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Album Cassette Count: 27

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Albums on cassette have all but disappeared in the early 2000s in favor of CDs and digital music, but thankfully for Hanson, all of their albums have been released into a cassette format so far. Even The Best of Hanson: Live & Electric!


Retail Cassettes
Retail Cassette Count: 22

click to view a larger image click to view a larger image The Beginning
Here's something you don't see every day - a very rare tape titled "The Beginning" that Hanson released in 1993. Five songs on one side, seven songs on the other. The reverse side says "The Hanson Bros." and has their address and phone number on the back.
click to view a larger image Boomerang - First Printing

Super rare first cassette printing of Boomerang, Hanson's first indie album. It's a lot more colorful than the final release (below). Very very rare!
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Hanson's first independant album, Boomerang, on cassette.
click to view a larger image MMMBop

Hanson's second independant album, MMMBop, on cassette.
click to view a larger image click to view a larger image Middle of Nowhere - US

Middle of Nowhere cassette. Notice that "Man From Milwaukee" is not on the cassette...
click to view a larger image Middle of Nowhere - UK

UK Middle of Nowhere cassette.
click to view a larger image Middle of Nowhere - France

French Middle of Nowhere cassette. Same tracks as the US cassette.
click to view a larger image click to view a larger image Middle of Nowhere - Turkey

Very rare Middle of Nowhere cassette from - yes, that's right - Istanbul, Turkey! The cassette itself is completely clear, which is a rarity among Hanson cassettes.
click to view a larger image click to view a larger image Middle of Nowhere - Taiwan

Very rare Taiwan Middle of Nowhere cassette.

The tape is orange and black, and notice that With You In Your Dreams is printed With You In My Dreams.
click to view a larger image Middle of Nowhere - Venezuela

RARE Middle of Nowhere cassette from Venezuela.
click to view a larger image Middle of Nowhere - China

RARE Middle of Nowhere cassette from China. Check out the back insert, it's completely different from any other MON cassette (or CD, for that matter.) I love it!!
click to view a larger image click to view a larger image Snowed In - Turkey

Very rare Snowed In cassette from Istanbul, Turkey! Like its MON counter part, the cassette is clear. The font on the cassette flap is red and green, which is cool.
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Very rare Taiwan Snowed In cassette. Love it!
click to view a larger image click to view a larger image 3 Car Garage - Taiwan

Very *rare* 3 Car Garage cassette from Taiwan.
click to view a larger image 3 Car Garage - China

Rare 3 Car Garage cassette from China. Different back cover art than any other release out there...
click to view a larger image click to view a larger image Live From Albertane - Taiwan

Rare & cool Live From Albertane cassette from Taiwan. Cool back cover art with a blurb about Hanson. Notice that some of the songs are starred - I think they represent "new" songs, aka, songs that were not released on any Hanson album since Middle of Nowhere.
click to view a larger image Live From Albertane - China

Rare Live From Albertane cassette from China. I like the front cover art - they took the color picture from the inlay and put it on the front - cool!
click to view a larger image click to view a larger image This Time Around - China

Rare This Time Around cassette from China. Front & back cover art is practically identical to the Chinese CD version.
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A second Chinese This Time Around cassette.
click to view a larger image click to view a larger image Underneath - Malaysia

Underneath was actually released in cassette form overseas. Here is the Malaysian version. It has the same 13 tracks as the US release. It was released by Sony Music, as most Hanson releases are in Asian countries.
click to view a larger image click to view a larger image Underneath - Indonesia

Very rare Underneath cassette from Indonesia. Notice the 3CG logos on the front and back of the cassette.
click to view a larger image click to view a larger image click to view a larger image click to view a larger image Live & Electric - Indonesia

The Best of Hanson: Live & Electric was released on cassette in Indonesia.



Promotional Cassettes
Promo Cassette Count: 4

click to view a larger image Middle of Nowhere - Promo

Very rare Middle of Nowhere cassette promo. Notice that track six is titled "Yearbook Song", and after Man From Milwaukee, it says, "This will be a bonus track on CD only."

Even more interesting is that this version of Man From Milwaukee has an alternate ending - after the last symbol crash, someone (Isaac?) does a seconds-long Elvis impersonation. Don't believe me? Here's a clip of the recording. For reasons unknown, the clip was cut for the final version.

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Rare red & black Snowed In promo cassette.
click to view a larger image 3 Car Garage - Promo

Very rare 3CG promo cassette from Canada. It comes in a blue slipcase.
click to view a larger image Live From Albertane - Promo

Very rare LFA promo cassette from the US, minimal artwork.



Bootlegs?
Bootleg CD Count: 1

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Middle of Nowhere - Peru?

I have a lot of questions about this cassette.

(1) Geffen Records? I have never seen any Hanson CD or cassette pressed by Geffen Records.
(2) The track listing is out of order.
(3) The cassette looks like an everyday blank cassette.

These signs point to a bootleg. But to its credit, the cassette slipcover is made of think cardboard-like material - it is not flimsy and if it is a fake, it's a good fake. But the cassette...I have my doubts.



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