This site is dedicated to the Vintage Cassettes. Cassettes from 1970-1990 are covered the most. Currently TDK Line is covered the most extensively. AXIA/FUJI, BASF, DENON, Maxell and SONY are covered quite well too. Other brands are to follow. Collecting vintage cassettes is a great hobby and brings all good memories back. I prefer collecting sealed cassettes but some people are collecting opened one too. This site is for information purpose. Hopefully, one day it will evolve in the BIG library of audio cassettes. Please think about sending pictures of the cassettes I don’t have (send email with the attachment, picture from the front with good light at least 600x400). Thank you. Also if you have, please scan and send brochures.

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Sealed cassettes are organized by BRAND and then the years they were produced. We concentrate here on BIG and IMPORTANT brands. This site try to cover all US, European and Japanese Market.

Currently we have 1456 unique sealed cassettes in the database, of which:

• TDK (347 different sealed cassettes) 1968-2005 US/Japan/Europe
• SONY (272 different sealed cassettes) 1970-99 US/Japan/Europe
• Maxell (238 different sealed cassettes) 1970-2005 US/Japan/Europe
• FUJI / AXIA (202 different sealed cassettes) 1971-2006 US/Japan/Europe
• BASF (128 different sealed cassettes) 1970-93 US/Japan/Europe
• DENON (118 different sealed cassettes) 1978-2000 US/Japan/Europe
• That's / TRIAD (76 different sealed cassettes) 1983-1992 US/Japan/Europe
• AGFA (54 different sealed cassettes) 1967-1991 Europe

Here is the Line-up for the Maxell, Sony and TDK in the Hey Days!!!

Maxell:

Type II:        UDII -> XLII -> XLII-S

Type IV:       MX -> MX-S -> Metal Vertex

SONY:

Type I:          HF -> HF-S -> HF-X -> HF-ES -> HF-PRO

Type II:        UX -> UX-S -> UX-ES -> UX-PRO -> UX Master

Type IV:       Metal-S -> Metal-ES -> Metal Master

TDK:

Type I:          D -> AD -> AD-X -> AR -> AR-X

Type II:        SF (SD) -> SA -> SA-X -> SA-XG

Type IV:       MA -> MA-X -> MA-XG

Now, I don’t sell the cassettes pictured on this website. I do however trade. If you want to trade some SONY or Maxell cassettes for TDK let me know. The best way to get vintage cassettes is Ebay. I have included searches for cassettes on each brand page for your convenience. Be prepare that some cassettes commence quite high prices. There are several places you can buy TDK SA (for $1.25) or MAXELL XLII (for $1.00). These are not vintage, but for a casual recording will be sufficient.

Please check Links section for discussion boards.

Updates:

September 2: Small changes in That's section (2 cassettes added).

September 1: Updated section of TDK cassettes: 1966-1972. We added first TDk Synchro Cassette and other interesting cassettes like TDK KROM-O2.

August 29: SONY section updated - 62 new cassettes. Mistakes in 1968-78 line-ups corrected. Added SONY SHF, SONY What's up, SONY Gokkingen, SONY G-up. Correctly placed series of SONY cassettes CDit I, CDit II and CD-IT. Various better pictures uploaded.

June 15: Maxell section updated. Some mistakes in European line-ups corrected thanks to kirunavaara. Several rare cassettes added: First Maxell UD from 1970, "New" XLI, XLI-S, XLII, XLII-S from 1984 US market. Blue LN cassettes placed correctly... (16 new cassettes added). Asian market added. Also Denon CD-Pal II added.

June 04: Fuji/AXIA section updated (78 new cassettes). Mostly from US and European markets 1985-2003: Fuji Dr-I, Fuji Dr-II, Fuji Dr-Ix, Fuji Fr-IIx, Fuji Fr-IIx PRO, Fuji JP-Is, Fuji JP-II, Fuji JP-IIx, FUJI GT-IIx, Fuji JP-IIx PRO, Fuji FR Metal, Fuji JP Metal, Fuji K1, Fuji K2, Fuji K2x, Fuji Z, Fuji ZII, Fuji Metal Z, Fuji CDFan1, Fuji CDFan2. Unfortunately we are missing cassettes from 1985-1989. Also AXIA cassettes coverage has been extended to 2006.

May 21: AGFA Section now contains almost all their cassettes. 44 new cassettes added! We added AGFA FerroColor, AGFA SuperFerro, AGFA StereoChrom, AGFA SuperChrom, AGFA Carat, AGFA Metal, AGFA F-DX I, AGFA F-DX I S, AGFA C-DX II, AGFA C-DX II S, AGFA LNX, AGFA CRX, AGFA HR, AGFA HR-S, AGFA HR-XS, AGFA SR, AGFA SR-S, AGFA SR-XS, AGFA Metal-XS.

April 17: 8 new DENON cassettes DENON RD-F, DENON Zippy-I and Zippy-II (first versions), Denon CDPAL-I, DENON K-RI and K-RII, DENON S-port High and Metal (first versions).

April 11: Huge Update in That's/TRIAD section. We added 71 cassettes from European, US and Japanese market. Check them out! Added That's EM, That's MG, That's MR, That's FX, That's TX, That's RX, That's VX, That's EX, That's EM-X, That's MG-X, That's MR-X, That's CD-I, That'c CD-II, That's CD-MH, That's CD-IV, That's EVE-I, That's EVE-II, That's EVE-IV, That's PH-I, That's PH-II, That's PH-IV, That's FX-XP, That's EM-XP, That's MR-XP, That's CD-IS, That'c CD-IIS, That's CD-IVS, That's CD-IF, That'c CD-IIF, That's CD-IVF, That's OW-I, That's OW-II, That's OW-IV, That's AS-I, That's AS-II, That's AS-IV, That's CD/IF, That'c CD/IIF, That's CD/MH, That's CD/IV, That's SUONO.

February 03: Huge Update in Maxell section. We added 1991-2000 for Japanese, US and European markets. (Japanese dating is pretty reliable but US and European may have some glitches - if you see something wrong please let me know). We added about 120 cassettes!

November 01: Updated BASF Section: Division onto European, US and Japan market. 27 new cassettes (mostly from US and Japan market).

October 21: Added Denon GR-I and GR-Is from Japanese line-up of Denon 1992, added Denon RG-S and HG-S from Japanese line-up of Denon 1992 and updated picture of Denon HG-X from Japanese line-up of Denon 1990. Added Fuji FL from US/EUR line-up of 1980-81.

October 03: Finishing redoing TDK section, now all pictures are of best quality. (uploaded 35 better TDK pictures - Mostly Japanese line-ups from 1990-93).

September 24: Uploaded much better pictures for TDK cassettes (about 60 from years 1982-1990).

September 14: Added AXIA GT-I and AXIA GT-II from 1985 and AXIA METAL from 1990. Also better pictures of AXIA JP and AXIA PS-I both from 1985.

September 13: Now we have more then 1000! sealed cassettes in the database. WOW! Added: SONY EXIST (4 different versions), SONY HIP-POP (3 different versions) and SONY A-LA. Better pictures of SONY 1989 Japan line-up cassettes.

August 09: Huge update in DENON section: 74 new cassettes! Mostly from Japanese Market. Denon had some great and beautiful cassettes in Japanese Market. Check them out! Denon RE, DENON RE-X, DENON RD, DENON RD-Z, DENON RD-X, DENON RD-Z, DENON RD-S, DENON RD-XS, DENON DX-3F, DENON RG, DENON RG-S, DENON RG-X, DENON GR-I, DENON C'D0-1, DENON HD, DENON HD-X, DENON HD-XS, DENON HG, DENON HG-S, DENON HG-M, DENON GR-II, DENON GR-IIs, DENON GX-II, DENON C'DO-2 DENON CD-Jack IV, DENON MD, DENON MG-X, DENON GR-IV, DENON HD-6S, DENON HD-7S, DENON HD-7S, DENON HD-MS, DENON CR-II Added.

July 28. HUGE Update in TDK section! This was our first section almost 2 years ago and it was outdated. Now we have 332 TDK cassettes! There are some minute differences between US and EUROPE cassettes that has been discovered and addressed. The whole line-ups were previously mixed up. Enjoy! Many intersting old cassettes have been added (TDK KROM-O2, TDK MAVERICK ...). I am in the process of retaking the old pictures and replacing with new ones.

July 10: Fuji FL, Fuji FR-I, FR-II and Metal from 1977-79 US/Euro market has been added.

July 09: Fuji FR-I, FR-II and Metal from 1980-81 US/Euro market has been added. Also better pictures for Fuji DR, Fuji ER, Fuji UR, Fuji SR from 1980-81 Japan market.

June 14: Rare SONY UHF from US market 1972 added. Also Sony Metallic from US and Europe market 1978 and SONY UX PRO from US market 1992.

April 27: Better pictures of Maxell XLI-S and XLII-S (1980-82 USA) and Maxell UD (1980-82 JAP) and Maxell CD Capsule (1990-91 JAP).

April 16: SONY EHF and SONY HFX from US market has been added.

April 07: HUGE HUGE HUGE Update in SONY section. Added many interesting cassettes. (118 new cassettes). Still I do not know how to place various SONY EF SONY CDit SONY CDit II cassettes.

March 23: HUGE Update in Maxell section, splitted into JAPAN/US/EUROPE markets. Added many interesting cassettes: Maxell UDXL from 1976, and Japanese line-ups for 1978-79, and 1990-91, 1992-93. (38 new cassettes).

Feb 26: Extremely rare BASF Ferro Super I and BASF Metal Maxima IV from 1988-89 added. Thanks to “kirunavaara”

Feb 10: Added: Axia JP, JP-F, PS-I, PS-II from 1985, Axia JP-F from 1988, Axia PS-Ix, GT-Ix from 1989. Better pictures: Axia UP, PS-Is, PS-IIs from 1989 and Axia JP-F from 1989.

Jan 31: Axia PS-Is and PS-IIs from 1987 added. Axia PS-Ix from 1987 better picture added.

Jan 26: Fuji FR-II from 1982 added. FUJI UR and FUJI ER from 1980 added.

Dec 21: Fuji ER and FUJI FR-I from 1982 added. Some Sony pictures updated.

Nov 05-11: Major rework of the html code. Site will run faster.

Oct 26: Update in BASF section (30 new cassettes) now it covers 1970-1996. Still some cassettes are missing and some I do not know where to place. Also USA market is not well covered and Japanese market is missing.

Oct 25: FUJI FC has been added (1972) thanks to “kirunavaara”

Oct 24: Huge Update in FUJI/ AXIA section—now it covers 1972-1997 Japan Market. Unfortunately many cassettes are still missing. Please help.

Sept 30: Finally AGFA section has been added

Sept 28: Major update in BASF section (now covers 1975-1993). Also I have figured out BASF professional line (this are just regular cassettes for USA market).

Work in Progress: Working on Fuji/AXIA, Scotch and AGFA Section.

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