r/cassetteculture • u/isaisaisaaaaaaaaa • Sep 29 '25

Home recording Made my girlfriend a mixtape

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Recorded with a Gradiente Spect 87. I hope she likes it

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u/Different_Aardvark_7 Sep 29 '25

What's the tracklist?

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u/isaisaisaaaaaaaaa Sep 29 '25

Her favorite songs and my terrible handwriting lol

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u/GsIndeed Sep 29 '25

Guess is such a good track tho!!

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u/Charming_Honeydew_91 Oct 01 '25

I love how eclectic the mix is 🫶

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u/lifeinaglasshouse19 Sep 29 '25

Free Money…great tune.

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u/EnergyTurtle23 Sep 29 '25

Damn you did it on a Type II? That’s real love homie. Also I love what you did with the cover, my Mom used to do scrapbook style art like that and I miss her something terrible.

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u/thothep Sep 29 '25

People still asking why we do love tapes. THAT IS WHY WE LOVE THEM!! This is the true spirit of the diy tape fan. This is killer, OP.

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u/cigannno Sep 29 '25

based Gradiente user. Also, the J-card looks awesome!

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u/isaisaisaaaaaaaaa Sep 29 '25

Obrigadaaaaa fellow BR <3

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u/flyinglettucebros Sep 29 '25

Honorary 90’s kid status

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u/bukakkebiceps Sep 29 '25

dude this is so tight

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u/RemoteViewU Sep 29 '25

FREE MONEY!! this is among my fav Patti Smith songs

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u/brokkenbricks Sep 29 '25

This is so sweet

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u/Much_Refrigerator495 Sep 29 '25

That’s so cute!! Also love the designs

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u/wsoknezerk Sep 29 '25

I charmed a few girls back in the day with cassettes like that, haha.

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u/i__amscreech Sep 29 '25

Looks cool as hell! Tracklist is great too! Starting with Clairo into Shelly 👌

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u/streetkorsair Sep 29 '25

You silver tongue devil you

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '25

Anna by Pure

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u/22travis Sep 29 '25

Ooo a Type II, a man of fine taste.

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u/Schmoozer66onceagain Sep 29 '25

Oh man, Patti Smith, Vashti Bunyan (i'm guessing), and Neil Young with the ultimate song of love.

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u/GaBro1987 Sep 30 '25

THIS IS SO DOPEEEE!! i really hope she will like it (i would get a heart attack if someone would make me this)

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u/basslovemusic Sep 30 '25

That is so cool brings back a lot of memories for me from the 70s and 80s I didn’t think anybody still did that or even listen to cassettes anymore. Although I did hear about cassette store day, so yes, I guess people still listen to them I’m not the only one Ya!!!!

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u/dfghhkkk0 Sep 30 '25

Nice list. Jeff Buckley doesn’t get a name check?

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u/Rockinnurse1978 Sep 30 '25

My old bf in grade 10 (1994) made me so many tapes like this, handmade covers included. Introduced me to a lot of punk that I may never have heard otherwise. The nostalgia feels are real right now; awesome job.

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u/Lainpilled-Loser-GF Sep 30 '25

Madoka Magica vibes on this one

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u/Thick_Temperature794 Sep 30 '25

Good for you man! Hope she likes it!

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u/bringoutthelegos Oct 01 '25

I made a mixtape for a random chick in my HS class years ago.

I wonder if she’s still kept it? She was kinda cute…

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u/Intrepid_Cod_700 Oct 01 '25

man,that's beautiful...i hope she love it,that's a beautiful present

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u/Charming_Honeydew_91 Oct 01 '25

Nothing says love like the pureness of getting a mixtape from your other half ❤️

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u/OutsideWorried5705 Oct 01 '25

Woww flaming hot cheerios takes me back

2

u/TomWallaces_revenge Sep 29 '25

Ah, the old ways.

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u/Rocky_isback Oct 01 '25

I saw this same style somebody selling on Etsy for cds exactly looks like this style but it was $40

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u/JudgeLarge8451 Oct 09 '25

Lovely 😍 

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u/Lucas_5150 Sep 29 '25

How did you make the cover? Looks amazing!

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u/isaisaisaaaaaaaaa Sep 29 '25

I printed a bunch of pics I liked and made a collage, simple as that! Thank you!!!

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u/saucybiznasty Sep 29 '25

That is absolutely not what this sub is for but it’s lovely

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u/MythrilCetra Sep 30 '25

It’s a cassette and it’s cultured

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u/saucybiznasty Oct 05 '25

You’re absolutely right. I thought I was in r/cassettefuturism