Cassette tapes are making a comeback
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I could go back to this only before hipster needles and platters. Otherwise, yeah, no sense.
My former coworker is a coordinator of product development for Universal music group (they have almost half of the record labels you can think of). It's physical products he's in charge of getting made and distributed.
It's not surprising vinyl sales are strong, but what might surprise people is the main area of growth is in stores like Wal-Mart, Target, Whole Foods, etc. Not necessarily that record stores are expanding. (pre Covid obviously)
People still want something physical, even beyond the hardcore collectors. Vinyl isn't a perfect medium but it has obvious features that appeal. The gigantic flaw is that it's not portable other than converting to MP3. Cassettes blow but they have that one thing vinyl doesn't.
It's not surprising vinyl sales are strong, but what might surprise people is the main area of growth is in stores like Wal-Mart, Target, Whole Foods, etc. Not necessarily that record stores are expanding. (pre Covid obviously)
People still want something physical, even beyond the hardcore collectors. Vinyl isn't a perfect medium but it has obvious features that appeal. The gigantic flaw is that it's not portable other than converting to MP3. Cassettes blow but they have that one thing vinyl doesn't.
Can't envision a recent car that has a deck? Must be an add-on like manual roll-down windows and front bench seats?
They are largely responsible for the multi-year trend of hot wool hats in summer, so why not this new-found obsolete form of music delivery?
12 for the price of 1 at BMG was the shiz.
I miss the days of inserting the cassette tape into the player, that was attached to my walk-man so I could listen to CD's in my 1988 Pontiac Grand AM.
I miss fishing out the tape after it has been tangled up in the capstan and the other rollers. I was pretty good at the scotch tape splice too!
