My First... Cassette Tape!

I've been wanting to start a blog for quite some time, but I've finally taken the plunge.  My sister Jaimee, started her blog quite some time ago.  My brother Jeremy started his over a month ago.  My other brother, Josh, started his blog just a few days ago.  Even my father got in on the act, although he hasn't blogged much since.

I may be the last in my family to start a blog, but I'm excited to take a few moments every couple days to include my viewpoints on a few things.  I'm not as ambitious as my siblings, because I don't intend to take the 365 Day Challenge like so many others.  You never know though.  I made a list a few weeks ago of ideas and thoughts for posts and it's a list long enough to get me through a year, at least.  I guess we'll find out soon enough.

So, for my first posting I've decided to start with the original 'My First...' in the series that will be sure to become a staple for me.

My First... Cassette Tape!

Bobby McFerrin 'Simple Pleasures' Released in January 1988, given to me on my 7th Birthday... I think?

Wow!  This takes me back.  This was a time when you had to Fast Forward through a Cassette to find the song you wanted.  How did we ever survive?

I was 7 years old when I got this 'tape' and I loved it.  I don't doubt that I had been given other cassettes prior to this, but the only ones I remember were some bad rip-offs that were made for Karoake (one side was instrumental) that my parents got me from the Sears Wish-Book for Christmas.  This one was REAL!  I loved it and I wish I knew where I'd left it.  Probably in a box somewhere or lost in the move between Greeley and Colorado Springs in '95.

Obviously, the reason I got this cassette tape was for his epic hit, 'Don't Worry, Be Happy'!  I ended up falling in love with a ton of songs on this cassette.  Some of the few that I remember and find myself singing along with the tape while listening on my hand-me-down 'walk-man' include; 'Susie Q', 'Drive My Car', 'Good Lovin'', 'Simple Pleasures', and 'Sunshine of Your Love'.

One thing I can remember involving this cassette was using my dad's old tape recorder. 

This is a pretty close replica of the old tape recorder I used to listen to this and other cassettes I was given or 'borrowed'

The only other real story I can remember was visiting my cousins in Cheyenne Wyoming (Lewis and Shirley) on Christmas and listening to this tape in the car.  This makes me wonder if I got this tape in Greeley and not in LaBelle because I don't remember it being a long drive to Cheyenne.  I guarantee you if someone knows it's my brother, he's kept a journal since his was 14!  Maybe he'll correct me?

I'll try to post more interesting things in the future, but for now, this is it!  Thanks for reading and being patient!