[MarkL]

The tedium of the ritual was greatly alleviated by recording LPs onto cassette.

Me too! While I had a very nice Pioneer cassette recorder, with Dolby and supported high bias tapes, my dream was to own one of those cool Nakamichi Dragon's that, rather than just reversing the motor direction, would flip the tape for "perfect alignment!

I'd watch for local stereo equipment store ads (when was the last time you saw a "stereo equipment store?!?!) for when they had sales of 10 packs of Maxell or TDK CRO2 tapes, then copy 20 albums!

Mark

[pa_dweller]

my dream was to own one of those cool Nakamichi Dragon's

I don't remember that one. I had an Advent 201. Worked well for years but eventually the rubber belts gave out. I wasn't finding much to listen to by then so it wasn't a big deal.