Happy 50th episode to us! This was a special episode to me. Watching it back now, what made last night’s show really special wasn’t so much the cassettes. Rather, it was the stories! The memories came flooding back as we looked at piles of cassettes from ages past. With Dr. Kathryn’s recently exhumed cassingle collection on hand, we were joined by Jex Russell and John T. Snow for a nostalgic evening.
- Playing “Bad Boys” by Inner Circle at a fancy wedding.
- Buying cassingles by Van Halen in Frankenmuth, Michigan.
- The value of Bryan Adams’ live B-sides.
- Collecting a rare Cult cassette box set with all the extras.
- Bands that Kathryn has seen live and owns on cassette, such as Roxette and Rod Stewart.
- A US version of a Def Leppard single vs. the Canadian.
- Songs/version that are still exclusive to the cassette format.
- Whitesnake every Christmas.
- Collecting bonus tracks on cassette and throwing temper tantrums when the CD didn’t have the bonus track.
- Summery memories of Bon Jovi, ZZ Top, Cheap Trick, Britny Fox and Poison.
- Ratt, Dangerous Toys, “Digalog”, “Q-Sound” and more.
We also took a peak at Tri-Con in Kitchener, where Dr. Kathryn met members of the Degrassi cast, Rob Daniels, and some Mandalorians. She had much praise for the Degrassi folks, and you’ll have to make sure you don’t miss this segment at the end.
Congratulations to Marco D’Auria, last week’s special guest, for the nomination of his film Mystique: Standing on the Firing Line at the Canadian Independent Film Festival! The DVD is on sale all February.
Stay tuned for John Snow’s “The Collection” starting February 20.
Bonus: We unboxed the recent reissue of the rare Starchild album Children of the Stars (featuring Greg “Fritz” Hinz of Helix), and a recent Rock Candy reissue of Europe’s The Final Countdown with more bonus tracks than before.
Apologies to Facebook; the Streamyard streams have not been working on Facebook at all and their team is still looking into it.
See you again next week for Too Much Music Part 2!
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Great topic, Mike. Enjoyed the second half live, will catch the first this weekend. Henry. PS – Although I was very into cassettes back then (before I switched to CD’s during 1992-93) I think I only ever bought one single: an Elvis Costello in 1989 that had a rare b-side (a cover of “You’re No Good”).
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I freaking love Degrassi, so I’m lowkey jealous that your sister met some of the cast, especially Pat Mastroianni (aka Joey Jeremiah)! Glad you had a great show, Mike!
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