Maxell UR - 1985 - US/EU/CA "Possibly the finest incarnation of a Maxell entry level Type I. Great shell, great looks and decent sound. Give them some Dolby and negative bias and they make great recordings. You can get as good a performance for less money. However these are true vintage tapes, nostalgic, rarer and look good in anyone's tape collection." Tony Villa. Note 1: 60 Minutes: US/EU: Made in Japan. Box-fresh cassettes. One 1 available.Note 2: 60 Minutes: US: Made in S.Korea. Out of Stock.Note 3: 60 Minutes: US/EU: Made in S. Korea: Stamped with "Bonus Bucks". The case has a 2.4cm hairline crack on the reverse side. No picture needed. Lightly scuffed wrapper. No cuts, no rips. SOLD.Note 4: 90 Minutes: US: Made in S. Korea. Box-fresh cassettes with the odd one having some light scuffing. Super Price at $5.85 !!!Note 5: 90 Minutes: CA: Made in S. Korea: Stamped with "Maxell Super Sweepstakes" Only 2 available. These have one or more price stickers on them. Light to moderately scuffed.Note 6: 90 Minutes: US/EU: Made in Japan! Stamped with "Bonus Bucks". Four (4) only! Some insignificant and dried glue residue from a previous price sticker is present.Note 7: 90 Minutes: US: B-Grade: (B101) Made in S.Korea. Blemishes on the case of this cassette are all on the reverse side, and as shown in the picture. The obverse side is perfect. The case is still perfectly functional. Only 1 available.Note 8: 90 Minutes: US: B-Grade: (B102) Made in S.Korea. Large rip on the front (see pic), taped up with some clean clear tape. Now available. Only 1!Watch below a video review on this UR cassette, and others, by Tony Villa: About Maxell: Maxell Holdings, Ltd. (日立マクセル株式会社 Hitachi Makuseru Kabushiki-gaisha), commonly known as Maxell, is a Japanese company that manufactures consumer electronics. Maxell was formed in 1960, when a dry cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in Ibaraki, Osaka. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Company, Limited was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Company, Limited (now Nitto Denko Corporation). On March 18, 2014 the company was listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.[7] The company's notable products are batteries—the company's name is a contraction of "maximum capacity dry cell"—wireless charging solutions, storage devices, computer tapes, professional broadcast tapes and functional materials.[4][5] In the past, the company manufactured recording media, including audio cassettes and blank VHS tapes, and recordable optical discs including CD-R/RW and DVD±RW. On March 4, 2008, Maxell announced that they would outsource the manufacturing of their optical media.[6] During the height of the Compact Audio Cassette's popularity, Maxell's audio cassettes were held in high regard, producing some of the finest examples of the standard available. The performance of the XLII-S (CrO2) and MX (pure metal particles) cassettes was regarded by many audiophiles to be the ultimate achievement in the pre digital domestic recording medium. In the 1980s, Maxell became an icon of pop culture when it produced advertisements popularly known as "Blown Away Guy" for its line of audio cassettes. The original campaign conceived by Art Director Lars Anderson began as a two-page spread in Rolling Stone Magazine ad in 1980, and was made into television spots in 1981 which ran throughout the 1980s.[10] Maxell audio cassettes are available in 46, 60, 90, 100, 120 and 150 minute lengths. Maxell UR - 1985 - US (Made in Japan)
