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Now it’s the humble cassette tape’s turn. In 2020, cassette tapes sales were up 33%, according to Discogs. And sales are up at music stores around Colorado Springs.
Kashmir's Sufi Music Lovers Are Sticking With the Audio Cassette SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the ...
When The i Paper culture desk decided to compile a list of the best love songs this century for Valentine’s Day, we had no idea what was to come.Fierce debates. Heated arguments. Slammed doors ...
From 81,000 units in 2015 to 436,400 in 2022, the resurgence has been driven by Gen Z’s embrace of nostalgic formats and affordability. Artists are releasing albums on tape for as little as $10 ...
Sales of cassette tapes have jumped from 3,283 in 2012 to more than 195,000 in 2022, with the likes of Arctic Monkeys and Harry Styles all releasing their music on the medium.
Discogs has revealed the most expensive cassette tape ever sold on their popular music collector archive and marketplace.. The record-setting tape is a limited edition, independently released 1992 ...
Apparently a rare, early Deftones demo from 1992 became the most expensive cassette ever sold on popular music marketplace DIscogs, having sold back in May of this year for a whopping $5,000 for a ...
Sony sold more than 200 million Walkmans from July 1979, when the devices debuted in Japan, until the music stopped around 2010.Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba and Bose no longer sell audio tape players ...
I haven’t owned a home or car cassette player since before she was born, but still have a big garbage bag of cassettes that I keep in my big plastic tub that also holds my vinyl. If I do the ...
Cassette album sales in the U.S. grew by 74 percent in 2016, buoyed by the "Guardians of the Galaxy" soundtrack, as well as tapes by Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Eminem and Prince.
Beginning in 1994, Elton John toured extensively with Billy Joel on a series of Face to Face tours, bringing together the two great piano man. They were the longest running and most successful concert ...
Out of the over 400 million Walkman portable music players sold, 200 million were cassette players. Sony may have retired the Walkman line of classic cassette tape players in 2010, but they seem ...