By JAY ROBERTS

Assuming this article is posted on its regularly planned day, when you read this piece it will be four days until Christmas.

But once again this year, I didn’t have to wait until the big day to get some presents. Instead, I got 24 presents over the course of 2023. That’s how many articles were written in The Cassette Chronicles series for the year. I got to discover old gems that I’d never heard before, rediscover some albums I hadn’t listened to in a while and had a few stone cold classic albums to write about as well.

The good news for me is that The Cassette Chronicles will return again in 2024. I love doing this series and since Jay and Katie seem to like what I’m doing, I’m more than happy to keep writing this series. The series will return in either the first or second week of January and will once again keep the every two weeks publication schedule.

I hope you’ve enjoyed reading what I had to say about the albums this year and will continue reading into the new year. Until then, here’s a look back (in no particular ranking order) at ten albums I talked about in 2023.

See you next year!

(Please click on the cassette title to read the article)

1 – WITNESS – WITNESS

2 – JOHN WAITE – NO BRAKES

3 – HERETIC – BREAKING POINT

4 – JUNKYARD – JUNKYARD

5 – DANGEROUS TOYS – PISSED

6 – DIO – HOLY DIVER

7 – CINDERELLA – HEARTBREAK STATION

8 – GENESIS – INVISIBLE TOUCH

9 – HELLOWEEN – KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS, PART 1

10 – GREAT WHITE – SHOT IN THE DARK