To the joy of many, music cassettes are back to his fury and the music industry breathes because the sales of these items have increased.
Do you remember those days when you recorded the songs directly from the stations on your cassette? Well relive the golden years of walkman it is possible now with the resurrection of this audio system.
In 1963 the Dutch engineer Lou Ottens presented his creation to the world. This allowed to simplify the portability and reproduction of the songs that until that moment, used to be given in the famous vinyls.
The fame of cassettes lasted until the beginning of the 90’s, but advances in technology brought the compact disc (cd) and later a more powerful development such as digital files in their mp3 and mp4 formats; Thus, the Ipod, the USB memories and the platforms of streaming like YouTube, Deezer, Apple Music and Spotify, ended up burying the cassette.
Millennials celebrate! Music cassettes are all the rage again
Showcasing new developments in sound systems, the Berlin International Broadcasting Fair has reported that during the pandemic, 156,542 cassettes have been sold in the UK, according to figures from the British Phonographic Industry.
With this large number of sales, artists like Lady Gaga and Dua Lipa have decided to release their most recent albums in cassette format and this alternative has been a success.
The return of tapes is attributed to two things: the first is the nostalgia that brings people back to the times when they could record and rewind their songs. The second has to do with the economic factor because it is cheaper to have a cassette than a subscription to a streaming platform. streaming or a vinyl.
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