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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cassette_tapeCassette tape - Wikipedia

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   Digital Compact Cassette. Released. August 1963; 61 years ago (August 1963) Lifespan: 1963–present. The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, [2] audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Invented by Lou Ottens and his team at the Dutch company ...

2. www.billboard.com › business › techCassette Tapes: The Birth, Rise, Fall and Comeback - Billboard

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   Feb 27, 2023 · But reports of the format’s death were greatly exaggerated. From 2015 to 2022, the little tape that could saw a 443% increase in U.S. sales, according to Luminate, as marquee names like Taylor ...

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4. mixdownmag.com.au › features › columnsMusicology: The Rise and Fall of the Cassette - Mixdown Magazine

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   Jul 15, 2024 · The introduction of the compact cassette by Philips in 1963 would prove to become one of the most influential innovations in the way people would consume and distribute music for the next 30 years. The clue to its importance was in the name. The compact cassette was not trying to reinvent the wheel – or in this case, the reel-to-reel recorder ...

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5. www.spectator.co.uk › article › tale-of-the-tape-howTale of the tape: how cassettes made a comeback

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   May 8, 2023 · It's time to dig out your Walkman. Move over vinyl: the cassette tape is back. According to the British Phonographic Industry, sales of this retro piece of technology last year came close to a two ...

6. techslax.com › technology › blank-cassette-tapesThe Rise and Fall of Blank Cassette Tapes: A History Lesson

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   May 24, 2023 · The Downfall of Blank Cassette Tapes: Why Digital Music Took Over. Digital music took over the music industry in the late 1990s, and blank cassette tapes quickly became obsolete. The convenience of digital music files, which could be easily downloaded and stored on devices such as iPods and smartphones, made cassette tapes seem outdated.

7. legacybox.com › blogs › analogThe History of the Audio Cassette, A Timeline – Legacybox

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   The audio cassette, better known as the compact cassette, was a marvel of modern science with its introduction in 1968. Music hardware was large and unwieldy before tapes – looking at you reel-to-reel tape (R2R), aka the Mickey Mouse player due to its double tape reels looking like the Disney rodent’s iconic ears. That’s why they ...

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   What is an audio cassette?

   • Source: Thanks Wikipedia. The audio cassette, better known as the compact cassette, was a marvel of modern science with its introduction in 1968. Music hardware was large and unwieldy before tapes – looking at you reel-to-reel tape (R2R), aka the Mickey Mouse player due to its double tape reels looking like the Disney rodent’s iconic ears.

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   How many cassette tapes were sold in the UK last year?

   • According to the British Phonographic Industry, sales of this retro piece of technology last year came close to a two-decade peak. Having been the top-selling format for albums in the UK from 1985 to 1992 and then seemingly disappearing (selling only 4,000 units in 2012), last year saw more than 195,000 cassette tapes shifted.

   Tale of the tape: how cassettes made a comeback

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   What is a compact cassette?

   • The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Invented by Lou Ottens and his team at the Dutch company Philips, the Compact Cassette was released in August 1963.

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   What happened to cassette sales in the '90s?

   • By the end of the ’90s, cassette sales were unspooling. “The decline of today’s cassette mirrors the disappearance of the 8-track tape two decades ago,” Billboard reported in its Dec. 28, 2002, issue. A year later, cassette sales had dropped 40.3% while CD sales had dropped just 3%, due to the rise of online piracy.

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   What happened to cassettes?

   • Cassettes finally lose the music fidelity battle to CDs and begin slowly disappearing into obscurity. It was a parallel story for the cassette’s brother, the VHS, which was losing its own war against the similarly disc-shaped DVD. Jadakiss “The Last Kiss” is the last major label release on cassette.

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   When did cassette technology end?

   • Technical development of the cassette effectively ceased when digital recordable media, such as DAT and MiniDisc, were introduced in the late 1980s and early-to-mid 1990s, with Dolby S recorders marking the peak of Compact Cassette technology.

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9. museumofportablesound.com › cassette-comebackThe Continuous Cassette Comeback - The Museum of Portable Sound

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   Jul 9, 2024 · The unlikely cassette comeback isn’t over yet: sales are up in 2019. UK cassette sales are at their highest levels for more than a decade. By the end of 2019 it’s predicted 75,000 tapes will be sold. But tapeheads don’t care if the redux stays small scale – that’s part of the charm. 9 July 2019 | Cambridgeshire Live.