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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds
I've got an old cassette of Don McLean's American Pie that I'm trying to play. I get a few seconds of "American Pie", then right around the line about delivering papers, it starts to make a windy sound, and the music lowers in pitch until it becoes growly, and then eventually, all I can hear is the windy noise. I know there are a couple tape collectors here, so I'm curious: Is this irreparable, or can it be fixed? If the latter, how? Thanks in advance.
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Sounds like normal wear and tear to me (sadly). A well-loved cassette eventually becomes stretched. There's also a chance that someone left it in a hot car, got it wet, or was a little too abusive with fast forwarding and rewinding. You might be SOL, kiddo.