Yes, They Have It on Tape: Fleet Foxes “Sun Giant” EP

Mike Seay

Indeed, Sub Pop artist, Fleet Foxes’, legendary EP “Sun Giant” is available on cassette tape.

I saw Sub Pop paying respect to the 15th anniversary of “Sun Giant” on their Instagram and it made me wonder “Is Sun Giant available on cassette?” Indeed, it is.

You can find it on Amazon. At the time of this post, it will run you $15.04. What an odd price. But okay.

Woah, that’s like life-size.

I must admit that I have never stopped to have a real listen of some Fleet Foxes stuff. That should maybe change:

Okay. Cool. Definitely for mood listening. If nothing else, I want the tape.

The Tape Player Cassette Pull of the Week: Metallica “72 Seasons”

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I like Metallica. Not a huge fan but they can get me excited about their music every once in a while.

Not sure about this new album yet (even with the stellar reviews) but I am definitely excited about the tape.

I love that yellow. I want to buy it on the look of the tape alone. Feel it in my hand.

The music itself is getting a lot of good reviews too

I dunno, I might agree with the positive metal buzz as the new song is pretty strong:

Buy 72 Seasons on Amazon

*Other Tape Pulls: Mudhoney “Plastic Eternity” on tape.

The Tape Player’s Cassette Pull of the Week: Mudhoney “Plastic Eternity”

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Alright, so, I am going to start a new thing on the blog; find a recent tape release or an upcoming one to feature every week. I will probably do a separate post for a classic one that looks interesting.

True, this is not some mind-blowing original idea I have here. But there are not many places posting about tape releases on any kind of regular basis (besides the awesome Tapehead City) so I want to change that maybe a little.

This week’s cassette tape featured release (the feature will need a better name): Mudhoney “Plastic Eternity”.

Band:Mudhoney
Album:Plastic Eternity
Released:Jan 24th, 2023
Record Company:Sub Pop

I didn’t even know Seattle’s Mudhoney was still around making music. It sounds good and would be a nice tape to add to the collection.

Tapes From

Kinda Rare Mudhoney Cassette Tapes

Since you might be in the mood to buy some Mudhoney tapes, I found some older ones on Ebay, like Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge and Piece of Cake.

Good luck with the tapes!

*Some ether Tape Pulls:

The Top Cassette Tape Websites and Blogs

Mike Seay

Hi. It’s Mikey The Tape Player here – playing tapes because I don’t have to.

Today we are going to figure out how to start collecting cassette tapes. Where are the best places to begin learning?

I have been looking around the Internet and these are the best blogs, websites, newsletters, and boards I have found for tape collecting, tape players, and cassette nerds. Hopefully, there are some you don’t know about yet and you’ll be all “Oh rad! I didn’t know about this one!”

  • Tabs Out. A hilarious podcast that plays tapes of mostly experimental music from dedicated tape labels. Also, reviews submitted tapes.
  • Tapehead City. On online tape store, the ultimate spot for buying new releases and hard-to-find tapes.
  • Cassette Chronicles. This is a series on a website that looks back at some old albums and the tapes that were released around it.
  • Cassette Gods. It’s an old cassette review blog that was thought to be retired, but they did just put up a post wondering if anyone is still around. We are.
  • Cassette Comeback. A great website for buying sealed blank tapes and tape players.
  • The Cassette Place. A website for buying old tapes.
  • National Audio Company. A manufacturer and packager of actual tapes.
  • Retospekt. The place to buy portable tape players.
  • Cassette. A good community on Reddit.
  • Cassette Culture. Another good Reddit community.
  • Cassette tapes on eBay. I mean, we have all bought tapes on eBay, yeah?

I will come back to this post and add blogs or sites when I find another one worthy.

Links to Cassette Tape History and Important Collector Posts

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I have been trying to learn about what I have been missing out on with tape collecting and the history of it. There has always been a huge nostalgia element for me but I have left it there, previously – not letting myself go down the tape nerd rabbit hole.

But now I am ready to listen deeper and find out more. So, here are some posts that I found to help me and I hope they will help you.

Key Videos For Tape Collecting

There is a pretty decent amount of cassette tape related YouTube channels and videos. I am just showing a couple of basic starting out relevant videos – I will do another post with some of the best people to be following.

A positive take on why cassettes right now:

And a more negative? stance:

Okay, hope this helps you start or solidify your tape collecting and enjoying journey. If there are any you think I missed, please feel free to comment on this post with the website I missed.

Soon I will be digging into the E-Bay and Amazon world of collecting tapes and I will rewind and playback my experiences.

For my related reading, check my blank cassette tape post.

Why a Blog About Cassette Tape Collecting?

Mike Seay
(One of my “Tapes Not Dead” series of tapes with a Royal Blood “Typhoon” and Raffle House tape)

Why did I start a blog about cassette tapes?

I have been collecting tapes since the 80s – I guess I am that freaking old now.

I have been blogging since the late 90s or early 2000s – not exactly sure when blogging technically started but I know I have been doing it since the start.

So the time has come for me to join these two nerdy things. Basically, I am finally getting around to it, that sort of thing.

I will be hoping to learn (maybe along with you), where to go and what to do and know about tape collecting and analog media in general. Up until now I have been just a novice (at best) but want to get better and know more about enjoying and collecting tapes.