Meanwhile, cassettes break and jam quite easily. Choosing a particular song might involve several minutes of fast forwarding ...

The humble cassette seems to be suddenly cool again. What’s driving the craze? And is it a full-blown revival?

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 ...

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 ...

Once seen as a musical relic, audio cassettes have survived the eras of CDs and streaming to win over music lovers of a new generation. That’s in large part thanks to the National Audio Company in ...

Remember when cassettes were the future of music? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Yes, Cassette Store Day is a thing – and ...

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 ...

If you’re nostalgic for Walkmans and boom boxes, or dream about the good old days of making mix tapes, now is your time. Cassette tapes are back, baby. Sales of the retro recordings have skyrocketed ...

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 ...

Sales of audio cassettes are dwindling, but what use is there for the estimated 500 million tapes gathering dust? Cassette tapes were once at the cutting edge of personal music collections, offering ...