Another Cassette Question

[billfromnorthwales]

As Dee Dee pointed out a while back

http://tiny.cc/dNOmc

The latest batch I have from Rocker has many tapes suffering from 
this mould, so this should be an interesing challenge.

I am going to have to be carefull about this mould spreading to my 
other tapes.....

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, rockerq@... wrote:
>
> I would mention that the first thing to do (after cleaning your 
heads!) is to 
> fast forward and rewind the entire length of the tape. If the tape 
is too 
> badly wound to RW/FF I often find that either squeezing the sides 
of the 
> cassette, or rapping it sharply on the desk, will re-align the tape 
enough to allow 
> more freedom of movement.
> 
> However, if it is the actual spools sticking, then yes, the extra 
work of 
> transplanting the tape to a new housing may be required - I guess 
it may also be 
> worth trying it in another machine if you have one otherwise then 
yeah - send 
> it back to me un-ripped and I will send it to one of our experts!
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Rocker
> 
> PS my own ripping is proceeding, I have around 5 more shows on my 
Mac now, 
> waiting for me to get time to edit them & correct speeds etc.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > <<Ah, just found this one, which (sort of) answers a question I 
was about 
> > to ask, ie. are we OK about re-housing these tapes ? I have a 
particularly 
> > sticky one, and I was about to do just that, but wanted to be 
absolutely sure 
> > that it’s OK with the group first.
> >  Most of the tapes I’ve received so far are recorded over 
commercially 
> > pre-recorded cassettes, and are thus ‘sealed’. I’m quite 
happy cracking them open 
> > and re-potting them where necessary  - I sometimes have to do 
this to repair 
> > old library stock where I work. So if anyone does have a problem 
tape that 
> > they don’t feel up to tackling, I’d be happy to help out.
> >  Of those I’ve played so far, the quality is quite varied â€" 
some fast, some 
> > slow, some shedding oxide like there’s no tomorrow and others 
pretty solid. 
> > It’s gratifying to think the owner considered Peel’s shows to 
be more 
> > important than his collection of Deep Purple and Manfred Mann’s 
Earth Band tapes â€" 
> > or perhaps he just worked in a charity shop ;-)
> > Cheers
> > roger>>
>