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Cassette tapes are making a comeback. Yes, really

By Peter Hoar, Senior Lecturer, School of Communications Studies, Auckland University of Technology

For a supposedly obsolete music format, audio cassette sales seem to be set on fast forward at the moment.

Cassettes are fragile, inconvenient and relatively low-quality in the sound they produce – yet we’re increasingly seeing them issued by major artists.

Is it simply a case of nostalgia?

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The cassette format had its heyday during the mid-1980s, when tens of millions were sold each year.

However, the…

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