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Tabs Out Cassette Podcast | Top 200 Tapes of 2013 – The Casstats

Top 200 Tapes Of 2013: The Casstats
12.3.13 by Tabs Out

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We had our eggheads crunch the numbers from our Top 200 Tapes Of 2013 list with their TI-84 Calculators and here is what they came up with…

 

TOP LABELS
The Top 200 included 125 labels in all. Here are the six with the most releases listed.

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 Tranquility (6) redtaperedtaperedtaperedtaperedtaperedtape
 Field Hymns (5) redtaperedtaperedtaperedtaperedtape
 Sic Sic (5) redtaperedtaperedtaperedtaperedtape
 La Cohu (4) redtaperedtaperedtaperedtape
 NNA (4) redtaperedtaperedtaperedtape

 

SELF RELEASED
Out of the 200 tapes, 8 of them were not on a label.

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TYPE OF RELEASES
175 of the tapes were of one artist or group, 17 were splits, 8 were compilations.
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MORE THAN ONE RELEASE
The Top 200 List includes more than 200 releases. Out of all the entries, 4 of them are multiple releases:
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25. The NES Soundtrack Series (Auris Apothecary)
34. Keith Fullerton Whitman “Live Occlusions (1)” and “(2)” (Protracted View)
71. Tiger Village “I”, “II”, and “III” (self released)
186. The “A Kitchen Tape” Series (Sic Sic)

 

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11.27.13: Factotum Tapes
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fact042: Contrarian / Meth Lab Explosion split C20
fact043: Potier. “Irreparable” C20
fact044: Obsessive Thought Patterns “Spoken Eclipse” C60
fact045: Deceiver / Clavicula Salomonis split C10
fact065: Orgasmic Response Unit / Developer split C20
fact069: Hyrrokkin “Astrionics” C30
fact070: Patio Slang “Surface Politics” C60
fact075: Jason Zeh / Developer split C30
fact080: Developer Group “Dayton / Cleveland Board Meetings” C10
fact083: Roadside Picnic “The Idiot / Siren” C40
fact084: Developer / Scant split C20
fact085: Developer / Filth split C20

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bandcampthumb11.27.13: Tabs Out Bandcamp

We’ve created a Bandcamp site to download Tabs Out releases. Chrome donators will now get free downloads for all releases, past and present. High Bias donators will get free downloads for all releases that come out while they are signed up. The Afteroomed, Jump Rope, and Motion Sickness Of Time Travel tapes are up now. [Check It Out]