I am sorry for your loss and that tape is a priceless memory I am sure.
They don’t make them like they used to. Not much talent in music anymore, IMO. I am a child of the 80’s (born in 72) but ‘oldies’ always held my love and interest. In Junior High and high school, my friends listened and had posters and tshirts of Prince, Duran Duran, and A-HA while I had posters and tshirts of Buddy Holly and Everly Brothers.
It's like Joe Walsh said in an interview I saw. Nobody is actually playing an instrument anymore. A machine is doing it for them. I was born in the late 50's. I prefer music of the 1960's and most of the 70's up to the mid 1980's in some cases. Be very glad you missed Disco LOL.