From the shelves of Urban Outfitters to the celebratory Cassette Store Day, tapes are in the middle of a renaissance. But the return of the humble cassette isn’t just hipster nonsense – they’ve ...

Picking a blank cassette can be more puzzling than picking any other audio component. After all, amplifiers, tuners or tape decks have clearly discernible features and stated specifications to set ...

Original blank cassettes from the late 1980s and early 1990s are now fetching up to £22.50 each on internet auction sites Credit: Photo: GETTY Demand for blank audio cassettes has soared as music fans ...

A 1/8" inch, analog audio tape format that was widely used for music distribution and home recording. In the past, millions of pre-recorded and blank cassettes were sold each year; however, sales ...

Sony introduced the Walkman in 1979, and I got mine a year later. The Walkman boosted the profile of audio cassettes, which had been challenging LPs and 8-Tracks as a music medium. They soon dominated ...

At the International Radio Exhibition in 1963 in Berlin, it was declared a marvel of sound technology. From dictating texts to making music mix tapes, the Compact Cassette was everywhere. A look back.

Curry’s, which has stores in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway, is blaming the rise of MP3 players like Apple’s iPod for its decision to pull the plug on sales of tapes. The British-owned retailer ...