3BASF LH EXTRA I - 1985 - US / EU / SA (Brazil)
Very well made, and as good as any contemporary Type I tape. BASF provided bulk tape to many duplicators at the time this cassette was in production, so you can be assured of the quality.
Note 1: 60 Mins: Made in Germany. This cassette has a very unusual pattern on its black shells, see picture provided. Wrapper may have a small rip or two, not enough to bother anyone (repaired).
Note 1A: 90 Mins: Made in the USA. B-grade. Has one large rip (not repaired) and it feels like the case may have a crack where the rip is, but it's a bit hard to tell.
Note 2: 60 Mins: Made in Brazil. Lightly scuffed wrappers.
Note 3: 90 Mins: Made in France. The wrappers have some blemishes, but still very clean and very collectible. Generic picture shown. (B-Grade #013). SOLD.
Note 4: 90 Mins: Made in France. Small Window. The wrappers are impeccable.
Note 5: 90 Mins: Made in France. Large Window. Wrappers have small blemishes. There are two different UPC codes: 4.009993006729 and 0.2835754030.7 . The tapes are 100% identical, so make your choice. Send me an email requesting which one you want. For more information about these different UPC codes applied on the very same tape, go to the end of this page (*).
About BASF:
BASF SE is a German chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world.[3][4][5] The BASF Group comprises subsidiaries and joint ventures in more than 80 countries and operates six integrated production sites and 390 other production sites in Europe, Asia, Australia, the Americas and Africa.[6] Its headquarters is located in Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has customers in over 190 countries and supplies products to a wide variety of industries. Despite its size and global presence, BASF has received relatively little public attention since it abandoned manufacturing and selling BASF-branded consumer electronics products in the 1990s.
At the end of 2015, the company employed more than 122,000 people, with over 52,800 in Germany alone. In 2015, BASF posted sales of €70.4 billion and income from operations before special items of about €6.7 billion. The company is currently expanding its international activities with a particular focus on Asia. Between 1990 and 2005, the company invested €5.6 billion in Asia, for example in sites near Nanjing and Shanghai, China and Mangalore in India.
BASF is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, and Zurich Stock Exchange. The company delisted its ADR from the New York Stock Exchange in September 2007. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.[7][8]
BASF LH EXTRA I - 1985 - US - Made in France, Brazil, or Germany!
(*) Same Tape, different UPC codes: EU (Germany, France)
Supposedly, the one ending with "006729" on its UPC code, would have been made in Germany (See 45spaces.com), but this single one still available here, shows as having been manufactured in France. It is maybe a transitional piece, which possibly makes it rather rare. What does transitional mean, and in particular, in this case? There are many cases of transitional pieces between many of the manufactured cassette runs in every brand. In this case, as with probably all, there is no actual documentation to prove anything. Having said that, it appears these tapes were being made in Germany at first, then their production transitioned into being manufactured in France. BASF clearly took its wrappers from Germany with the original UPC code, to be applied in France. Eventually when they ran out, they adopted the new wrapper with a new UPC code ending in "54030.7"