A bit more #TapeBoxTuesday Box of DAT Cassettes has arrived at AVAV Towers Couple of Inlays I’ve not seen before, including some BBC ones I can capture Digital Audio Tapes to Digital Files Some Tapes are beginning to fail. Dropouts, Sticky Shed Syndrome - get them done before it’s too late

In case anyone wondered. 33. I’m happy. #TapeBoxTuesday #FerricFrenzy

#OTD - Experimental Band V, 405-line broadcasts from Crystal Palace begin. This film 'The Phoenix Tower' tells the story of the Crystal Palace and the building of the transmitting tower. buff.ly/wDNjaR0

Pinch me! I’ve died and gone to #TapeBoxTuesday Heaven #Swoon

I nearly bought it, but then thought Don’t do it #ChazzaTat

I did a @charityclassics.bsky.social...

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Sunday Sort Out continues Frankie In Store Promo Poster from my Our Price Days From Orange Period Motorola Promo Clock 1st Triband Handset GSM 900 & 1800. 1900 added USA Roaming Quench & Thirst Glasses Halloween PAYG Promo Poster, 2002ish. Great campaigns. Ad couldn’t show a phone or any kit.

Sorting out, as you do Some #RecordShopStuff Dear old MVC. Started by ex Our Price team. Shame it all went to shit. Bought by Fopp & that killed the whole lot - it was more complicated than that, but that’s how it ended Couple of MfP Hallmark Price Stickers. Probably from Woolies

A gentle reminder that we'll be with you THIS MORNING on the mighty @allfm.bsky.social just after 11am with an hour of chazza tat to warm yer cockles. Listen on 96.9 & DAB in Manchester, online player.broadcast.radio/allfm or find ALL FM on your listening app/device of choice. Join us!

HELP!! Mrs AV spent her “Staff Allowance” on Warehouse Overstocks,the box arrived yest I made the mistake of saying “play whatever you want today darling” 5 x Taylor Swift 2 x Laney Wilson 3 x Jelly Roll 2 x Lady A She’s just left the room & I found Chris Stapleton - thank phuq! SEND HELP!! 😬

We're back on @allfm.bsky.social just after 11am tomorrow with @simongmusic.bsky.social returning to share a stack of chazza 45s he's picked up over the course of 2025. It's no less than you deserve. Join us!

Round up of Chazza Haul Didn’t really need most of them, but £1 & £2 each, well, you know how it is SQ Quadraphonic EMI, only 1,539 to get 808 CD Not heard of Eruption, but looked funky Switched On Rock Moog Machine looks like a rip off Wendy Carlos weak attempt Phase 4 & Studio 2, of course

Advance Warning Record Sellers Chap I bump into in the Post Office occasionally, sells records on-line. eBay, Cogs He’s “turned over” £14K total over three years. Not Profit, turned over HMRC have him in their sights. They want full accounts, receipts, names and addresses of where he bought from

Keep an eye on this as Comcast already own Sky. They will control the narrative on a lot of TV & Streaming Media

Fallen behind sorting recent acquisitions, testing & sorting session Sanyo Betamax VTC 5000 Panasonic NV-W1 - Multistandard VHS Converter. It’s not Pro Quality, but acceptable results. Map on front shows selected Region Sony PVM Monitors - HR Colour & 90CE B&W, mid 70s National NV 3085 EIAJ 1974

I seem to be saying this a lot lately, but ffs!! WTF is a “Vinyl Shop”? A Specialist Outfitters for Wipe Clean Undergarments in Bolton? Apparently not….

Balls indeed. First broken screen I’ve seen on an e-ink ticket thing

Oh ffs! First Christmas track on the radio 😬😬

“top format waffle” is the perfect description really

Defunct Old Transmission & Reception stuff spotted out & about in Sussex today What a sad git I am Amstrad Dish, Astra 1, 19 East Analogue Sky - 27 Sept 2001 VHF TV - Band I & III - 3 Jan 1985 Band III is now DAB Decommissioned one2one / T Mobile Cell Site Sat Dishes for SIS on rear of Bookies

I see you #NoParlezClub

For your own sanity, a reminder If you are in the market for a new TV, do not buy a Freely Hisense. They are shocking bad Been out to new customer “TV keeps breaking up”. Nothing wrong with aerial signal. Their internet is poor TV keeps retuning itself to Freely (internet TV). It’s painful to see

Here we go again UMG thinking up more old bollocks to get us to part with our cash. Though not I’m sure I’d sign up to something that labels its buyers anything associated with a “phyle” - unless you currently, temporarily, reside in Windsor Castle $40 £40 for Nat King Cole’s Christmas Album, nah

“Hello, we’ve got a problem with our Broadband. The Landlord won’t help & our Provider says it’s not their equipment. Can you come & look? Help!” Does it happen when it rains, by any chance? “Yes, yes it does. How do you know that?” Looks up side of building

Back at the mic and prepping for a turn on @charityclassics.bsky.social this weekend 🤔😬🙉

We sat watching the “40 hidden gems at the BBC” thing last night B52s come on with “Roam” Mrs AV blurts out “I saw them playing in a bar in Athens (Georgia) to about 200 people. REM were the warm up. Probably ‘81” How has this never been mentioned before?🤷‍♂️

Morning! Everyone's on holiday so we're rerunning a pair of old shows at 11am. We're kicking off with a Hammond Organ special from 2019 at 11am and then a mixed bag from 2011 at noon. Here's a picture of York Minster in the autumn sunshine. Back next with captain James!

What is AV? Heres the answer 1991 #Pioneer Instore Demo #Laserdisc Also demos 3 Tube Rear Projection TVs, AV Amps & Hi Fi

The DVD (1996) is now as old as the original 8-inch floppy disk (1967) was when the DVD came out.

Cable testing continues a-pace, checking pin outs on 5 Pin DINs that I assumed were all MIDI and there are some wonky configurations. Innocently looking up uses for different variations and I clicked on this and now I need a lie down in a darkened room. www.audiosanctuary.co.uk/chord-compan...

If anyone is interested in such things, here is a montage of some of the Stuff we talked about on @webuyrecords.bsky.social (s)Hit Clips, USB Singles, YaBoom Keychains, Albums on SD & USB, McDonalds Happy Meal Player. You get the picture, general Old Tat Enjoy!

🕸🕷🦇Happy Halloween 🦇🕸🕷 Tis that time of year to rake out the Halloween CDi from my BGM Days 3 Hour CDi of Halloween (ish) tunes - about 2003 Philips BMS 3000 CDi Audio Player Disc - Level B - Green Book - Mono - ADPCM - 37.6 KHz I seem to remember this was initially produced for McDonalds

Just like Buses, you don’t see one, then….. Todays #RetroTech Old Tat Arrival at AVAV Towers, a third BBC Video V2000 Format Release Seapower On the sea documentary about life in the Royal Navy. 1981 Early stock as it’s got the VCR Logo on cassette. Which was quickly dropped for V2000 logo

Round up of recent Video Tape Recovery Jobs “The tape snapped & we fixed it with sellotape, now recorder is broken” Bye bye Video Heads VHS with jammed ‘breaks’ - that only happens when a DIYer tinkers Batch of mouldy VHS Tapes & the skanky residue from Cleaning

Ep 71. We go format crazy with @avavsystems.bsky.social. Taylor Swift has done some variants. Madonna has annoyed us, again, counterfeit scams... a gloomy post box...plus news, quiz and all your usual crate digging larks. link.chtbl.com/_MA6rrYD Support the show. ko-fi.com/webuyrecords

Yeah, sorry, it’s me again. The Rylan & Romesh of Radio - we share an Agent It’s was an absolute pleasure to talk tat with Tim. Chips with everything - Music from a time when Memory was £1 per Meg. (s)Hit Clips, USBs & SD Cards. I hope it’s more interesting than I’ve made it sound!

Calling @andyhib101.bsky.social Calling @andyhib101.bsky.social

It’s “one of those days” Shop one - 15 minutes…. Shop two - 20 minutes…. Yep…. TWENTY - done another one & came back. Still there Sleeve Readers of the World Unite!! 😬😬😬

Todays #RetroTech Ditchburn Symphonette Background Music Player Endless Tape Loop, 1/4” Tape Runs at 1 7/8”ps, 2 Track. Based on Fedlipac “C” Carts Various Models were used from early 60s to mid 80s Very Industrial Design, built for Commercial Use & usually lived in an Office or Cupboard

Spotted #RetroTech in Charity Shop Never really saw the point. A mate loved it. As it didn’t have a huge impact, I’m guessing not many people did

While it’s not always Fuji Tapes with mould, nearly all Fujis do have mould or have gone sticky. Especially Video8 / Hi8 - so thin it breaks easily, it’s hard to save Have spent 2 hours manually winding & cleaning 2 Hi8 Tapes SUCCESS this time Get your Tapes done ASAP, before it’s too late!

They say you shouldn’t have favourites, but this @drrubberfunk.bsky.social hits the spot every time #traintunes youtu.be/qZwGM7DBizw

I wonder what’s it Baud Rate is?

The weeks Chazza Haul Over few days of repeated visits, picked up stream of early, pre Barcode & Blue Face CDs. Mostly Virgin titles. Few Fat Box Doubles Inc Virgin Megastore Pressings, which are awful - but play ok A VCD & what I thought was Quadraphonic Mix - should have put me glasses on😬

Wooooo! Join us tomorrow for our Halloween special. Will it be a trick? Or a treat? Join us from 11am on @allfm.bsky.social to find out!

“Memories” tells me it was three years ago I got #RickRolled on my LaserJuke. It’s never happened since. I think @foone.bsky.social was involved somewhere 🤫

Oi @andyhib101.bsky.social 🐽🐽 #ItsTime

You might appreciate my excitement, sad as it is…. @htw.bsky.social @ttxarchaeologist.bsky.social @tvark.bsky.social @tvlive.site

RIP Dave Soft Cell co-founder Dave Ball dies, aged 66 www.bbc.com/news/article...