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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 12:27:07 GMT
That was one of the strange things in that film. Have an iconic record player on display and banging on about 'fuzzies' and then Alex is seen putting on a cassette. If that was made today the director would have had him putting on an LP just to look cool.
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Post by MartinT on Jan 2, 2018 13:03:47 GMT
Not even a standard cassette, it looks like a micro (dictation) cassette.
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Post by MartinT on Jan 2, 2018 13:21:43 GMT
I'm having difficulty distinguishing the original from cover versions.
Is this original?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 14:48:08 GMT
Not even a standard cassette, it looks like a micro (dictation) cassette. It is in fact a Philips Mini Cassette which did not require a capstan. High wow and flutter so surprised any pre-recorded music was available on the format. The Cassette in the film is believed to be a custom made prop. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 17:59:53 GMT
Not even a standard cassette, it looks like a micro (dictation) cassette. It is in fact a Philips Mini Cassette which did not require a capstan. High wow and flutter so surprised any pre-recorded music was available on the format. The Cassette in the film is believed to be a custom made prop. The prop Mini Cassette player was made by John Michell, who of course made the turntable, which was Kubrick’s own unit. Michell and Kubrick were friends and John’s engineering career, had led him to prop making before turn tables. He made the props for Kubrick’s 2001, notably the space ships and space station models. Several HiFi companies experimented with MiniCassette for music including Phillips, Grundig and B&O in Europe, while JVS, Sony and Nakamici did in Japan. TBH it was never that good though they did cut down on the wow and flutter quite a bit. |
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