Before playing an unfamiliar tape, of course, one should fast-forward to the end of Side One and then rewind to the beginning. This provides a little shakedown for the mechanism and helps rectify any off-kilter bits.
But this fiendish device WOULD NOT move in any direction. It would sputter along for a few seconds and then lock up. Swapping front-and-back tape insertion, using rewind for the opposite side, slamming the tape down on both sides to try and settle any wacky alignment -- NOTHING would make this puppy FF or REW.
I finally hand-wound the thing to the beginning and simply PLAYED it. And gosh-a-whillickers, it done did purty good!
To see all the partitions of some of these long pieces, consult the cassette scans, or the above Discogs listing.
Battles for Brass (48:25)
01. William Byrd - The Battell (23:22)
02. Adriano Banchieri - Fantasia: Udite, Ecco Le Trombe (1:47)
03. Johann Kuhnau - Biblical Sonata No 1: The Battle Between David and Goliath (15:12)
04. John Jenkins - Fantasia: Newark Siege (5:45)
05. G F Handel - La Réjouissance (2:19)
Now YOU get the benefit of the hassle.
See you on Thursday!
Oh, I though it said BEATLES for Brass.
ReplyDeleteTHAT is why I did not recognize any of the tracks.
You're so funny sometimes, Lacey!
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