My daughter (13) asked me today if I had any Aretha Franklin music. I'm not sure where she heard it, but she really likes the song "Chain of Fools."
Being a big Motown fan, of course I have some Aretha in my collection, so I pulled out the cases and started looking.
While diving through cassettes that haven't seen the light of day in years, I came across a lot of old Motown favorites like the Temptations, the Four Tops, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and the Supremes. I started putting these tapes on and listening to the music and my daughter loved it! She sat and watched me sing all four parts to "I Can't Get Next to You," and we had a blast!
See, that's the thing about real music as opposed to the predigested pap spewed out by the corporate pimps and their accomodating whores.
It lasts.
Never did find my Aretha tapes, though. Oh well, I wanted to get them on CD anyway!
Posted by Rich at September 16, 2003 10:19 PM | TrackBackRich,
Don't tell the RIAA, but I've had some success transfering my cassettes to CD by playing them on an old Sony cassette player with "line out" to "line in" on the back of my Dell. After you record to file then burn your CD. The quality depends on your hardware and it's a slow process, but it works. Remember..never ever do this with a borrowed cassette, use only cassettes you have purchased, and that you have a receipt for. Good luck and happy reminiscing.
If you can find it, the Aretha box set is a great investment..
Posted by: Chris Wage on September 17, 2003 11:05 AMJust bought it and the Temptations box set on Amazon. next up, the Four Tops.
Posted by: rich on September 18, 2003 10:29 AM