The Calgary Cassette Preservation Society is non-profit organization dedicated to the digitization of analog recording artifacts and ephemera by bands and artists of the Calgary region.
We were founded in 2007 and posted artifacts via Blogger until 2023. The old site is still available at calgarycassettes.blogspot.com as we migrate our posts to this site.
Want to contribute to this project? Here are a few ways you can help:
- Donate/lend us tapes, records, CDs, posters and other ephemera
- Help migrate posts from the old site to this one
- Get set up as an editor and create new content here - that can be everything from simply helping post and tag items to adding artist bios/photos to helping digitize works
Get in touch with Arif Ansari, President and lead archivist at
info@calgarycassettes.org to help the CCPS grow!
As of September 2022, the CCPS is officially a non-profit society, registered with the Government of Alberta.
Arif Ansari - President
Lee Shedden - Secretary/Treasurer
Christine Leonard-Cripps
Arielle McQuaig
Jairus Sharif
Sometimes people in the media think the CCPS is worthy of mention. Here are a few highlights:
Calgary Cassette Preservation Society (Sebastian Buzzalino, Beatroute, 2009) - link lost to the ages
Reeling in the Years (Mike Bell, Calgary Herald, May 2011) - link lost to the ages
The Golden Calgarians and other preserved items from local music history (Open File Calgary, January 2012) - link lost to the ages
Connective Tissue: How Punk Archivists in Calgary Preserve the Fabric of Music from the Past (New Feeling, May 9, 2023) -
https://newfeeling.ca/2023/05/09/connective-tissue-calgary-punk-archivists/Calgary Arts Development was kind enough to invite Gene Poole to speak at their 10th PechaKucha Night, on the theme "Reclaim" -
https://vimeo.com/32688903