Memorex DBS - 1991 - US
"This is a superior type I Memorex tape! Like many manufacturers, they outsourced their production in the 80s and especially in the 90s. In this tape's case, to Saehan, who made very good cassettes. All these need is a bit of negative bias and NR to make great recordings." Tony Villa
"These cassettes just scream 80s. Indeed these cassettes are very endearing, and everyone remembers them. They were very popular... especially with the ladies." Tony Villa
Iconic and getting difficult to find new and sealed.
Note 1: 60 Minutes: Made in PRC: SOLD OUT.
Note 2: 90 Minutes: Made in PRC: All of these have small blemishes on their wrappers, tiny rip(s), some repaired to avoid further tearing. Still too insignificant to grade them lower. Slightly different parts when compared to the ones made in South Korea. These look better to me for some reason. Very few available.
Note 3: 90 Minutes: Made in SK: All of these are box-fresh cassettes. Very few available.
Note 2: 90 Minutes: Made in PRC: B-Grade One (1) available. Two visible hairline cracks on the front of the case. See picture.
Watch below a video by Tony Villa, on some of these iconic Memorex "Clown" tapes:
About Memorex:
Established in 1961 in Silicon Valley, Memorex started by selling computer tapes, then added other media such as disk packs. The company then expanded into disk drives and other peripheral equipment for IBM mainframes. During the 1970s and into the early 1980s Memorex was worldwide one of the largest independent suppliers of disk drives and communications controllers to users of IBM-compatible mainframes, as well as media for computer uses and consumers.
Memorex entered the consumer media business in 1971 and started the ad campaign, first with its "shattering glass" advertisements and then with a series of famous television commercials featuring Ella Fitzgerald. In the commercials she would sing a note that shattered a glass while being recorded to a Memorex audio cassette. The tape was played back and the recording also broke the glass, asking "Is it live, or is it Memorex?" This would become the company slogan which was used in a series of advertisements released through 1970s and 1980s.
Over time the Memorex consumer brand has been owned by Tandy, Handy Holdings, Imation and as of 2016 Digital Products International (DPI)[5]. Today, Memorex is a brand for consumer electronics and accessories such as portable audio players, iPod accessories, flat panel TVs, Blu-ray Disc players, flash drives, CDs and DVDs.
Memorex DBS - 1991 - US - Made in in PRC or SK.