnarkyRC]

Haha I used that model of cassette to record When I Come Around by Green Day when it premiered on my local radio station back in the 90s

[@cdwhiley]

If only I could travel back in time and buy these casettes to no end. :) Best I Can do is go to every estate auction and tag sale I can find and buy ALL casettes no matter what. ;)

[@rwj777]

I still own and use this exact cassette today and the sound quality really isn't all that bad for recording.

[@wildbilltexas]

LOL @ 11:08 ! The dBS's to stay away from are the "Made In USA" versions that have the hubs with the tiny 4 holes. It's a durable tape, but it doesn't have the high end response of the SKC Korean made dBS's. I bought a lot of these in the 90's usually in 5-7 packs for recording my radio shows because they were so inexpensive.

[@Rompler_Rocco]

Thank you!! I'm dying to know exactly who manufactured these. I just bought a load of USA-made MRX-I's with those same hubs. They look *almost* like SKC. But just like the USA-made DBS, the tape inside is extremely transparent (even though it isn't thin). I haven't recorded onto them yet, but I'll be surprised if they perform well with such a weak-looking magnetic layer.

[@S161064]

hi great channel. watching your videos made me dig all my old cassettes out of the loft.now started to build another hi fi after all these years.i forgot how much fun it was recording music.also i have had to repair a few cassettes as pressure pads fell off. ohhh what fun i have had when the tape unwound itself. back to the good old days.look forward to watching more videos.

[@anthonyperkins7556]

I had a Aiwa MW SW FM LW Metal tape capable Dolby B noise reduction twin tape auto reverse ghetto blaster in the 80's, and I used these in Memorex dBSI 120 guise, to record the Top 40 from Radio 1 in stereo via the (better) quality Radio 2 FM Stereo frequencies and thanks to the ultra-reliable Japanese built auto-reverse mechanism, I got the full two hours of the Top 40 in stereo.

[@bradjones1977]

Pretty sure I used these around 1987, but your knowledge will be better than my memory from being ten!

[@CassetteComeback]

It could be, the internet sources aren't always 100% accurate.

[@NJRoadfan]

I have a copy of C+C Music Factory's "Gotta Make You Sweat" album on a Memorex dBS. Can't get any more 1990 then that!

[@nout1972]

I have seen about 20 videos of your channel and I think it is safe to say that the majority of tapes (type 1 and II) are fine, well at least you seem to like all of them. That was my experience in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s as well. I never favored any tape brand over the other. The aesthetics of the tape/brand and the price determined my choices. But I must say that I have the fondest memory of the 2000 iteration of the Sony UX-S, that's when I used my Kenwood tape desk for the last time.

[@5roundsrapid263]

1:59 I’m ten years old again...

[@flyingkillerrobots877]

Holy Synchronicity! I just got back from the thrift - after picking up a 10 pack of the 1989 - 90 minute flavor- for $3! :)

[@buppie2000]

You overpaid.

[@bryanotero123]

Damn that was expensive as shit

[@kevinjenkins6136]

Back in the day,you got the "Clown Cassettes" for a dollar at the liquor store

[@wildbilltexas]

I always bought mine in 2 packs or bricks. Many times Memorex would have a "Buy 4 tapes get one free!" deal. I do remember buying Memorex DB Series tapes for a buck at Dollar Tree in the late 90's-early 2000's. The DB Series were all made by Saehan. Not a great tape but good enough for recording off FM radio.

[@kevinjenkins6136]

@@wildbilltexas That was only reason I used them...just for recording off the radio

[@BilisNegra]

Hey, you don't use the Bic's pen cap to wind tapes! I mean, you somewhat can, but you have to push into the hub, it still loses traction sometimes...It's so much better with the pen shell itself.

[@Acoustic_Theory]

Those were my first cassettes, bought for me at the tender age of five for my Fisher-Price cassette recorder. (SKC-style dBS-60.) I was into tapes until maybe high school, when they were still a convenient way to record garage bands in stereo using two mics and a tape deck. I even got my hands on the translucent gray 1990 MRX-1 which was less clown-y, and later when a Best Buy opened up in South Austin, TX, my parents bought me a 12-pack of Scotch BX-90, which stuck around my house for years, and I recorded a few band shows on them.

[@twistedviewlabs]

Here in the US, the SKC variation was what I purchased back in the day...typically at any drug store, K-Mart or Target. In later years, when I had better equipment and was buying Type II & Type IV cassettes...I'd see these at the local 99 cent store. The sound quality was surprisingly decent. I recall these first being available in 1987 or 1988 actually. The first decent quality deck I ended up with was from Teac...looked about from the late 70's with the analog VU meters and metal casing (I couldn't tell you the noddy model # as I had it for about 2 years and didn't pay attention)...actually found it on my 15th birthday (so April 1990) outside a dumpster. I took it inside...it powered on but needed new belts. Got it working properly and it served me well. Around 1992, a friend of mine traded my Teac for his Technics deck that not only had Dolby B & C but also DBX. He just wanted mine for the VU meters but quality wise, I got the better deck. I made many a mix tape for friends with it...usually using the dBS cassette. Keep in mind, back then most of us just wanted something that sounded decent on our portable cassette players with (usually) rubbish over the ear headphones and I usually copied from CD rather than the radio and used Dolby B. All in all though, that SKC variant of the dBS was actually pretty good for our purposes. My personal recordings (when equipment permitted) were on Type II TDK or Sony cassettes as I got the best results with those.

[@mercurialmagictrees]

Theres a diffrent upc code on the first tapes as well. 4:53

[@MrocznyTechnik]

Nostalgic indeed. On such cassettes we received Commodore 64 software from western world.

[@fdmillion]

Yep, I remember my dad getting these by the 10 pack at K-Mart. At one point I think they even gave you a "free" zippered cassette case with the 10 pack. I finally got a 46 min version of these with orange tones, I had 60 (red), 90 (blue), 110 (purple) and 120 (green) even as a kid. All of mine are the SKC variant. Just did a recording on one a few days ago and to me it's quite good for a type 1.

[@DonSolaris]

Excellent video. I had that dBSi SKC cassette as a kid. What a shock seeing it after so many years. I wish i remember what was on it.

[@CassetteComeback]

That's it. It's a cassette everyone remembers.

[@rokas6823]

never had problems with Memorex even second hand and open since the 80s/90s, still sound fine and have good tape, SKC made great tapes

[@paulb4uk]

My versions from back in the day are the saiyhan and the new sealed i have is the same i always liked the look of the dbsi,s i will keep my eye out for an skc version back then i had no idea who made what so all these years on there is still a lot i never new and still lots to learn about cassettes .

[@VonStierlitz]

I still have that SKC typo clown cassette with two albums of “Camouflage” on it. A bit hissy, sure, but not too bad. I think it’s basically an entry level SKC LX in disguise. Don’t have many Memorex tapes. Just two HBS II 110 and half a dozen of German made Db Series. The later are essentially AGFA HD Ferrocolor.

[@kirkmooneyham]

I happen to have two of the SKCs and one of the Saehan. Different types of music on each, but now I want to listen to them, and see how they've held up. Well, the Saehan has Live, Throwing Copper on it. I recorded too hot, and it has some distortion, but it was probably recorded for a car stereo so that wouldn't have been a big deal back then. No dropouts though, and otherwise it sounds decent for the age and all. One more edit: Playing one of the SKCs, it has Joe Satriani, Surfing With The Alien. Recorded at a more proper level for the type of tape, highs are just a bit muted, but the mids and bass have great punch to them, no Dolby so there is a bit of hiss, but not enough to detract from the rock music at all. Quite happy to hear it after all these years.

[@Musicradio77Network]

The others were “Made in USA” version with the tiny 4 hubs. I have a few along with a bunch of them.

[@nickbitten6037]

Another intetesting video. Love the key-fobs. Nice one.

[@bjrntorearstein6347]

@Tony: A ring with the HD-8 on it...yes, please!!

[@Scratcher1tbp]

Those hazy looking leaders are the head-cleaning ones, the SKC (though clipped on to the reel sloppily) and not like the Saehan. I like their high bias tapes.. like the Cire' and HBS-II. Those early Memorex tapes had that big felt head pad with a layer of foam that rotted just like Scotch had.

[@ralphreinhardt6020]

A job well done on this vid. 😎👍

[@barnabas5688]

I forgot that these had yellow J cards inside them. I think I threw all the cards away (used to like making my own!)

[@bobbyberetta4206]

Wow, this brings back memories. I remember having a lot of “mix tapes” on these. Wish I could go back to that time, not because of nostalgia but because I get a do over on life.

[@CassetteComeback]

You're not alone in that sentiment...

[@robturner3065]

Used to get these in Tandy, pretty sure they were exclusive to them, could never find them anywhere else

[@vaughanwarburton9623]

Yes lost my virginity with the help of the clown Memorex (,think it had. then jerico on? ) To a girl I use to chat to on the CB radio, Roger that!

[@middlesbroughmike1027]

We always called them 'Neons'. I always preferred the early models with the small holes hubs (which I now know is skc). I've got quite a few MRXIS and I often find the sound a bit 'wobbly' at the start. I wonder if they too are a little un-even at the start like the sahaen branded dbsi in this video 🤔

[@CassetteComeback]

Yeah, I think your y right about the Saehan Memorex.

[@donk1822]

I found some data in my memory banks you might find interesting. MRXIS Treble lever (10khz) -0.3db Sensitivity - 0.3db Hiss -50db Mod noise -39db Overload 315hz MOL +3.4db Overload 10khz SAT -1.5db Dynamic range 53.4db CRXII TL (10khz) +0.2db Sens +1db Hiss -54db Mod noise -42db Overload 315hz MOL +1db Overload 10khz SAT -4db Dynamic range 55db I will see if I can find anything about DBX I in my library.

[@CannondaleCAAD]

Great video my friend! I have alot of these memorex's and there pretty scratched up but the tape is clean.

[@thomasmaiden5298]

Wasn't there a green and yellow (instead of pink) version of that dbs1 aswell?🤔 great video as usual.

[@CassetteComeback]

Yeah, the 60 minute version

[@tarstarkusz]

I seem to have the best luck with ferric tapes. They take lots of signal and sound good in pretty much any deck. I cycle a lot and I like to make up mix tapes to listen to when I am cycling and so I am almost always wearing headphones when listening to them. While some have a little bit of hiss, most sound just fine to me. Maybe if I had a better recorder it would make a difference, but with the stuff I have, ferric tapes sound the best to me.

[@kevinjenkins6136]

Depending on the deck,you could get a good sound out of the DBS1s

[@buppie2000]

That was never the case with my expensive TEAC or my cheaper Sony decks.

[@Musicradio77Network]

dBS 1 was the international version of the dBS, but in the US, it was dBS without the “1”.

[@rich_edwards79]

You're spot on about the 'clown' cassette having huge nostalgic appeal especially to anyone who was a kid or teen in the late 80s / early 90s. I received a 2-pack of these for my 10th birthday in November 1989 and thought the design was very cool. That 'Memphis' style was *everywhere* by that point, everything from shopping malls to pop magazines to the TOTP title sequence was a riot of pink and blue shapes / lines and that 'Twentieth Century' typeface. Reminds me of the era of dancing flowers and those perspex executive toys full of luridly coloured liquid that used to slosh around or drip into clear oil. Incidentally I still have both tapes. One got used to record the Radio 1 charts just before Christmas 1989, the other I made into a mixtape of tracks that were being played on the radio ready for a family holiday to Torquay the following summer. As you say, nostalgia overload (which lets face it, is why we're all here really!)

[@SK-qu4wo]

I have very fond memories of this particular cassette as well because I was about 8 years old when they came out. I love this KZbin channel so much, it has rekindled my love for cassettes!

[@jitmancanth6698]

I hope that one day you can turn your attention to pre-recorded cassettes. My experience with cassette tapes these days is all about revisting the music from my youth, taking a break from CDs and mp3s for a while. Those tapes that I recorded myself still work as they did back in the eighties, from Sony HF to TDK SA, but when it comes to those tapes that I bought pre-recorded, it's a whole other matter. Some still play as on the day of purchase, some just stick in the shell and are useless, some suffer from dropouts. Is it down to pot luck, is it down to studio, is it down to tape manufacturer?

[@CassetteComeback]

I have no love for pre recorded cassettes.

[@jitmancanth6698]

@@CassetteComeback Pre-emptively asking forgiveness for forgetting I asked this question already, six months down the line. It plays on my mind everytime I have a wobbly tape moment with a pre-record.

[@Godzilla941]

I had a few of these dBS I cassettes as a kid, SKC, 60 and 110, along with a 1981-ish TDK D60 and a few '86-ish SA90s. I still have them. :) I don't really have the heart to erase them and tape over most of them because they're really, really good time capsules not unlike a box of old photos. I think I was attracted mostly to the dBS I because I remember it being somewhat interesting to actually be able to see the hubs going around and the tape slowly moving from one side to the other. I'm still that way about mechanical stuff... I never could find 'reel cassettes' at the time even though I saw pictures of them here and there and really, really wanted them... If nothing else, the desire for the flashy dBS I at the time kept me away from the type 0s!

[@DeltaFox1970]

The BIC pen is for use without the cap P that's why we use BIC and not others :)

[@watershed44]

@DeltaFox1970 Is it just me or is it a very comforting feeling to put the Bic pen in the hub and twirl away? Hahaa.

[@gevowavemagnet]

Never really considered Memorex back in the day. I could still buy bricks of Maxell's and TDK's relatively cheap, just became a habit.

[@sinistarmr2]

I remember them but was turned off by their splashy appearance which made them look cheap at the time, so also didn't consider them. But they do have a cool factor at this point from a nostalgia perspective. Good to see, or hear I guess, they were actually pretty competent tapes though.

[@cubdukat]

Ever since I found your channel, I've been taking a look at the hubs to give me a clue who might have actually made the tape. Does SKC make chrome tapes that aren't pure chrome? I'm asking because I've seen a couple of the HBS II tapes that have the SKC dotted hubs, but I'm not sure if they could be pure chrome tapes. I remember only using HBS II once or twice and not being overly impressed with it; could it be that they were true chromes that I was using in a deck that couldn't compensate for that (no bias adjustment)? That's the thing I really like about your channel; I'm learning so many new things after I thought I knew cassettes inside and out.

[@CassetteComeback]

SKC basically had 2 Type 2 formula. QX, which was a decent Ferro cobalt and CD which was Cobalt doped chrome. Memorex like the CRX and CD used the Cobalt doped chrome formula. If you sniff them and get a whiff of crayons, it's chrome based.

[@sportscarsmovies]

One time in 1977 I bought new a pair of Memorex in an unusual box open system . The recording was good but very fast the tape stuck itself on the reels and was unusuable... Never again !

[@sjogosPT]

Check european crome “Memorex Ciré II”. Its almost like these you show, but type 2.

[@CassetteComeback]

Hard to find those are.

[@ThriftyAV]

Back in the mid-80s, I purchased some MRX-I cassettes that gave me trouble with tight hubs, so I generally avoided this brand. However, a girlfriend made me a mix tape on a "clown cassette" and it still plays fine.

[@josephfrye7342]

you know what I hope there is a hat and mouse pad versions though. i am in for it too.

[@theaylesburycyclist8756]

I've got a couple of those cassettes kicking around. A 60 & a 90. Both full of Sex Pistols.... Yeah, I was a bit obsessed with the Sex Pistols back in the very early 90s. 🧷🧷🤪

[@sputumtube]

I've got a drawer full of old cassette tapes, some recorded by me and some shop-bought which I can no longer play on my old Panasonic stack-system (one unit in reality) as it stands dusty and forlorn because it stopped working decades ago. You sound like an Englishman like me (Cheshire) and I was just wondering what equipment you use to play/record your tapes on? I've recently found an old Alba cassette player/recorder (value about £10 max) and it was/is my intention to record some short stories for my 89 year old uncle who's visually impaired. An ancient Bush microphone was recently delivered via eBay for a fiver and works fine (just waiting for a five pack of Maxell UR90 tapes to arrive). In your opinion, will this cheap and cheerful set-up be adequate?

[@kevinjenkins6136]

We only got the skc versions in the states,you were lucky if you found the Saehan version.

[@buppie2000]

No one was lucky. Those were garbage tapes.

[@CassetteComeback]

No. Your decks / recording skills were garbage. Did you even watch the video?

[@buppie2000]

@@CassetteComeback At 20:27 you make my argument for me. Hissy is the very definition of shit. But hey, you're probably right. 38 years in broadcast engineering have taught me nothing.

[@TheAbandonedAccount7]

just grabbed a 12 pack of 89' clowns for $20. hands down most nostalgic from my childhood.

[@Musicradio77Network]

There was also an earlier version of the dBS from about 1987 and it was a US made cassette before it was made in Korea for both SKC and mostly Saehan.

[@droogsurgeon1440]

Bought 1 for 7$ :( it’s okay though next time I’ll just look a little harder to buy a 12 pack.

[@dremunoz2600]

Lol, I bought one last weekend at a swap meet for $1🤣🤣🤣

[@kaiokendo]

do you review the sony de nueva laredo cassettes???

[@charleshill2936]

I always look forward to your videos. Quick question. How do you feel about demagnetizing? Is it necessary? Thanks

[@CassetteComeback]

I have one of those electronic cassettes that I use after I clean a deck, but can't honestly say if it makes a difference or not.

[@csscott9803]

7:13 I remember those were yesterday

[@juliancurtis4071]

I had some MRXIS that were SKC hubbed, as you say, very underated cassettes

[@vilaintrolltrollinsky8007]

They sound like almost every cassettes from the show. Softer, smoother, cosy-er and less sharp than the original. But we hear almost no differences when the song shift on the second gear and the music reach a natural ear "saturation point".

[@watershed44]

@Cassette Comeback Volkswagen took a page from Memorex and created the Harlequin Golf, and Polo back in the mid 90s! Most folks that remember the Harlequin affectionately call the it the "Clown Car".

[@CassetteComeback]

I remember these. All the panels were s different colour...

[@watershed44]

@Cassette Comeback Exactly. They were probably the last "fun" car VW has made, also like the Memorex Clown Cassettes these Harlequin VW are also highly sought after today.

[@rodedamiguelez631]

Please make a video about RAKS cassettes. I've only used the type II and they are really really nice. The SP2s performs great. Nice tape nice shell. Plus they are a lot cheaper than others

[@CassetteComeback]

Here in the UK they're rare and not cheap...I don't have many.

[@UtkarshAmitabhSrivastava]

KZbin's auto caption bot is having a hard time in this video. Especially when you say "Saehan".

[@Mouse2113]

I wonder if the "out of this world" editions had dBSI tape in them

[@CassetteComeback]

It's probably all SKC LX formulation.

[@MistaMaddog247]

I bought those at Radio Shack by the pack and TBH I only used them for recording songs off video tapes and FM radio so there's always background hiss anyway. Plus the clown tape design fits the hip hop songs I put on them. From better audio sources I spend a little more on better brands...

[@CassetteComeback]

I'm not saying they're the best, I'm just saying they're not shit...but more importantly nostalgia is a major part of this hobby and most people remember them.

[@simonhodgetts6530]

Definitely remember these, but I was more of a Sony UCX fan myself

[@AndyBHome]

Ugh - I always disliked everything about these "New Wave video" aesthetic tapes. Memorex was never a brand I had any respect for, but the looks and low quality of these just drove me mad. I was always drawn to Maxell XLIIs and these garish Memorex tapes always just seemed like the exact opposite of those. Clearly there are no "opposites" when it comes to cassettes tapes, and certainly there were worse cassettes available, but Memorex seems to have tried their best to make these look cheap. That's just what my sense of style makes me think. Great video, as always!!

[@CassetteComeback]

They were tapping into 2 markets which were overlooked: females and children. They were successful in that endeavour. These are the only cassettes my wife remembers buying. I mean, I never bought any myself at the time, but...

[@AndyBHome]

@@CassetteComeback Memorex certainly was good at marketing! They had that fantastic ad, probably played in most of the industrialized world, but at least in North America, with Ella Fitzgerald breaking a wine glass with her voice. They play it back on a Memorex tape and . . . you guessed it, the wine glass breaks! kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3ibfGOvoZmSnsU (pretty bad video grab - sorry but that seems to be the best there is onKZbin). Great ad, not such great tapes. I remember my biggest gripe about them was that they were inconsistent. I had some good ones and others just seemed to self-destruct. I don't know if I ever actually bought any for myself. I think every one I had was a swap of gift. And there certainly were some decent Memorex tapes available. I just never trusted the brand because of their generally lowest common denominator approach to the market. I never knew which ones would be good and which would be junk. As I said above, I was a pretty nerdy kid who wanted the best in audio, and Maxell really had my number. Maxell was the anti-Memorex in my mind. Maxell just generally delivered on the promise of quality at all levels. I basically stopped new cassette purchases by 1990 because I had a bunch of blanks (maybe 100?) ready to go when I needed them and I was buying used CDs already at that time. I lamented the move to digital then just as I do now because of the loss of the mix tape. What a shame we aren't as intimately engaged with our playlists as we used to be, due ironically to the ease of access of digital streaming.

[@jamiemarinic3854]

What year was the Saehan dbs 1 made?

[@Ale.K7]

Consider me deeply offended by the use of the BIC with the cap on ;-). Great video, get well soon!

[@esseferio]

Finally!!!! :)

[@EdgardoDC]

I have one of these, but they are called dbs, not dbs I. Still same colors lol

[@Musicradio77Network]

The 60-minute version had different colors which were pink and green. This 90-minute version has blue and pink.

[@milojenikolovski7522]

I never buy one of these , but I remember latest most modern dBS1, solid cassettes.

[@jasejj]

I think I've mentioned before that I have had the same issue with the Saehan clown tapes, and like you found it surprising because they're usually solid and reliable cassettes. How did you find the later blue-hub ones? I've never seen them before and have just bought some to complete my collection (ahem), but they don't look like anything else I've seen (I have Memorex SKC, Saehan, BASF, ICM, RAKS but not these). Tbh even in the late 1980s people were snobby about the Memorex tapes but I found them to be quite acceptable in all guises and was happy to save the 20% as against the price of a Sony or TDK basic tape, but then I've always been a tight wad, finding uses for type zeroes etc lol.

[@CassetteComeback]

The late ones are good. I'm guessing they're Green Corp of Australia, forward of Hong Kong or Soda Nikka. I honestly don't know.

[@jasejj]

@@CassetteComeback Ah so they're similar to the Bush cassettes? I guess that's not a bad thing as they were quite decent. I'll see in a few days I guess ;)

[@jasejj]

@@CassetteComeback Aha! I received the blue-hub Memorex tapes this morning. They have the same cases as Tandy Realistic from the early 1990s that only opens part way, and said case is Memorex branded (embossed on the case moulding) which is unusual for OEM tape. I wonder if these were made by the old USA Memorex factory (owned by Tandy at the time)? I agree they are good tapes. Nice clear sound and can be run quite hot as well.

[@dykodesigns]

My experience with Memorex tapes is with EDOS games that where duplicated in the store. I’ve got two C64 games that where duplicated on Memorex tapes and they both have wrinkled tape and won’t load. Any other C64 game that I have one tape still load fine. I thought that the previous owner of those games may have been rough with those tapes but now I know they came out of the factory like that. Seems Memorex was more keen on marketing then quality in the early 90’s. There floppy’s where also iffy and not as good as Verbatim or 3m or TDK. Could you also review PDM chrome tapes? I’ve got one of those and it sounds great.

[@CassetteComeback]

Yeah, I think the problem is with Saehan. Never had a problem with SKC Memorex. Yeah, their minidiscs are known to fail too. PDM stuff is inconsistent as to who made them, but all the ones I've used have been good. The last of line chromes I really rate, even though I think they were made by SK (not SKC)

[@dykodesigns]

@@CassetteComeback I have had another look at those tapes, they don't look like the Seahan, the shell is more a generic translucant with a silver opauqe backing on the inside. The hub's aren't visible. One one side there is a paper label with the EDOS logo and the text "Memorex tape". I have made a video about the EDOS system where you can see them. Would you reckon that computer tapes are often of type 0 quality? The PDM tape that I've got is made in Switzeland . I wonder if ICM produced these, the hubs are different then what ICM would use. It has a complete translucant shell.

[@ahah1785]

Actually i think diagonal lines on leader tape is SCS (spelling?) I had SCS taped in early 90's with blue diagonal lines...just daying...

[@PrankZabba]

i always hated those dbs I tapes. i know i've had a few, but i don't anymore. cool reel idea. it'd be cool to swap out the reels and load up some Maxell tape on to them. and then put it back in a Maxell case.

[@SK-qu4wo]

Why do cassettes sometimes get too tight to turn properly. I have a couple of TDK cassettes that are like that when the reel gets halfway. Is there a way to fix this?

[@JohnDoe-fo2rr]

Give them a tap on the table a couple of times and a few shakes. Should spin afterwards nicely.

[@wrestletube1]

The clown one was just the same as the grey one in Memorex Part 1 because of the letters DBS used in it so expecting good results from a same tape later compound don't let me down by changing the tried and tested too much. lol DBS1 or DBS rebrand to include the Type the version 1 of it I'm expecting to be little to no difference but the conversion from Grey to Colourful but later on they switched compound brand so we might see them come down the line from good rebrand adding the number 1 to El Cheapo or good to better who knows they may all sound good.

[@MrBillmcminn]

I remember using SKC cassettes when I was a teenager.

[@showstopperrob1097]

Great video again and a very nice idea those keyrings. Are you watching your video's back after you uploaded them? If so turn on the subtibles just for fun. 😎😎

[@CassetteComeback]

I'm sure my accent causes problems 😄

[@Curi0u50ne]

Wow how cool is that now I want to see a 70s red, black n white Tdk D one, or an orange BASF One from the same era LH90 SM🤗 anyone remember what the LH stood for?

[@kimoclyde]

It'd be nice if you explained what skc or cyan, in relation to the tapes, means.

[@CassetteComeback]

SKC and Saehan were two Korean manufacturers who made many cassettes as OEM for other brands, i.e. Memorex didn't actually make them.

[@sberrysrtcakes3810]

Yes the cassette I used to tape all my 45s for my car. Still have the cassettes but not the car.

[@bluemantom77]

I live in the USA we had them I still got one left I recorded my records on I coved one side with silver paint marker I was 12 in 1989 lucky I got that one left for the most part I've had Scotch brand tdk maxell radio shack realistic Sony

[@anthonynewcome128]

could only find memorex tapes in tandy where i live... bought a memorex single cassette deck aswel,,, made good recordings from memory.. unlike my top of the line technics TR 979 which always sounded dull

[@johnstark5324]

I never used the "clown" tape but recently came across some used for free. I tried em and was dumbfounded. I sat back and stated WOW! Back then I used only TDK SA and Maxell XLII. I was a "snob".

[@CassetteComeback]

Nah, you were a bloke. These weren't targeted at us.

[@raywilson9450]

Bought a Sony Walkman at the car boot the other day for $1. I was excited to see it had a Clown Cassette in it! How sad is that?! Of course I had to play it. Someone, long ago, had recorded perhaps their own band playing a decent set of original rock songs. They sounded good!

[@bryanotero123]

You found gold :) i can relate to that experience with a crate of cassette they gave me.

[@72Deckard]

How about the 'Boris Johnson Cassette'?

[@CassetteComeback]

😂 These may look like a clown, but at least they're competent underneath it...

[@davmatt74]

I had a pile of these cassettes. They were good quality, cheap. I believe a 4 pack would cost $2.99.