Playlists | 📟 Analog to Digital: A Time Warp Journey

Although it took me almost a year, I finally have at least one video for each of the playlists that are part of my 📟 Analog to Digital: A Time Warp Journey. They are also much more clearly defined in terms of what each entails. 

📼 Analog Musings 

A personal archive of digitized cassette tapes and vinyl records from my own collection—each track preserved with all its authentic imperfections, warm hiss, and nostalgic crackle. These are raw, unfiltered sounds from another era, carefully transferred with minimal clean up.

#AnalogMusings #CassetteCulture #VinylVibes #TapeHiss #AnalogNostalgia #AnalogArchive #AudioTimeCapsule

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📀 Bonus Features

The hidden gems of my DVD collection include deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes clips, my favorite scenes, forgotten extras, and occasionally videos about the packaging, inserts, booklets, or unboxing. In many cases, the best moments weren't in the main feature.

#BonusFeatures #DVDExtras #DeletedScenes #BehindTheScenes #MenuLoop

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💿 Data Disc Dreams

A digital mixtape of CD-era treasures—mostly music, occasional software extracts, and other rips from the laser burn era.

#DataDiscDreams #CDNostalgia #CompactMemories #LaserBurn #Y2KAudio

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💾 Dial-Up Dumpster Dive

A chaotic collection of forgotten MP3s, mislabeled tracks, and questionable rips from the wild west of P2P sharing—BearShare, Kazaa, LimeWire, and beyond. Relive the thrill of downloading a 'song' and getting something... unexpected.

 #DialUpDumpsterDive #P2PNostalgia #Y2KMP3Chaos #VirusCore #MislabeledMixtape

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🎞️ Rewind & Replay

A time capsule of VHS memories that may include retro commercials, vintage TV clips, and movies, all with that warm, warbly charm. Press play and relive the analog era.

#RewindAndReplay #VHSVibes #AnalogMemories #RetroRewind #StaticNostalgia

📟 Analog to Digital: A Time Warp Journey

You may remember when I wrote about the creation of my 📼 Analog Musings playlist/label was due to my desire to digitize my small collection of music and videos that came from Cassettes, VHS, Vinyl, and maybe even some DVDs and early Blu-Ray Discs.

No Tan Diario Chronicles ~ Pre-2025 Blog: 📼 Analog Musings 

By now you've hopefully read what the No Tan Diario Chronicles: 📼 Analog Musings playlist entails. 

While working on 📼 Analog Musings it was still on the back of my mind what those other playlists/labels would be, how would they be categorized, a catchy name for each, and what would that section within my YouTube channel and perhaps even on other socials would be named. 

Over the past week or so I've come up with the names for the other playlist/label categories and today I finalized the name of the section, which will be 📟 Analog to Digital: A Time Warp Journey. 

Though I don't have videos yet for all the playlists/labels, below is the list of what that section will encompass. Future posts on the specifics of each, except 📼 Analog Musings which I've previously shared about. 

📼 Analog Musings

📀 Bonus Features

💿 Data Disc Dreams

💾 Dial-Up Dumpster Dive

🎞️ Rewind & Replay


---March 2026 update--- Although it took me almost a year, I finally have at least one video for each of these playlists. They are also much more clearly defined in terms of what each entails. I've updated this post to link to each.  

Mega Mix | Analog Musings

Mega Mix is the title I gave to this particular mixtape, which is made up of songs that reflect my unique musical preferences at the time. These old mixtapes bring back nostalgic memories of my younger days and the excitement of musical discovery.

As was typical, only Side A contained a mix of songs—and thankfully, on this one, I wrote down each title.Also, like many of my mixtapes, this one doesn’t have the creation date written on it. But if you read the descriptions of the previous mixtapes I’ve shared, this was likely made in the mid-to-late nineties.

This mix takes you on another voyage into my teenage years.

00:00 Mega Mix

00:05 DJ Girl by Katalina
03:38 Soy by Lorena Herrera
07:45 El Tigeron by Garibaldi
12:42 Max Mix USA 2 (RV) by Various
17:45 Staying Alive by N-Trance
21:50 La Niña Fresa / Macarena / Colegiala / Marina by Garibaldi
25:26 Evening Bells
26:18 Scatman's World by Scatman John
30:00 Love by Thalia
34:12 Saturday Night by Whigfield
37:56 Be My Lover by La Bouche
41:54 Sex Machine by 20 Fingers feat. Katrina 

From RCA Cassette Player to Sony Boombox | Analog Musings - Vertical

This is the vertical version of
From RCA Cassette Player to Sony Boombox | Analog Musings
https://youtu.be/0SqXdZy3bXM

You may have noticed that it’s been a while since I last uploaded anything related to Analog Musings. Part of the reason is that my RCA cassette player stopped playing cassettes. While the radio still works and the player spins when no cassette is inserted, it refuses to do so when one is loaded. 

I found a Sony Boombox that belonged to my mother to use, and I even remember helping her pick it out in the early 2000s at a Target Store in Phoenix, AZ. Because I couldn't find the ac cable to it, had to go get six C batteries. 

If all goes well, I hope to add a few newly digitized mix tapes to the Analog Musings playlist this year for you to enjoy! For now, I hope you like this short video post which includes snippets from one of those upcoming mix tapes.

Audio: Snippets of "Evening Bells" , "Love" by Thalia, "Saturday Night" by Whigfield, "Sex Machine" by 20 Fingers feat. Katrina, & "Unforgettable" Piano/Sax.

From RCA Cassette Player to Sony Boombox | Analog Musings

From RCA Cassette Player to Sony Boombox | Analog Musings 

You may have noticed that it’s been a while since I last uploaded anything related to Analog Musings. Part of the reason is that my RCA cassette player stopped playing cassettes. While the radio still works and the player spins when no cassette is inserted, it refuses to do so when one is loaded. 

I found a Sony Boombox that belonged to my mother to use, and I even remember helping her pick it out in the early 2000s at a Target Store in Phoenix, AZ. Because I couldn't find the ac cable to it, had to go get six C batteries. 

If all goes well, I hope to add a few newly digitized mix tapes to the Analog Musings playlist this year for you to enjoy! For now, I hope you like this short video post which includes snippets from one of those upcoming mix tapes.

Audio: Snippets of "Evening Bells" , "Love" by Thalia, "Saturday Night" by Whigfield, "Sex Machine" by 20 Fingers feat. Katrina, & "Unforgettable" Piano/Sax.

LONGie SONGies - Dance Party

Longie SONGies - Dance Party

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To watch/listen, go to https://youtu.be/Eabw338N1D0

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LONGie SONGies is the name that I gave this mixtape. On the inside of the sleeve, in addition to the title, I wrote the date 1-20-97, checked the CD as the source, and Dance Party twice on the Side A section. Nothing was recorded on Side B. This means that this is a mix that came from a CD and only recorded up to what would fit on Side A.

Now, I don't remember having a CD titled Dance Party, therefore this may have come from a CD or other compilation that somebody let me borrow that I then recorded. The change to each track is quite noticeable as well. Additionally, this is a mixtape that, though I listened to on occasion, didn't have as much play as others as you can tell by the tape, sleeve, and jewel case being in almost pristine condition.

Though I tried to gather as much information as possible for this recording, I wasn't able to find a definitive source for all the music on this mashup even after YouTube, Google, Gemini, and ChatGPT assistance. Therefore, the song list may not be completely accurate.

00:00 Longie SONGies - Dance Party

00:02 Only Pip (Sweet) by Pacific People

00:41 The Tide is High by Blondie

03:18 Macarena (Radio Mix) by Los Del Mar 

07:16 Saturday Night by Whigfield 

12:39 90s Summer Hitmix, Vol 2 by Cybord DMP

The Summer is Magic by Playahitty

13:44 Sweet Dreams (Hola Hola Eh) by Sasha Feat. Melody

18:19 Tonight is The Night (Dance Mix) by Le Click Feat. Kayo

24:06 Zombie - Rockin' with Zombie by Amy

30:31 Call Me by Blondie

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41:00 Everybody - Club Mix by United Kingdom of Dance (u.k.d)

Songies

 

Songies

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https://youtu.be/KMPo2U--pmQ

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Songies is the title of this mix tape that, like many of my mix tapes, only used the Side A.

Though the case appears quite used, this is one I don't remember playing as much as others. 

The first half of the tape are songs that appear part of a remix, with the rest single songs added to it.  

0:00 Songies

00:01 Move It Like This (Alternative Mix) by K7

05:33 Fantastic Voyage by Coolio

09:40 Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) by US3

13:11 100% Pure Love by Crystal Waters

18:15 All That She Wants by Ace of Base

22:23 Maria (Spanglish) by Ricky Martin

26:41 Muevelo by Fey

30:31 Chupa Cabras by The New York Band

Mixed Mess - Alfa Dance Club - Alfa Dance Club Megamix

Mixed Mess - Alfa Dance Club - Alfa Dance Club Megamix

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https://youtu.be/UZmhRLHyf34

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Mixed Mess - Alfa Dance Club - Alfa Dance Club Megamix

This is mix tape that I titled Mixed Mess on Side A, then wrote Alfa Dance club on top in the spaces between it. On Side B I wrote it as Alfa Dance Club Megamix (cont.) 

This leads me to believe that I made some sort of mix tape that was a mess and the decided to record the Alfa Dance Club Megamix on top of it.

A brief online search revealed that this is from the 1996 cassette/CD Alfa Dance Club Megamixes, which features two megamixes. 

Side A includes the entire first megamix and a portion of the second one. Side B has the rest of the second megamix. Because there was additional space on the cassette, it appears that I decided to some additional songs to make use of it.

Even though it's uploaded as a single track for your uninterrupted listening, it remains as unedited as possible to capture the genuine experience of listening on a cassette player, including the moment of stopping to flip the tape.

Mixed Mess - Alfa Dance Club - Alfa Dance Club Megamix

0:00 Megamix 1:

  0:19 Keep On Jumpin' (Tee's MT Freeze Radio) by Todd Terry featuring Martha Wash &   Jocelyn Brown

  3:00 Gotta Get You Into My Life (Dee-Ay-Oh) by Ruback

  5:00 Bounce by Gillette

  8:20 Where Do You Go by No Mercy

  10:18 If You Wanna Party (Original Mix) by Molella

  11:27 Who's Gonna Kiss That Man? (Radio Version) by Marisa Turner

  12:51 To The Beat Of The Drum (La Luna) by The Ethics

  13:54 Children by Robert Miles

  16:16 Golden Boy (Airplay Mix) by Sin With Sebastian

  18:13 La Tacha (Radio Version) by Factor X's  

  21:16 Scatman's World (Single Mix) by Scatman John

 

24:46 Megamix 2

  25:04 La Tacha (Radio Version) by Factor X's   

  28:02 Scatman's World (Single Mix) by Scatman John

  31:24 Holiday Rave (Boomin' On The Beach Radio Edit) by Miker & Sven 

  33:25 Keep On Jumpin' (Tee's MT Freeze Radio) by Todd Terry featuring Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown

  35:13 Gotta Get You Into My Life (Dee-Ay-Oh) by Ruback

  36:57 Bounce by Gillette 

  41:28 Where Do You Go by No Mercy

  43:24 Party Groove by Count 3 

  44:32 Who's Gonna Kiss That Man? (Radio Version) by Marisa Turner 

  45:04 To The Beat Of The Drum (La Luna) by The Ethics 

  45:45 Children by Robert Miles

49:15 C'mon N' Ride It (The Train) by Quad City DJ's

53:03 If You Wanna Be My Lover by Spice Girls

55:41 Don't Speak by No Doubt

El Morro... RIFA | Lado B

El Morro... RIFA | Lado B

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https://youtu.be/ylut5JdD4OA

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This is the Side B of the RIFA cassette by El Morro. Although the cassette had no date/year listed on it, this cassette appears to have been originally released in 1994.

El Morro... RIFA | Lado B

Mi Baika (Pacas De A Kilo)

Un Morro Quiere Llorar (Un Indio Quiere Llorar)

Te Quiero Ama

El Este De Los

El Morro... RIFA | Lado A

El Morro... RIFA | Lado A

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https://youtu.be/XgAm86axx80

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This is the Side A of the RIFA cassette by El Morro. Although the cassette had no date/year listed on it, this cassette appears to have been originally released in 1994.

El Morro... RIFA | Lado A

Ese Morro Soy Yo (Ese Loco Soy yo)

Es Mi Jefa (La Cuca)

Pantalon Duro (Corazon Duro)

El Morro - Morro Mix! | Lado B

El Morro - Morro Mix! | Lado B

This is the Side B of the Morro Mix cassette by El Morro. 

For Side A go to El Morro - Morro Mix! | Lado A 

https://youtu.be/giJStMMU4fY?si=dfYvBpAP-xkryjT0

This is one long mix that includes the songs Mi Jefa (La Cuca), El Este De Los, and La Cartita (Rap).

Morro Mix! | Lado B

Morro Mix:

  Mi Jefa (La Cuca)

  El Este De Los

  La Cartita (Rap)

El Morro - Morro Mix! | Lado A

El Morro - Morro Mix! | Lado A

This is the Side A of the Morro Mix cassette by El Morro. Although the cassette had no date/year listed on it, this cassette appears to have been originally released in 1994.    

You may remember that on the 30th of December or 2023, I shared a short video of me listening to this cassette. Morro Mix! https://youtube.com/shorts/xTgyXI5x2Vc

That post received encouragement from Narciso Ramirez https://www.youtube.com/@narcisoramirez3283 to upload the rest of the songs. A channel that features clear and crisp recordings of many of the El Morro collection.

It was that bit of rallying which motivated me to truly look into finally strapping on to digitizing my small physical media collection, ultimately leading me to create the Analog Musings paylist.

You can read more about that on the Analog Musings post.  https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/06/analog-musings.html

Because many of my cassettes were played constantly and the majority of them have travelled with me to the many places I've lived, some have degraded in quality.

Additionally, my digitization will include little to no editing, therefore you will hear this, and future uploads, as if you were playing it on your own cassette player. In my opinion it adds to the mood.

Morro Mix! | Lado A

0:00 Nel Santa Claus (Cumbia)

2:49 Nel Santa Claus (Rock)

6:00 Esperame

Radio Music! - 2da Edición

Radio Music! - 2da Edición

This is a second edition of the recording from 1997 from a radio station that was called Crystal FM from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.

After the initial digitization of this recording, I continued to digitize my small cassette collection to be shared throughout the rest of the year. Some of the cassettes were in better shape than others, therefore some of the recordings have that distinct sound of when a cassette tape is wearing off. Additionally some had volume issues.

When the video for the original Radio Music cassette recording was created, I was able to use the video editing software to help with the volume issue. However, ultimately decided to go back to the original digitization of the Radio Music cassette recording to enhance the volume a bit and cut some of the dead air. 

The edit itself was minimal and unlikely that it will be noticeable once uploaded to YouTube, however decided that before the continuation of new monthly uploads of Analog Musings, I would create a second edition of the Radio Music cassette recording. 

Going forward, the hope is to have just one edition of my cassette tape recordings, and not have multiple editions/versions of them.  

Another thing that I decided to fix a bit was the visual transitions on the video/display portion from song to song. They are now better synchronized to each song change.

So here you now have a slightly shorter and arguably better edited video of the Radio Music cassette recording from 1997.

List of songs and artist.

0:00 Radio Music from Crystal FM circa 1997

0:12 Mirame by Sentidos Opuestos

3:43 Solo Traigo Mi Ritmo by Chayanne

6:30 Crazy by Aeorosmith

9:55 Corazon de Bombon by Anahi

12:05 Como es Possible Que a mi Lado by Luis Miguel

15:39 Vive El Momento by Kabah

18:46 Te Sigo Amando by Juan Gabriel

21:16 De Amarte by Pilar Montenegor

24:14 Que Bonito by Rosario

27:36 Vive el Momento by Kabah

Consistent Uploads!

 

By now you've hopefully watched/listened to the Radio Music upload for the newly created Analog Musings playlist.

Radio Music!

Analog Musings Playlist

You may also know that, because I'm a bit of an introvert and procrastinator, uploading videos cane take me time and in no particular order. There'll be a a period of almost daily uploads and then nothing for a while. 

So this is just a note to say that I'm going to attempt to upload a new video at least once a month. The monthly uploads will be mostly for the Analog Musings playlist and in between those the typical No Tan Diario Chronicles chronology type of uploads. 

Radio Music!

Radio Music!

This is a recording circa 1997 from a radio station that was called Crystal FM from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.   

It kicks off my new playlist titled Analog Musings that will feature digitized versions of cassette tapes and vinyl records that have been part of my life at one point or another.  You can read more about that on the Analog Musings post. https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/2024/06/analog-musings.html

This was a fitting first start to this because Crystal FM was one of the radio stations that I listened to often growing up on the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, US. 

The songs of this compilation were originally released between 1996 and 1997. This particular recording from the radio was in 1997.

 After the first two songs, the radio DJ provides the date in  Spanish as 23rd of February of 1997, before they play the last song for the night. No info on when the rest of the songs were recorded, but likely around the same time period. 

List of songs and artist.

0:00 Radio Music from Crystal FM circa 1997
0:20 Mirame by Sentidos Opuestos
3:50 Solo Traigo Mi Ritmo by Chayanne
6:37 Crazy by Aeorosmith
10:02 Corazon de Bombon by Anahi
12:12 Como es Possible Que a mi Lado by Luis Miguel
15:45 Vive El Momento by Kabah
18:54 Te Sigo Amando by Juan Gabriel
21:23 De Amarte by Pilar Montenegor
24:21 Que Bonito by Rosario
27:43 Vive el Momento by Kabah

 

📼 Analog Musings

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📼 Analog Musings
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For some time now I've had in my mind the desire to digitize my small collection of music and videos. Cassettes, VHS, Vinyl, and maybe even some DVDs and early Blu-Ray Discs.

Several years ago I got a device to digitize VHS recordings. For whatever reason haven't really worked on that. At some point will get into it. 

I've now also acquired a device to digitize cassettes and vinyl. This time, I'm actually working on it. Slowly, but working on it nonetheless. 

I've created a new playlist titled Analog Musings that will specifically include music/audio of such type recordings. Stay Tuned.

---The preceding was written and shared on No Tan Diario Chronicles YouTube a day ago, 16th of June of 2024. I decided it should also be cross-posted here and to add a bit more of my thought process. 

For a moment, I thought of creating a separate channel for them as they won't necessarily fit my other playlists. If you've been to my channel, you've likely learned that all videos go into their own dedicated playlist where videos are organized from most recent date of event to oldest. This past year, 2024, I created An Evolving Upload Journey playlist that includes every video in the order of creation/upload (except for Amalgam Creative Arts videos because, although I do have a playlist with all the videos organized from date of creation/upload, those really go on their own channel) as well as A Chronological Journey where videos are organized from oldest date of event (this one also excludes Amalgam Creative Arts in addition to the Memories of Yore: Photos From My Mother's Camera). So where on my timeline would I include these. Would it be date of release date? Date of mixtape creation? Mixtapes may have various dates as they were made, particularly when it was recorded from the radio.  

Another brief thought was to add them on my Amalgam Creative Arts channel, however, because Amalgam Creative Arts is about the creating of arts, crafts, lotions, potions, and more, it really wouldn't fit there. I want to keep that channel specifically about the creativity and inspiration of making and crating all sorts or art, arts, crafts, etc. that comes from my mind and a few of those around me. 

Ultimately, decided to include them on my No Tan Diario Chornicles channel because, although they are not specific videos/photos of a particular event/trip/celebration/etc., they are part of what someone could call the soundtrack of my life. Music and audio enjoyed at some moment of my life.

Therefore, in between creating/uploading my now typical video/photo collages chronicling my life, you'll get to watch/listen to some of the music that I've enjoyed. 

One thing's for sure is that in addition to them being on their own playlist, they will also go on the An Evolving Upload Journey since that one includes all videos (except for Amalgam Creative Arts).

P.S. At some point something similar to this will be done with the old VHS cassettes, and perhaps even DVDs, Blu-rays, and any old audio/video that is on physical media. Because my old physical media isn't huge, then at some point I may include also what has been gifted to me overtime. Even further may also decide some of the old non-analog audio/video from before streaming really got to be mainstream.