This is like maximum 80's cringe... I say that as a child of the 80's... I'm half tempted to cut this up and try and build some sort of vaporwave track. Seems tailor made for vaporwave.
Oh wow. This is exactly why people were trying to require a license to use a synthesizer. Maybe it gets better ?? [1] It could probably be clipped into something good though, yeah.
OTOH, when the piano hits, Ripples feels so much like I'd Do Anything for Love for a bit, but predates it by six years.
[1] 3 minutes in, I'm pretty sure the answer is no. EDIT: after the whole thing, yeah, it doesn't really get better... but I kind of like the APPLE spelling thing towards the end of the cassette. Ending on some laser shooting sound effects is a good note though.
Philippe Kahn, of Borland fame, recorded several jazz albums. Pacific High came with one release of Borland dBase in the '90s, this is the song Turbo Disturbo:
Wouldn't releasing an album during that time be quite risky because of the ongoing legal issues with Apple Corps[1]? In 1991 Apple legal was so paranoid that they even worried about the names of Mac OS system sounds[2].
This looks like something that was handed out at a WWDC or similar conference around that time, especially with the inclusion of the "Apple ][ Forever!" song. It was never for sale.
That said, I miss the Garamond era of Apple design and marketing. It brings back a lot of memories.
Blue Busters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KOnfN-ZDrs
Apple II Forever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcjlhFVTY50
Leading the Way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbJy0O4UFSM
I guess stuff like this is what happens when your marketing department has too little to do.
OTOH, when the piano hits, Ripples feels so much like I'd Do Anything for Love for a bit, but predates it by six years.
[1] 3 minutes in, I'm pretty sure the answer is no. EDIT: after the whole thing, yeah, it doesn't really get better... but I kind of like the APPLE spelling thing towards the end of the cassette. Ending on some laser shooting sound effects is a good note though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLk7G--63SA
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosumi
That said, I miss the Garamond era of Apple design and marketing. It brings back a lot of memories.