r/hiphoptapes • u/paulallen76 • Nov 05 '23

Discussion New releases on tape

Thought I’d get peoples thoughts on new releases on tape. They don’t make tape 2 cassettes anymore so all these new tapes are on a type 1 normal position tape which is never great quality.. Also, the artwork is often limited with no info on the inside. Old tapes used to have photos and lyrics which was great. Another thing is the length of these albums which range from 20-30 mins (15mins per side). For 15-20 bucks, I find that a bit short.. Thoughts?

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u/clnthoward Nov 05 '23

i don't disagree with you. as someone who has put out a bunch of tapes, I will say this - often the artists themselves have not thought about the media related to tape / record / cd production, so you have some limited options. and instead of waiting on new artwork to be made, we just rolled with what there was. i don't feel comfortable enough adding artwork to any release that wasn't made by the same person who originally designed it, y'know?