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Posted by: lewistgreen 24th July 2017, 09:11 PM

The classic cassette format has never really disappeared, though many record labels chose to ditch the format due to lack of popularity after the turn of the century.

Recently, artists such as Lana Del Rey, alt-J, You Me At Six, Erasure and Father John Misty have issued their recent albums on cassette, with Arcade Fire and JAY-Z planning releases on the classic format also.

Though not as big as the scale as vinyl records have become once more, cassettes have shown a modest increase in popularity again.

So I ask, do you still use cassettes? Did you used to? Would you be interested in them again?

Posted by: awardinary 24th July 2017, 09:16 PM

I don't now, I used to though.

Out of interest, how much does a cassette player go for nowadays? Specifically a Walkman?

Posted by: Mart!n 24th July 2017, 09:22 PM

I've got loads of albums on cassettes and a very small collection of single cassettes, but I'm too frightened to play them now, as the tape could break, they are very old, plus I don't have a cassette player no more, I just keep them for nostalgia purposes.

Posted by: lewistgreen 24th July 2017, 09:39 PM

You can pick up a new cassette player for around £20. Sony Walkmans seem to vary from £30 all the way in to the hundreds!

Aldi stocked a Boombox last month for £25 I think it was and I wish I had got hold of one. I hope they have them on Special Buy again soon!

Posted by: awardinary 24th July 2017, 10:30 PM

Is there really any logic behind this revival though? I mean sure I get the nostalgia, but practically speaking, they can't really improve what a cassette is, and naturally in time it is going to wear and affect the sound quality. Not to mention the impracticality of having to fast forward and rewind to get to the song you want to listen to.

This for sure will not be a media format I will be returning to anytime in the future.

So we've seen the revival of the vinyl, and the cassette, maybe the next one due is the albeit brief concept of the mini-disc.

Posted by: popchartfreak 25th July 2017, 11:48 AM

cassette was the worst format of all for buying music and playing music, but for recording music (off the radio) or radio shows it was fab. I still have hundreds of cassettes and reel-to-reel's waiting to be copied to mp3....and no time to do it.

Posted by: fiesta 25th July 2017, 01:35 PM

I wouldnt go back to casettes..all that fast forwarding and rewinding to get to your favourite song. Or when the tape reel comes loose and gets tangled in the tape machine so annoying. Thy should be kept cofined to the history books IMO

Posted by: King Rollo 25th July 2017, 04:33 PM

I bought lots of cassettes in the 80s and then ended up buying most of them again on CD. I also recorded loads of songs off the radio onto blank cassettes by acts that weren't quite good enough for me to buy a whole album by them.

Posted by: liamk97 25th July 2017, 05:53 PM

I don't think cassettes will ever see anything near the sort of revival vinyl had. As established already in here, they're really not practical, they're not exactly attractive to look at and don't have a particularly appealing sound. Perhaps there is some sort of nostalgic value or new generations discovering them and finding them 'cool' like how it's cool to own vinyl, but vinyl has the advantage of having a distinct, appealing sound when you play them and are easily the most attractive format. That's slightly subjective, of course, but the size of them means the artwork is given more room for appreciation and there's lots of cool ways of packaging them. It kind of makes purchasing music in a physical way really exciting because you're presented with more than just something to keep the music protected in.

With streaming in such force, it's no surprise that it encourages people to 'fight back' and defend the physical form of consuming music and vinyl presents the best of what stream can never do.

Posted by: lewistgreen 29th July 2017, 02:01 PM

Upcoming Releases

August 4th
JAY-Z - 4:44

August 18th
Everything Everything - A Fever Dream
Hercules & Love Affair - Omnion

August 25th
PVRIS - All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell

Posted by: Flatcap 29th July 2017, 05:56 PM

I have loads of cassettes and so does my dad. I think I might start going through them soon as some of them have ended up in the wrong boxes over the years.

I agree, this format should be confined to history for the reasons already highlighted.

Posted by: Jay ☆ 29th July 2017, 06:52 PM

I haven't got any recently released albums on cassette, although I was strangely tempted to buy Blue Neighbourhood by Troye Sivan on this format!

Cassette was the first format I used, but it was only for a couple of years (1996/97), then I got a CD player and didn't look back. Fast-forwarding and rewinding was such a pain.

I've still got my cassette album / singles, for some reason I never wanted to let go of them (and I'm glad I didn't, purely for the sake of nostalgia).

Posted by: Good Old Days 29th July 2017, 08:05 PM

Cassettes >>> Vinyl

Posted by: DalekTurret32 29th July 2017, 11:20 PM

I have quite a lot of cassettes in my collection.


The Beatles - 1967-1970 (Cassette 1 only. The other one is missing for some reason)
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Live At The BBC [1994]
Big Audio Dynamite - This Is Big Audio Dynamite
Blur - For Tomorrow [single]
Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & The Cooked
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
The Human League - Dare [it's badly warped though]
INXS - Kick
Janis Joplin With Full Tilt Boogie - Pearl [one of the oldest cassette pressings I own. might as well date back to 1974]
The La's - The La's
The Lightning Seeds - Jollification
Lush - Mad Love EP
Manic Street Preachers - Gold Against The Soul
Marc Bolan And T. Rex - Best Of The 20th Century Boy
Men At Work - Business As Usual
Michael Jackson - Bad
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Vol. 2
Morcheeba - Big Calm
Prince - Dirty Mind
Prince And The Revolution - Parade
The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith
REM - The Best Of REM
Ride - Today Forever EP
Sting - The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
The The - Mind Bomb
Tom Waits - Closing Time
The Tragically Hip - Up To Here
Various - Now That's What I Call Music! 11
Various - Now That's What I Call Music! 18
Various - Secret Track 2
World Party - Bang!



All of these so far are either from my parents' collection, record fairs or from charity shops

Posted by: Jade 31st July 2017, 03:05 PM

Just dug out the entirety of my cassettes:



it was a dead format by the time I properly got into music so I only ever bought them years ago when I collected Spice Girls merchandise.

Posted by: DalekTurret32 1st August 2017, 05:55 AM

Spicy dish of cassette

Posted by: Emily Haines 1st August 2017, 06:08 PM

My first ever album was Now 36 on Cassette. The only cassette I've bought in the last 15 years was last year, Brand New - Leaked Demos. That's the only physical format it was released in.

Posted by: Steve201 1st August 2017, 08:29 PM

Don't think I've ever seen a cassette in a record store?!

Posted by: DalekTurret32 1st August 2017, 09:13 PM

I have!
My local indie store stocks a few sometimes.
The first one I saw was Death Cab For Cutie's Kitsungi

Posted by: Juranamo 3rd August 2017, 08:02 PM

My cassette collection consists of:

Feeder - Insomnia (1999)
Feeder - Yesterday Went Too Soon (1999)
Feeder - Paperfaces (1999)
Feeder - Seven Days in the Sun (2001)
Feeder - Turn (2001)
Feeder - Just a Day (2001)
Feeder - Borders (2012)
Ash - Cocoon (2015)

Feeder - Comfort in Sound (2002)
Feeder - All Bright Electric (2016)
Feeder - The Best Of (2017 on preorder)

I only purchase it from my favourite artists and don't even have a cassette player!

Posted by: DalekTurret32 4th August 2017, 08:38 AM

Wow! Lots of Feeder. The only physical Feeder release I have so far is the Suffocate purple 7-inch

Posted by: Juranamo 4th August 2017, 09:11 AM

Oh, I have a huge Feeder collection. The vast majority of their UK discography and some rarities/Japanese releases too!

Posted by: White Mustang 4th August 2017, 09:18 AM

I had so many when I was a child. No longer have them of course but I want this:

Posted by: BillyH 5th August 2017, 06:55 AM

The last time I saw a music cassette outside of charity shops was Christmas 2007, when WHSmith randomly had a few old copies of Now 58 on the format marked down to £3. I bought it for the novelty value and was odd hearing songs so recent on a tape!

I think cassette singles were quietly discontinued in about 2003, albums carrying on a bit longer.

Posted by: DalekTurret32 5th August 2017, 08:31 AM

Any vinyl by Feeder you have? Sorry if I go off-topic

Posted by: Juranamo 8th August 2017, 12:10 PM

UK CD Albums
Swim ECHCD9 1996
Polythene: Re-Release (V1) ECHCD19 1997
Yesterday Went Too Soon ECHCD28 1999
Yesterday Went Too Soon: Limited Edition ECHDD28 1999
Echo Park ECHCD34 2001
Echo Park (With Slipcase signed by Grant, Taka & Jon) ECHCD34 2001
Swim: Resurfaced ECHCD38 2001
Comfort In Sound ECHCD43 2002
Comfort In Sound (Limited Edition Slipcase) ECHCD43 2002
Comfort In Sound: Special CD & DVD Edition ECHDV43 2003
Pushing the Senses ECHCD60 2005
Pushing the Senses: Limited CD/DVD ECHDV60 2005
The Singles / The Videos ECHDV69 2006
Picture of Perfect Youth: Re-Release ECHCD52 2007
Silent Cry: Deluxe Edition ECHCX79 2008
Renegades: Deluxe Edition (Signed by Grant & Taka) BTMCDX004 2010
Generation Freakshow (Signed by Grant & Taka) BTMCD009 2012
All Bright Electric: Deluxe Edition (Signed by Grant & Taka) COOKCD651X 2016

UK 12" Albums
Swim ECHLP9 1996
Polythene ECHLP15 1997
Echo Park ECHLP34 2001
Comfort In Sound ECHLP43 2002
Picture of Perfect Youth ECHLP52 2004
Generation Freakshow BTMLP009 2012
Renegades + Generation Freakshow: Christmas Deluxe Bundle BTMLPX009 2012
All Bright Electric COOKLP651X 2016

UK Cassette Albums
Comfort In Sound ECHMC43 2002
All Bright Electric N/A 2016

UK CD Singles
Two Colours ECSCD13 1995
Stereo World ECSCD27 1996
Tangerine (CD2 - Signed by Grant, Taka & Jon) ECSCX32 1997
Cement (CD1) ECSCD36 1997
Cement (CD2) ECSCX36 1997
Crash (CD1) ECSCD42 1997
Crash (CD2) ECSCX42 1997
High (CD1) ECSCD44 1997
High (CD2) ECSCX44 1997
Suffocate (CD1) ECSCD52 1998
Suffocate (CD2) ECSCX52 1998
Day In Day Out (CD1) ECSCD75 1999
Day In Day Out (CD2) ECSCX75 1999
Insomnia (CD1) ECSCD77 1999
Insomnia (CD2) ECSCX77 1999
Yesterday Went Too Soon (CD1) ECSCD79 1999
Yesterday Went Too Soon (CD2) ECSCX79 1999
Paperfaces (CD1) ECSCD85 1999
Paperfaces (CD2) ECSCX85 1999
Buck Rogers (CD1) ECSCD106 2001
Buck Rogers (CD2) ECSCX106 2001
Seven Days In the Sun (CD1) ECSCD107 2001
Seven Days In the Sun (CD2) ECSCX107 2001
Turn (CD1) ECSCD116 2001
Turn (CD2) ECSCX116 2001
Just a Day E.P. (CD1) ECSCD121 2001
Just a Day E.P. (CD2) ECSCX121 2001
Come Back Around (CD1) ECSCD130 2002
Come Back Around (CD2) ECSCX130 2002
Just the Way I'm Feeling (CD1) ECSCD133 2003
Just the Way I'm Feeling (CD2) ECSCX133 2003
Forget About Tomorrow (CD1) ECSCD135 2003
Forget About Tomorrow (CD2) ECSCX135 2003
Find the Colour ECSCD145 2003
Comfort In Sound: The Arena Tour Edition ARENA01 2003
Tumble and Fall (CD1) ECSCD157 2005
Tumble and Fall (CD2) ECSCX157 2005
Feeling a Moment (CD1) ECSCD163 2005
Feeling a Moment (CD2) ECSCX163 2005
Pushing the Senses ECSCX173 2005
Shatter / Tender ECSCX180 2005
Lost & Found (Signed by Taka) ECSCX184 2006
Save Us ECSCD186 2006
We Are the People (Signed by Mark) ECSCD199 2008
Renegades EP1 BTMEP001 2010
Renegades EP2 BTMEP002 2010
Borders (Signed by Grant & Taka) BTMCD008 2012

UK 7" Singles
Two Colours ECS13 1995
Stereo World ECS27 1996
Tangerine ECS32 1997
Cement ECS36 1997
Crash ECS42 1997
Suffocate ECS52 1998
Day In Day Out ECS75 1999
Buck Rogers ECS106 2001
Seven Days In the Sun ECS107 2001
Turn ECS116 2001
Just a Day E.P. ECS121 2001
Find the Colour ECS145 2003
Tumble and Fall ECS157 2005
Feeling a Moment ECS163 2005
Pushing the Senses ECS173 2005
Shatter / Tender ECS180 2005
Lost & Found (Part 1 - Signed by Mark) ECS184 2006
Lost & Found (Part 2 - Signed by Grant) ECX184 2006
Save Us ECS186 2006
We Are the People (Part 1 - Signed by Grant) ECS199 2008
We Are the People (Part 2 - Signed bt Taka) ECX199 2008
Call Out (Signed by Grant, Taka & Karl) BTMVS003 2010
Renegades BTMVS005 2010
This Town / Down to the River BTMVS006 2010
Borders (Signed by Grant & Taka) BTMVS008 2012
Children of the Sun BTMVS011 2012
Idaho BTMVS012 2012
Forget About Tomorrow / Just the Way I'm Feeling BMGCATSV94 2017

UK Cassette Singles
Insomnia ECSMC77 1999
Yesterday Went Too Soon ECSMC79 1999
Paperfaces ECSMC85 1999
Seven Days In the Sun ECSMC107 2001
Turn ECSMC116 2001
Just a Day E.P. ECSMC121 2001
Borders (Signed by Grant & Taka) BTMCS008 2012

UK DVD Singles
Come Back Around ECSDV130 2002
Just the Way I'm Feeling ECSDV133 2003
Forget About Tomorrow ECSDV135 2003
Shatter / Tender ECSDV180 2005
Save Us ECSDV186 2006

Japan CD Albums
Polythene PCCY-01114 1997
Another Yesterday… PCCY-01439 2000
Echo Park PCCY-01498 2001

Japan CD Singles
High PCCY-01195 1997
Find the Colour PCCY-01644 2003
Feel It Again PCCY-80012 2005

International Releases
Comfort In Sound (Hong Kong) 2003
Piece By Piece 23 203853 2001

My full collection, excluding promo copies!

Posted by: ThePensmith 8th August 2017, 01:50 PM

I literally have next to nothing commercially released on cassette anymore. But for posterity, I shall list them here:

- Busted - You Said No (or Charlie's tape as it was known. Quite rare now due to the fact it contains a B-side not released on CD or download)
- All Saints - Under the Bridge / Lady Marmalade
- All Saints - Bootie Call
- All Saints - Pure Shores
- Appleton - Don't Worry
- Madonna - What It Feels Like for a Girl
- The Beautiful South - Blue is the Colour / Quench

I do however have a whole box of 'home recorded' cassette tapes dating back to as recently as 2007 when I abandoned the format. Largely consisting of interviews with bands I loved on different radio shows (and also a squeaky voiced 17 year old me talking to a local DJ from about 2006).

Posted by: Jay ☆ 8th August 2017, 08:15 PM

It seems to me that different labels phased out cassette albums & singles at different times (in the UK)!

A couple of examples: Virgin released Melanie C's single Here It Comes Again (February 2003) & the Reason album (March 2003) on cassette, but opted against a cassette for the singles On the Horizon (June 2003) and Melt/Yeh Yeh Yeh (November 2003). Whereas Girls Aloud's Polydor label issued cassettes for Sound of the Underground (single), No Good Advice, Life Got Cold and Jump (December 2002 through to November 2003), but didn't release their Sound of the Underground album on cassette (SOTU was released on CD only in May 2003). I'm pretty certain that Jump is the most recently released cassette single I own!

I agree that late 2003 seemed to be the final moment for cassette singles. Their phasing out seemed to directly coincide with the widespread introduction of "2-Track & Maxi" CD formats in January 2004? (I say "widespread" because Virgin/EMI seemed responsible for starting this, as early as summer 2003! Other labels such as Universal didn't get on board with this until 2004).

In regards to cassette albums, they certainly seemed to become far less widely available or issued in 2003, and possibly not around at all in 2004 (apart from compilations)?

I find it intriguing that modern albums are being released on cassette! I wouldn't have guessed they'd hold much retro appeal, but seemingly there is a niche market for them.

Posted by: ThePensmith 8th August 2017, 08:40 PM

Ah yes I forgot GA had their first four singles on cassette. Thank God their label saw sense to have 'Lights Music Camera Action' on the European CD single of 'Life Got Cold'.

Just interestingly as well. I was having a look on Busted's Discogs page a few weeks ago now. Whilst history records they were the last band to release a UK number one hit on cassette, it wasn't with 'Crashed the Wedding'. It was with 'Who's David' - only 100 copies were made available for pre-order so it's like the holy grail of rare releases by them! https://www.discogs.com/Busted-Whos-David/release/7871723

Posted by: Baytree 19th August 2017, 12:02 PM

A revival? Only weeks after I got rid of all of them all (apart from Darius of course). Typical!

Posted by: TheSarge2017 23rd August 2017, 04:54 PM

I still have hundreds of cassettes which I play in my car regularly, although I find as time goes by they start to break with increasing regularity (latest casualty was yesterday - Aerosmith's "Nine Lives" from 1997 - I was just thinking how it was 20 years old, when SNAAAPPPP)

Posted by: LadyLea 23rd August 2017, 05:11 PM

Didn't Feeder have the number 1 vinyl with "Borders"?. My other half is a huge fan and has everything they have released, bar a few white label pressings that are far too expensive for him!.

He's dragging me over to Chepstow for their homecoming gig this weekend, any excuse for a holiday!. It will be my first time seeing them and his 50th.

Nice band who also are doing their bit to try and create a niche collectors market for cassettes, like the one we have right now for vinyl.

He also likes Mansun and Paul Draper; he bought his album on cassette, vinyl and limited edition 3x CDs

Posted by: Mark. 26th August 2017, 09:57 PM

Have you seen this boombox? Looks very retro.
http://www.t3.com/news/quick-hit-a-company-has-just-released-a-cassette-player-in-2017

Posted by: Mark. 26th August 2017, 10:03 PM

I still have a few cassettes, the last one i bought would have been NOW 61

Posted by: DalekTurret32 2nd September 2017, 05:52 PM

Recent additions:

Elton John - The Very Best Of (double cassette)
Some rare Egyptian cassette I found in my parents' collection [It's like this, but with a different cover and possibly different artist (https://www.discogs.com/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D9%83/release/4102393)]
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Update: I managed to find it. It's تليفونك (Your Phone) by Jawaher.
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Bought from Oxfam:

Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Pixies - Surfer Rosa (Fun Fact: Yannis Philippakis of Foals mentioned this album as his 'modern classic' in the Q Magazine 30th Birthday Issue)
REM - Automatic For The People [yellow cassette]
Sonic Youth - Dirty
Wham! - The Final (double cassette with long case)
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing

Posted by: Juranamo 12th September 2017, 01:29 PM

Not sure about the vinyl #1, but they definitely got the year end and weekly cassette #1! I didn't make it to Chepstow, though I hear the set list was virtually the same as the ABE tour sets. I'm gonna order tickets for The Best Of tour tomorrow though, hope to hear some different tracks thrown in!

Posted by: Asmodeus 16th September 2017, 08:32 PM

I haven't played a cassette tape since about 2001. I don't miss the format at all.

Posted by: Diane12 4th October 2017, 08:12 AM

I don't think it'll grow to be a thing. Cassettes were an inferior format to other forms of recording such a vinyl. I really don't know why anyone would want to resurrect them

Posted by: Good Old Days 4th October 2017, 01:00 PM

I still have 30 cassettes for albums, which don't have on CD.
The most interesting are Shampoo - We Are Shampoo and Clea - Identity Crisis.

Posted by: Hide&Seek 10th October 2017, 06:42 PM

I used to have lots, but gave most to charity shops as I replaced them in CD.
I've kept some, and quite a few cassette singles that I'd find it harder to part with. I know I should part with them, as they're boxed away...but I've got rid of some before and then regretted it.
I had thought that cassette singles were a brand new thing in the 1990s - I'd never seen nor heard of them before, and then in the mid 90s, I bought some cassette singles from a car boot sale, that were from 1987. Just how far back to they go, I wonder ?

Posted by: dandyman* 🐝🐝 10th October 2017, 06:44 PM

According to Wiki... "Bow Wow Wow's "C·30 C·60 C·90 Go" was the first cassette single, released in the U.K. in 1980"

Posted by: Hide&Seek 11th October 2017, 05:09 PM

^^ oh my word, 1980 ?? And here was I thinking my '87 finds were one of the first. Not even close 1980, that's mad.
Thanks for looking it up.

Posted by: Dalek-xorcist32 13th October 2017, 11:43 PM

They also have Your Cassette Pet on yellow casette.
Might want to order that from Discogs after I equip a card.

Posted by: Dalek-xorcist32 13th October 2017, 11:45 PM

Recent purchases (from Oxfam shops):

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (European pressing)
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (Rough Trade issue)
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1993 reissue)
The Smiths - The World Won't Listen (1993 reissue)
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come (Rough Trade issue)
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
Pulp - His 'n' Hers


UPDATE: I doubled checked the Tom Waits cassette on the Discogs database. It wasn't a Polish pressing after all.

Posted by: bigwiglaf 22nd October 2017, 08:30 PM

Used to have about 100-125 cassettes at one point, but now have maybe 20, between both meself and mum...had a wide range, too, including ABBA, Big Country, Cheap Trick, Gordon Lightfoot, Jethro Tull, U2 and ZZ Top...now am down to about 6-7 Enya cassettes and a couple others. I'd have to go look to see what mum has. I also had a bunch of classical music and madrigal singers cassettes as well....

EDIT: I used to have a couple of different cassette players, but over the years sold them off in garage sales/jumbles....ja friend of mine has a contraption at home that he uses to swap vinyl and cassettes to cd and has a lot of those vinyl/cassettes on mp3/mp4 players as well as the cd format...

Posted by: DalekTurret32 21st November 2017, 10:58 PM

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/re-rewind-are-cassettes-the-new-vinyl-sales-of-the-once-defunct-format-more-than-double-in-2017__21025/

Guardians Of The Galaxy - Awesome Mix Volume 2 is the best selling cassette of the year.


I had a few chances to get LCD Soundsystem's American Dream on cassette. I kept saving it for later but by the time I was making the ultimate decision of getting it, my record store already sold out . I used the £10 I was going to spent on the cassette on a Breeders 7" and a Sugar cassette instead.

Posted by: SantaDalek32 8th December 2017, 08:48 AM

I recently got Candy Says' Kiss Kill single on blue cassette.

Posted by: lovejoy 8th December 2017, 09:08 PM

Don't have many cassette's but i remember them. Have this.

Seal II and Fly Like An Eagle (Space Jam)
Think i have Smiths singles as well ? My brother had Hatful Of Hollow on this format.
An old The Damned tape with Eloise on it

Posted by: DalekTurret32 25th February 2018, 12:36 AM

Added to my cassette collection:

The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow (1986 Rough Trade reissue)
The Levellers - Zeitgeist
Oasis - Be Here Now

Posted by: DalekTurret32 9th April 2018, 07:08 PM

Recently got:

The Land Girls - I Hope Somebody Sees Me (orange cassette single)
REM - Reckoning (cream cassette, at least that's what I thought it looked like)

Posted by: Shaky Fan 9th April 2018, 08:20 PM

They started to get more common around 1986/87. I remember buying things like Frankie's Warriors of The Wasteland, Westworld's Where The Action Is and a couple of Mantronix singles. At that time the track listings tended to mirror the 12" release. By 1989 it was becoming fairly common to find cassette versions of most releases.

Posted by: DalekTurret32 19th April 2018, 09:05 PM

Managed to get four cassettes from a charity shop for 25p each.

The Lemonheads - Come On Feel The Lemonheads (German pressing)
Deep Forest - Deep Forest (Dutch pressing)
George Benson - Exclusive Benson
Sting With Eric Clapton - It's Probably Me (From 'Lethal Weapon 3') [cassette single]

Posted by: Shaky Fan 21st April 2018, 08:16 PM

Just added AC/DC - Back In Black to my collection thanks to Record Store Day. And waiting for a signed copy of the new Chas & Dave album...

Posted by: DalekTurret32 20th May 2018, 05:01 PM

Bought a special edition cassette of ABBA's Gold Greatest Hits (1999 reissue with the members' signatures embossed in gold to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ABBA winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 for Sweden with "Waterloo") from an Oxfam shop for 99p along with a cassete of The Cranberries' No Need To Argue.

Posted by: Severin 20th May 2018, 11:10 PM

I bought a fair number of cassettes back in the 80s and early 90s. However, the absolute best things about tapes were that they were so much cheaper for bands to self-produce for sale at gigs and therefore I have a significant collection of releases by obscure/upcoming bands with tracks unavailable elsewhere or eventually released in radically different versions.
The 2nd things that was brilliant was going to see a band live and taking your trusty tape recorder with you to record that live show. OK so the quality wasn't perfect but 30 years later and computer software has caught up enough that with the right skills they can at best sound almost like a professional release, and at worst are a historical document of an otherwise forgotten event

Posted by: Shaky Fan 3rd June 2018, 08:33 PM

Rick Astley's new album will be available on cassette through the official store. Signed CDs also available.....

Posted by: DalekTurret32 6th June 2018, 12:18 PM

Lord Rickroll's back! YAY!
I remember a 2016 episode of Gogglebox where one of the people payed lots of money for a Rick Astley signed CD

Posted by: Shaky Fan 14th July 2018, 10:56 AM

Got Rick's album in the post this morning! And next week I'll be getting Now 1, To coincide with the CD release of Now 100 they're re-issuing the original album on CD, vinyl and cassette, though the latter only seems to be available through HMV!

Posted by: Shaky Fan 14th July 2018, 11:01 AM

HMV's cassette store...

https://store.hmv.com/music/cassette-tapes

Posted by: DalekTurret32 14th July 2018, 12:13 PM

The ones that interest me the most:

Now That's What I Call Music!
Both Guardians Of The Galaxy albums
The Force Awakens OST
Rick And Morty Soundtrack
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Posted by: Shaky Fan 5th August 2018, 10:24 AM

Upcoming cassette releases

24.08.18 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Gilbert O'Sullivan
07.09.18 Lenny Kravitz - Raise Vibration
26.10.18 Boy George & Culture Club - Life
02.11.18 Prodigy - No Tourists
23.11.18 Sountrack - The Rick and Morty Soundtrack

Posted by: lewistgreen 27th September 2018, 08:06 PM

I’ve pre-ordered The Prodigy today!

Also, the OCC published this a little while back...

Posted by: DalekTurret32 27th September 2018, 09:40 PM

Recent adds to my collection:

Neil Diamond - Jonathan Livingstone Seagull OST
Paul Weller - Stanley Road
Suede - Electricity [single]
Garbage - Version 2.0
The Pretenders - The Singles
Pink Floyd - A Collection Of Great Dance Songs (cream cassette)
George Harrison - Cloud Nine
Simply Red - Fairground [single]
Various Artists - The Magnificent Seven (1996 Melody Maker compilation featuring a Radiohead rarity)
Whitney Houston - The Preacher's Wife OST

Posted by: lewistgreen 27th September 2018, 09:45 PM

I'm going to have to head to my local charity shop this weekend to see what finds I can get!

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 29th September 2018, 04:41 PM

I pre-ordered my first cassette the other day! The 1975's A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships.

Posted by: Shaky Fan 3rd October 2018, 06:19 PM

Paul Heaton's Best of... is getting a cassette release. Signed copies available from the official store.

Posted by: Jay ☆ 3rd October 2018, 06:40 PM

Since this little revival I've bought:

Troye Sivan - Blue Neighbourhood
Kylie Minogue - Golden
Love, Simon (Original Soundtrack)
Ariana Grande - Sweetener

Next up: I've pre-ordered the special edition of Kylie's Golden!

Posted by: lewistgreen 3rd October 2018, 06:55 PM

I’m waiting for Kylie to become available again but just can’t get it anywhere without paying extortionate prices

Posted by: 28 Daleks Later 9th October 2018, 05:25 PM

Cassette Store Day will be coming this Saturday.


Releases I'm excited for:

Max Blansjaar - Spit It Out
The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
Spare Snare - Sounds

Posted by: Shaky Fan 25th October 2018, 06:44 PM

Is there a full release list?

Posted by: 28 Daleks Later 26th October 2018, 01:54 AM

I dunno! I think I stumbled upon one.
This day already happened a few weeks ago

Posted by: Crazy Chris 29th October 2018, 06:44 PM

Just purely as a matter of interest, how much do new release cassettes retail for? Just seen Golden on Amazon marketplace for £49!

Posted by: lewistscream 29th October 2018, 08:39 PM

Usually around £7 for a new release. Can be £10 or more for some! Golden is quite difficult to get at the moment so I’m not surprised it’s going for that price.

Posted by: Shaky Fan 1st November 2018, 07:42 PM

Rick Astley's was £5 plus £2 p&p on his official store. That's signed and including a download copy of the album as well.


The new Queen soundtrack album was £15 in HMV last week.

Posted by: DalekTurret32 9th November 2018, 03:16 PM

The new Prodigy album is available on cassette now

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 8th December 2018, 02:45 PM

The 1975's A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships sold 7,147 casettes in its first week - the highest since Now 52 in January 2002!

Posted by: Shaky Fan 29th December 2018, 10:59 PM

Take That's Odyssey is available from their online store as a double album.

Posted by: Shaky Fan 17th January 2019, 08:48 PM

Bryan Adams - Shine A Light released on 1st March

Posted by: Shaky Fan 1st March 2019, 09:47 PM

Emma Bunton's new album is available on both pink cassette and blue cassette from her store.

https://emmabunton.tmstor.es/index.php?page=products&section=all

Posted by: DalekTurret32 23rd April 2019, 01:06 PM

Recently added Talking Heads' Fear Of Music and Ian Dury's New Boots And Panties to my collection.
Played them last week, and both of them were fantastic albums.

Posted by: Shaky Fan 30th June 2019, 06:56 PM

Just waiting for Kylie's Step Back In Time to arrive! 5 different colours to choose from....

And Bjork's back catalogue have all been released on coloured cassettes as well.

Posted by: ___∆___ 3rd July 2019, 07:54 PM

I used to buy a lot of cassette singles back in the day.

Since the reintroduction of them I have the 8 that Kylie has released - all unopened in my collection.

Posted by: Shaky Fan 5th July 2019, 08:37 PM

Lighthouse Family's new album released on double cassette today - first tape is the new album and second one is all the hits.

Posted by: pippa 11th July 2019, 05:52 PM

They dont appear an act that would sell much on cassette.

Posted by: Polly Planturret 16th September 2019, 10:57 PM

Guess who managed to get a white cassette of The 1975's Brief Inquiry album from a charity shop for a really low price?
I also managed to add NOW 22 and NOW 23 to my cute collection of cassettes.

Posted by: Polly Planturret 23rd September 2019, 02:57 PM

Cassette Store Day is coming on the 12th of October, with a couple of exclusives being pressed for this special event. https://thevinylfactory.com/news/cassette-store-day-2019-exclusives/

The ones I'm interested in:

Basil Kirchin - Deja Vu
EB - Rodeo Queen
Max Blansjaar - Fantasy Living
Menace Beach and The ESP - Slo-Mo-Shun
Pip Blom - Boat
The The - See Without Being Seen

Posted by: DalekTethered32 20th October 2019, 04:40 PM

Managed to get a Stevie Wonder promo cassette from a British Heart Foundation shop, along with Pet Shop Boys' Actually and Joni Mitchell's Hejira.

Posted by: Jay ☆ 7th March 2020, 10:28 PM

My collection of modern cassettes -

I have to be honest - in terms of playing music, cassettes are redundant to me... my cassette player is stored away in the attic, but even if I had it set up I doubt I'd want to play them. I think this purely comes down to nostalgia; cassettes were how I consumed music when I was a child, before my parents upgraded to CDs. Weirdly I find them to be quite cute looking items. Maybe I shouldn't try and justify it and just hold my hands up and admit that I waste some of my money

Albums
Ariana Grande - Sweetener (2018)
Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)
Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated (2019)
Emma Bunton - My Happy Place [Blue] (2019)
Emma Bunton - My Happy Place [Pink] (2019)
Jonas Brothers - Happiness Begins [Nick Jonas Version] (2019)
Kylie Minogue - Golden [Black Spools] (2018)
Kylie Minogue - Golden [Yellow Spools] (2018)
Kylie Minogue - Golden [Collector's Edition] (2018)
Kylie Minogue - Golden [Christmas Collector's Edition] (2018)
Louise - Heavy Love [Silver Glitter] (2020)
Taylor Swift - Lover (2019)
Troye Sivan - Blue Neighbourhood (2016)
Various Artists - Love, Simon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Red - US] (2018)

Singles
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You [Red - US] (2019)
Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You [Pink - US] (2019)

Posted by: ___∆___ 28th March 2020, 12:13 PM

Cassettes are being used as a tool now to secure high platings in album charts just like they were years ago for the singles chart - 5SOS are doing a bundle of 4 cassettes, CD, poster and voice note for £27, Dua Lipa done a 3 cassette bundle plus singed photo for £11. I actually really like cassettes first artists that I collect - I just wish if they were going to push multiple copies on us they would make them a bit different?

Posted by: Shaky Fan 29th March 2020, 11:33 AM

I wanted the Robbie Williams Christmas album on CD (signed) and cassette. The only way to get them was as part of a bundle which contained 2 different coloured cassettes. Most people would have been happy with one cassette but this way they make 3 sales.

I've noticed that sometimes you get a download of the album when you buy the cassette in which case it's cheaper to buy that than pay directly for the download or buying the CD (I tend to rip CDs'onto my pc and put them away).

Posted by: pippa 25th April 2020, 04:12 PM

I think the interest in cassettes will be short lived.
People don't even play once purchased.

Posted by: ___∆___ 25th April 2020, 05:35 PM

I’m not so sure, they appear to be getting cheaper and a tool to secure multiple purchases and boost chart positions - also they are appearing for singles now too.

HRVY and The Weeknd both released cassette singles and EVERYONE is doing cassettes and cassette bundles for albums now - often selling 3 for around £10-12 which is a good boost for sales, they are pointless but I guess they get the fans collecting and buying.

Posted by: Bjork 25th April 2020, 06:28 PM

it's nice for collectors, the revival is been going on for a quite a while now

Posted by: Juranamo 25th April 2020, 06:40 PM

Maybe it won't be long until we see a boombox (very American, but seems the most appropriate name to call it) revival, much like turntables received and upsurge in sales...

Posted by: dandy* 25th April 2020, 06:41 PM

Haven't bought one since about 1993. I really don't see the appeal in them at all.

Posted by: Steve201 25th April 2020, 06:47 PM

What's a boombox?

Posted by: ___∆___ 25th April 2020, 08:12 PM

Urban Outfitters have sold turntables for a while but they have just added a cassette player/Walkman to their range.

Posted by: lewistgreen 10th May 2020, 04:30 PM

I bought https://www.urbanoutfitters.com/en-gb/shop/clear-cassette-player about 3 years ago and regretted it immediately, the playback quality on it was shocking. Hope the new one is better.

Posted by: lewistgreen 21st July 2020, 05:02 PM

From OCC

Loving this continued surge/revival success

Posted by: Jay❄ 7th April 2021, 11:21 AM

I'm always a little bemused at myself when I feel like buying a cassette! I don't play them, but given that it is the first format I ever consumed music from, they have nostalgic appeal for me. I think of them as being "cute" items lol.

Here's my updated collection of modern cassettes (all bar one of them are releases from 2018 to 2021). Almost all of them are European releases, but some are USA. I've included all the colours of the cassette shells.

Albums
Ariana Grande - Positions [Frosted Ice White] (2020)
Ariana Grande - Sweetener [Clear] (2018)
Ariana Grande - thank u, next [Black] (2019)
Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated [White (with Grey sticker)] (2019)
Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated Side B [Standard - Grey] (2020)
Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated Side B [Purple] (2020)
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia [Blue] (2020)
Emma Bunton - My Happy Place [Blue] (2019)
Emma Bunton - My Happy Place [Pink] (2019)
Jonas Brothers - Happiness Begins [Pink - Nick Jonas Version] (2019)
Katy Perry - Smile [Blue] (2020)
Kylie Minogue - DISCO [Standard - Blue] (2020)
Kylie Minogue - DISCO [Clear (with Red/Blue sticker)] (2020)
Kylie Minogue - DISCO [Double Cassette - Blue] (2020)
Kylie Minogue - Golden [Gold Glitter with Black Spools] (2018)
Kylie Minogue - Golden [Gold Glitter with Yellow Spools] (2018)
Kylie Minogue - Golden [Collector's Edition - Clear (with Gold strip)] (2018)
Kylie Minogue - Golden [Christmas Collector's Edition - Silver Glitter] (2018)
Lady Gaga - Chromatica [Pink] (2020)
Louise - Heavy Love [Silver Glitter] (2020)
Nick Jonas - Spaceman [Clear] (2021)
Melanie C - Melanie C [White] (2020)
Steps - What the Future Holds [Standard - Clear - Group Cover] (2020)
Taylor Swift - Lover [Clear (with Black strip)] (2019)
Troye Sivan - Blue Neighbourhood [Blue] (2016)
Troye Sivan - In a Dream [Clear] (2020)
Various Artists - Love, Simon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Red - USA] (2018)

Singles
Jonas Brothers - What a Man Gotta Do [Gold - Nick Jonas Version - USA] (2020)
Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - Rain on Me [White - USA] (2020)
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You [Red - USA] (2019)
Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You [Pink - USA] (2019)

Posted by: JosephStyles 9th April 2021, 10:55 PM

My collection!

Albums
5 Seconds of Summer - CALM [Ashton edition]
5 Seconds of Summer - CALM [Calum edition]
5 Seconds of Summer - CALM [Luke edition]
5 Seconds of Summer - CALM [Michael edition]
5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood
Ariana Grande - Sweetener
Ariana Grande - thank u, next
Conan Gray - Kid Krow
Declan McKenna - Zeros [black]
Declan McKenna - Zeros [grey]
Demi Lovato - Dancing With the Devil…The Art of Starting Over [artwork #1]
Demi Lovato - Dancing With the Devil…The Art of Starting Over [artwork #2]
Demi Lovato - Dancing With the Devil…The Art of Starting Over [artwork #3]
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia [red]
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia [blue]
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia [green]
Ellie Goulding - Brightest Blue
Emma Bunton - My Happy Place
Harry Styles - Fine Line [version 1]
Harry Styles - Fine Line [version 2]
Harry Styles - Fine Line [3x cassette collection including versions 1, 2 and an exclusive 3rd]
Justin Bieber - Justice [red]
Justin Bieber - Justice [blue]
Justin Bieber - Justice [green]
Katy Perry - Smile
Kylie Minogue - Golden
Kylie Minogue - Golden [gold collectors' edition]
Louise - Heavy Love [standard]
Louise - Heavy Love [deluxe]
Melanie C - Melanie C
The Vamps - Cherry Blossom
The Vamps - Cherry Blossom [alternative artwork #1]
The Vamps - Cherry Blossom [alternative artwork #2]
The Vamps - Cherry Blossom [alternative artwork #3]
The Vamps - Night & Day (Day Edition)
Troye Sivan - In a Dream - EP
Various Artists - Love, Simon
Why Don't We - The Good Times and the Bad Ones [white]
Why Don't We - The Good Times and the Bad Ones [black]
Why Don't We - The Good Times and the Bad Ones [orange]
Years & Years - Palo Santo

Singles
Ariana Grande - 7 rings
Ariana Grande - break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored
Atomic Kitten - The Last Goodbye / Be With You
Britney Spears - I'm a Slave 4 U
Britney Spears feat. Pharrell Williams - Boys
Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar
Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - Rain On Me
Rachel Stevens - Sweet Dreams My LA Ex
S Club - Alive
S Club - Say Goodbye / Love Ain't Gonna Wait For You
S Club 7 - Bring It All Back
S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin'
S Club 7 - Have You Ever
S Club 7 - Natural
S Club 7 - Never Had a Dream Come True
S Club 7 - Reach
S Club 7 - S Club Party
S Club 7 - Two in a Million / You're My Number One
S Club 7 - You
S Club 8 - Fool No More
S Club Juniors - Automatic High
S Club Juniors - New Direction
S Club Juniors - One Step Closer
S Club Juniors - Puppy Love / Sleigh Ride
Sugababes - Shape

Posted by: Jay❄ 10th April 2021, 12:20 PM

Fab collection Joseph *.* Today I add the purple cassette of Demi's new album to my collection!

Posted by: Bré 10th April 2021, 08:30 PM

I have just purchased a cassette for the first time ever I plan to donate it to Jade's collection whenever we're able to meet up again but still x

(picked up a cassette of the new BROCKHAMPTON album because they haven't announced a vinyl yet so thought I'd ensure the Brade combined household have at least some physical version of it just in case there ends up not being a vinyl )

Posted by: My Random Music 11th April 2021, 08:56 PM

In the year 2000 my local Our Price at the time turned into a V Shop and did away with cassettes completely. I used to have hundreds of cassettes which were mostly rave tape packs. I ended up getting rid of my non-tape pack cassettes and buying on CD. Then I converted my tape pack cassettes to MP3, I was going to keep the tape packs but got so irritated playing them when converting I decided to sell them on Ebay instead. Only made around £1 or £2 per pack but managed to sell them all, unfortunately Fantazia bought some of them and they were selling old tape packs on their website for ridiculous prices.

Posted by: -Jay- 6th July 2021, 05:00 PM

If anyone here is interested in the Queen Greatest Hits cassettes, the individual member versions are currently £5 each:

https://www.queenonlinestore.com/Queen/The-Greatest/Greatest-Hits-Collectors-Edition-Brian-Cover-Transparent-Pink/6Z6215N223O

https://www.queenonlinestore.com/Queen/The-Greatest/Greatest-Hits-Collectors-Edition-Freddie-Cover-Frosted-Aqua/6Z6E15N223O

https://www.queenonlinestore.com/Queen/The-Greatest/Greatest-Hits-Collectors-Edition-John-Cover-Transparent-Blue/6Z6I15N223O

https://www.queenonlinestore.com/Queen/The-Greatest/Greatest-Hits-Collectors-Edition-Roger-Cover-Transparent-Green/6Z5Y15N223O

Or £16 for all four:

https://www.queenonlinestore.com/Queen/*/Greatest-Hits-Collectors-Edition-Set/6Z6S000023O

Posted by: BillyH 31st August 2021, 08:38 AM

I sold my copies of Now 53 and 58 on cassette last summer on eBay and was genuinely shocked by how much they went for after some bidding wars - one for £28 and one for £41!!

One was bought in WHSmith in 2007 for £3 (the last time I saw cassettes on sale for years) and the other cost just 30p at a car boot sale in 2008, so that was a heck of a profit! Presumably the 2000s releases are quite sought after as there can’t be many of them.

Posted by: lewistgreen 12th February 2023, 12:59 PM

Does anyone still buy any cassettes? I really want to get myself a new player

Out this week
Paramore - This Is Why
You Me At Six - Truth Decay

Coming soon
Inhaler - Cuts & Bruises [17/02]
P!nk - TRUSTFALL [17/02]
Callum Beattie - Vandals [24/02]
Gorillaz - Cracker Island [24/02]
Logic - College Park [24/02]
De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising [03/03]
Mimi Webb - Amelia [03/03]
Sigala - Every Cloud [03/03]
Slowthai - UGLY [03/03]
Tide Lines - An Ocean Full Of Islands [03/03]
Sleaford Mods - UK GRIM [10/03]
All Time Low - Tell Me I'm Alive [17/03]
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - V [17/03]
U2 - Songs Of Surrender [17/03]
Depeche Mode - Memento Mori [24/03]
Ellie Goulding - Higher Than Heaven [24/03]
Fall Out Boy - So Much (For) Stardust [24/03]
Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd [24/03]
Luke Combs - Gettin' Old [24/03]
DMA’S - How Many Dreams? [31/03]
Daughter - Stereo Mind Game [07/04]
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You [14/04]
Metallica - 72 Seasons [14/04]
Temples - Exotico [14/04]
Enter Shikari - A Kiss For The Whole World [21/04]
Jessie Ware - That! Feels Good! [28/04]
Lucy Spraggan - Balance [28/04]
Skerryvore - Tempus [28/04]
Freya Ridings - Blood Orange [05/05]
Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent [19/05]
Arlo Parks - My Soft Machine [26/05]
Lola Young - My Mind Wanders And Sometimes Leaves Completely [26/05]
Jake Shears - Last Man Dancing [02/06]
Louise - Greatest Hits [02/06]
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Announce - Council Skies [02/06]
Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Hana [02/06]
Tom Grennan - What Ifs & Maybes [09/06]
Gabriels - Angels & Queens [16/06]

Posted by: Y'all Starlight 12th February 2023, 01:27 PM

I have two Cassestes:

The Weeknd - Dawn FM
The 1975 - Being Funny In A Foreign Language

They don't appeal to me like Vinyls or Cds but still they do sound good!

Posted by: conorw 12th February 2023, 02:56 PM

I have some cassettes, mainly for the collection as the cassette bit of my cd player is broken. if theres a cd/cassette bundle ill normally grab it, and im trying to get a variety of different colours too as i'd like to eventualy make a little display (maybe 4x4 cassettes frame?)

the ones i have:
Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear [yellow]
Avril Lavigne - Love Sux [black]
Tate McRae - i used to think i could fly [transparent dark blue]
Mimi Webb - Seven Shades of Heartbreak [transparent clear]
Taylor Swift - Midnights [transparent turquoise]
Mabel - About Last Night... [pink]
Camila Cabello - Familia [orange]
Dylan - The Greatest Thing I'll Never Learn [red]
Ella Hederson - Everytghing I Didn't Say [purple]
Becky Hill - Only Honest On The Weekend [transparent turquoise]
Rina Sawayama - Hold The Gril [red]
Ed Sheeran - = [red, paint splattered]