| THE TAPE PLACETM (mail@thetapeplace.net) ABOUT THE TAPE PLACETM The Tape Place specializes in Original Out of Print, Rare & Hard to Find Stereo Tapes: Stereo Compact Cassettes, Stereo 8-Track (& Quad-Q8) Cartridges, Stereo 4-Track Cartridges, Stereo 7-Inch Reel To Reel Tapes and VHS Movie / Music / Exercise - Video Tapes. > We deal Only in legitimate TAPES - Made by Music & Video Companies! (We do not deal in any Bootlegs, Copies or "live concert" audience made tapes.) (VHS Movie/Music/Exercise Video Tapes - NO: Bootlegs, Single Promo Clips or any kind of Copies!) Customers send us a Want List - with Artists and SPECIFIC Titles of the Tapes they are looking for. (We have NO Catalogs!) If we have in-stock OR when we LOCATE the Tapes (*non-returnable SEARCH FEE required!) - we notify you immediately - of their exact condition & price. WANT LIST FORM > SPECIAL SEARCH SERVICE For a small *SEARCH FEE of only $5.00 (per item) - we will continually SEARCH for your TAPE - until we find it - or you tell us to no longer search for it! [Please keep in mind that if you had unlimited time to go out and search for the Tapes you are looking for, you could spend several months and waste a lot of time and money - on gas, etc. and still not come up with any of your wanted items!] We have hundreds of companies, outlets, distributors and special sources through which to SEARCH for your Out of Print, Rare & Hard to Find Tapes. (*Search Fee is non-returnable - for any reason!) WANT LIST FORM > [NOTE: Please check with us first! We may HAVE your wanted item in-stock - or have quick access to it.] CONDITION The Tape Place sells only Tapes that are in (MINT) - like new condition, (NEAR MINT) - close to new condition, (NEW) - brand new , but not sealed condition or (SS) - still sealed condition. Some Tapes may have a small "cut-out" mark: (ie: drill hole , saw-cut, burned spot, etc.) through their plastic case, shell, and/or inlay (J) card (on cassettes). This was done by manufacturers to show they were deleted from their catalogs - (C/O). We do NOT deal in any Tapes that were abused or are in any less than Near Mint condition - so you may deal with us in confidence. We have thousands of very satisfied and happy customers! We hope you will become one of them! (We always state the exact condition and type of "cut-out" mark - (if any) - on our listings, order form, or e-mail response.) PRICES Our Prices are based on a Tape's rarity and demand among collectors and the time and difficulty involved in locating it. SHIPPING All Tapes are shipped by U.S. PRIORITY MAIL or PRIORITY MAIL INTERNATIONAL (Worldwide) to make sure they reach you as quickly as possible (2-3 days in U.S.) and are shipped (if in-stock) the next business day after we receive your order. *Delivery Confirmation is also used on ALL U.S. orders that are sent out. [Current U.S. Shipping & Handling charges are $7.95 for the Order - up to $50.00. FREE U.S. Shipping over $50.00!] ORDERING E-MAIL (mail@TheTapePlace.net) or 24 Hr. FAX: (480) 949-5988 to check on Tape availability. >We will notify you back and you can print out & return our ORDER FORM > OR - if paying by Credit Card - just simply click the PayPal link in the e-mail or logo on any webpage and follow the directions. (If you are interested in the titles we have in-stock or LOCATE, please order them quickly - or they will be sold to the next person who is in line for them or inquires about them!) >NOTE: There is NO need to send an Order Form with a CREDIT CARD Payment! PAYMENT We accept Money Orders or Credit Cards (Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Am. Express) through [PayPal]. [Foreign: International Money Order (*Payable in U.S. Funds!) , U.S. Currency sent in a registered letter, or Credit Cards through [PayPal] We do not accept any Personal Checks! ABOUT STEREO COMPACT CASSETTE TAPES Pre-recorded Stereo Compact Cassette (Music)Tapes were first introduced in U.S. Sept. l966 by the Mercury (Philips) Record Company (49 Titles!) [Philips had invented the Compact Cassette Tape in 1963 originally for dictation!] They named them MUSIC-CASSETTES. Since vinyl record albums were the preferred form of recorded music - followed closely by Stereo 8-Track Tape Cartridges - Stereo Compact Cassette Tapes were only produced in very small quantites! Few people were interested in them, at the time, nor purchased them! This situation remained approximately the same throughout most of the l970's. Around l981, due in large part to the increasing popularity of the SONY "Walkman" and the continuing growth of Auto Cassette Players, Cassette sales rose rapidly and they were produced in much larger quantities. Please keep in mind that since early Stereo Compact Cassettes were produced on such a small scale - they are much rarer and so more difficult to obtain , especially in MINT Condition! (l966-l976) [Note: Stereo Compact Cassette Tapes have been phased out by all the major Music Companies and are no longer being produced!] ABOUT STEREO 8-TRACK CARTRIDGE TAPES Pre-recorded Stereo 8-Track Cartridge (Music)Tapes were first introduced in Sept. l965 by the RCA Victor Record Company (50 Titles!) for use in the new Stereo 8-Track Cartridge players installed as options in FORD MOTOR CO's l966 line of automobiles. Unlike their predecessors the Muntz Stereo 4-Track Tape Cartridge (invented by George Eash), the Stereo 8-Track Tape Cartridge (invented by Bill Lear, of Lear Jet fame) had the rubber pinch roller contained in the cartridge shell - instead of the player itself, had 4 different Stereo programs of music ( as compared to the 4-Track, which only had 2 - longer ones) and switched programs automatically! (The 4-Track's 2 programs of music had to be manually switched back and forth.) Stereo 8-Track Cartridge Tapes flourished in the late l960's and throughtout the l970's, but the vinyl LP was still the leader and preferred choice of music buyers. Because of the Stereo Compact Cassette's gaining popularity, portability, and acceptance by consumers as their choice for pre-recorded music, Stereo 8-Track Cartridge Tapes were completely discontinued by the Record Companies in late l982. (Some companies had already stopped issuing them for new releases - as early as l981!) [RCA & Columbia Record Clubs still continued to offer them on some titles - until mid l988!] As of today, Stereo 8-Track Cartridges in MINT or STILL SEALED condition are becoming VERY Hard-to-Find! (The scarcer Record Club Only titles, are even rarer!) ABOUT QUADRAPHONIC (Q8) FOUR CHANNEL CARTRIDGE TAPES Prerecorded Quadraphonic (Q8) Four Channel Stereo Cartridge Tapes were first introduced in Sept.1970 by the RCA Victor Record Company . (They were first called Quad-8, then shortened to just Q8.) Instead of having four two channel programs as on an 8-Track Cartridge, these new Quadraphonic Cartridges offered two four channel programs contained in the eight available tracks. Special Quadraphonic (Q8) Cartridge Tape Decks are needed to play these special Quadraphonic Tapes. (*If played on a regular stereo 8-Track deck - you will lose information contained in 2 of the channels and the music will sound strange , with voices and/or instruments missing!) Quadraphonic sound did not catch on with the public as a whole and by late l976, it was all but forgotten - although a few sporadic Quad (Q8) Tapes were issued in 1977 and 1978. (Note: most Quadraphonic (Q8) Tapes are "specially mixed" for Quadraphonic [four-channel] playback!) ABOUT VHS VIDEO TAPES VHS (Video Home System) Video Tapes and equipment were first introduced in U.S. in June 1977 by the JVC Company (Japan Victor Co.) and followed in Sept. 1977 (as "SelectaVision") by the RCA Victor Company. They were to compete with Sony's Betamax Home Video Recorder and Tapes - which had been first offered to consumers in Nov. l975. Pre-recorded Video Tapes of popular MOVIES did not appear until late l977 (Magnetic Video) and were at first very expensive and scarce. They were not usually sold - but offered to the public as a RENTAL item, to be borrowed, viewed and returned. The first Video rental store, George Atkinson's - "Video Station" - opened in Los Angeles in Dec. 1977. By l979, many "Video" stores had opened to rent these "new" Movie Tapes and they were also featured at the large FOTOMATTM chains of kiosks located in 1000's of shopping center parking lots of the time. Eventually the prices were lowered dramatically and these VHS Movie (& Music/Exercise) Video Tapes were sold to consumers to own, collect and watch - whenever they wanted. [RARE CASSETTES A-D] [HOME PAGE] [RARE CASSETTES E-O] [RARE CASSETTES P-Z] [CASSETTE SOUNDTRACKS] [RARE 8-TRACKS A-O] [RARE 8-TRACKS P-Z & SOUNDTRACKS] [QUADRAPHONIC (Q8) CARTRIDGES] [4-TRACKS] [REEL TO REEL TAPES] [VHS VIDEO TAPES] [LINKS] COPYRIGHT © 1982-2008 THE TAPE PLACETM ALL RIGHTS RESERVED |
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