National Audio stood up for cassette tapes when others were giving up on the medium And now this surprising city in the middle of America is enjoying its role in the revival. “Could have been New York ...

Many of the most beloved albums were released by local record labels during the heyday of the audio cassette, but dedicated devotees of the genre are still bringing tape recorders to gatherings ...

Musical Notes Audio cassettes are ‘a bit rubbish’, so why did their sales double during the pandemic? Cassette tapes are in again – and this time, it's smaller artists who look likely to gain.

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the machine whirrs to life. As the Kashmiri tailor stitches, the machine ...

In the mid 2010s, I investigated the first signs of this resurgence of cassettes within Glasgow’s indie and punk scenes as part of my PhD, talking to musicians, labels and fans about the ...

Kaplan also struck a deal with Death Row Records, the storied hip-hop label that is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, to sell cassette re-releases from Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Tupac Shakur.

Plugged Here’s why cassette tape sales doubled during the pandemic March 27, 2021 - 9:30 am Image by: Tobias Tullius ...

Stepp told the News-Leader that 3,347 recording labels now buy National Audio Company cassettes and that audiocassettes make up 70 percent of its sales. (He declined to give out dollar figures.) ...

Ian Brown, from Island Records, said the label spotted the niche in the market after fans began emailing Amazon, the online retailer, requesting the album on cassette.

While that looks increasingly prescient for mainstream music, it’s not true for every form of art; zine culture and audio cassette trading has actually been buoyed by the \ […\] ...