[OutVoice] Cassettes

[SandyRapp at aol.com]

Hey JD you're terrific.
 
 
In a message dated 1/14/2011 9:58:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jddoyle1 at aol.com writes:

 
 
Sandy, 
   That's a difficult  one...........as a collector and archivist I seek 
out cassettes by GLBT  artists because very often that was the only format in 
which an artist  released a work, so it's valuable history to me. I've done 
entire shows,  several times, based just on songs available only on tape. 
And you've sent me  your tapes, thank you..:) But if the material was or is 
now on CD, I prefer  that, for sound quality and ease of use.
 
As a collector I've also found that it's  hard to find those rare releases, 
dealers (such as on eBay) just do not want  to bother with them. I quick 
trip to eBay and inputting a "search" in "music"  on the word "gay" got me 
1144 hits, 11 of them tapes, and none of those were  particularly collectable.
 
But your question is what should an  artist do with quantities of their old 
releases on tape. The only thing that  comes to mind is to donate them to 
GLBT archives...and a catch is to check  first to see if even they would want 
them. They may not have any capability  for visitors to play tapes. This is 
almost always the situation I've found  when visiting archives around the 
country, if they even have a music  collection. And as they would not likely 
want "quantities" of a donated item,  the option of you tracking down the 
whole list of these archives (and I'm not  sure where that list is) would be 
more work than most might want. [Of course  you would want to assure the 
Lesbian Herstory Archives gets a couple copies of  each; their tape collection 
is superb.] 
 
Okay, sorry, I know I gave you more of a  discussion than a solution....:)
 
Oh, for those out there who have  collections of tapes by GLBT artists, and 
are ready to throw them  away...please, ask me first, I may take the off 
your hands and at least you'd  know they are ending up in an archives that 
appreciates them. I've "inherited"  two or three collections like this in the 
past, and loved  it.
 
JD Doyle
_www.queermusicheritage.com_ (http://www.queermusicheritage.com/) 

 
 
In a message dated 01/14/11 08:33:49 Central Standard Time, SandyRapp  
writes:

  From SandyRapp.com 
I've got a number of tapes from my 1995 We The People  album and even  more 
from a 1986 release called "Hardweather  Friends" which preceeded CDs. Has  
 
anyone found a use for tapes?  No one buys them anymore but if there's 
anywhere  to send them,  they're political and still relevant and I'd like 
take them 
somewhere  other than the landfill. Thanks,  SandyRapp at aol.com  
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