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Seek Tape Journey (Volume 2) : A ride to Kachakrakanahalli

My second journey to seek cassette tapes in namma Bangalore led me to Kachakrakanahalli , at Fred Uncles’ Music Corner 

I had enquired beforehand about the availability of Malayalam Tapes in his possession and then paid a  visit to his place, which is as old-school as an audio and video shop could get. Your old school Hindi, Tamil and English tapes are stacked here by the box and it looked like a collector's attic.

Grabbed these, for 250 bucks each (named in order):-

 - Agnidevan / Tom and Jerry 

 - Ustaad

Both albums have timeless love tracks titled ‘Nilavinte Neela Bhasmam’ and ‘Nadodipoothinkal’ respectively, which is as catchy as it gets


Other Malayalam tapes that I found

- The Prince
- Mr. Butler
- Manthrikam & Takshashila (combined tape)

Uncle was pretty kind in guiding me through his Vinyl and Tape collections, spanning from multiple languages and eras. 

It felt nice that individuals spare time and effort for such niche interests, so that the tranquility of listening to music, the old fashioned way, doesn’t die out.

Follow my tape collection adventures here
~Noel
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