Now that I think about it, you kinda have me scared VCU...
I hope a lot of these tapes still play good, and aren't all messed up. They have traveled across the country, twice, and I honestly don't remember the last time I popped one in.
One of the tapes has like my first 15 or 20 live shows around the Chicago area when I was in High School, and there are some friends on those videos that are no longer with us. I really hope I haven't lost any of that media...