PAUL SIMON - Graceland
Warner Bros. Records
Cat# 25447-4
Dolby encoded
USA release (alternative front graphics)
1986
Cassette packaging is in very good condition, barely any handling marks to the cassette case at all. Clean insert and the cassette labelling directly pad printed onto the Black cassette clamshell.
Before playing I repacked the tape, and visually inspected carefully the clamshell, rollers and head pressure pad - no issues with the shell or tape at all
This is a Black plastic screw type clamshell so if ever it was required to "get inside" to relube, etc then this is perfectly feasible HOWEVER be extremely careful if you ever undertake that task of opening it up or you may well end up with cassette from one end of the room to the other!.
I have then played this tape entirely, crisp clean sound and no problems at all with no "drop outs" (on either side) or high frequency loss heard. Frequency response off the tape is wide and I also listened carefully for "tape hiss" at the start of tape, end of tape and between tracks and the level is very very low, indicating that the tape has seen very low playtime in the past.
TRACKS: The Boy In The Bubble, Graceland, I Know What I Know, Gumboots, Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes, You Can Call Me Al, Under African Skies, Homeless, Crazy Love Vol. II, That Was Your Mother, All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints
