Maxell UR - 1988 - US
"One of the finest incarnation of Maxell entry level Type I. Great oval shell, great looks and decent sound. Give them some Dolby and negative bias and they make great recordings." Tony Villa
Note 1: 46 Minutes: South Korea: B-Grade. These have one or two visible hairline cracks on their case (in the front or back). Totally insignificant, but hence the discounted price. Generic picture shown, not the actual images of these tapes. SOLD.
Note 2A: 60 Mins: Mexico: These cassettes are mostly box-fresh.
Note 2B: 60 Mins: South Korea: These cassettes have a price sticker on them, otherwise they are very clean.
Note 3A: 90 Mins: Mexico: Nearly all box-fresh cassettes. Some have very light scuffing.
Note 3B: 90 Mins: South Korea: Nearly all box-fresh tapes with some very light scuffing.
Note 4A: 60 Mins: South Korea: Made for Canada. These have the sticker/label imprint for the Canadian "Maxell Super Sweepstakes". These have some scuffing throughout the wrapper. Only 3 available.
Note 4B: 90 Mins: South Korea: Made for Canada. Light scuffing throughout. Only 1 available.
Note 5A: 60 Mins: Mexico: B-Grade. Only 1 available. It has a 1.5cm hairline crack on the reverse side. See pictures.
Note 5B: 90 Mins: S.Korea/Mexico: B-Grade. Only 2 available. One has a 2cm cut on the edge (spine) of the cassette case, see picture. Made in S. Korea. This one will be shipped first. The other, Made in Mexico, has a 2.5 cm hairline crack on the front side of the case, no picture shown.
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 - 1988 - US