It was a way to share your musical experiences': why cassette tapes flourished, and still endure, Cassette tape
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Two new books explore the history of the tape and how it helped spread hip-hop, thrash metal and experimental music around the world one mixtape at a time
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How an Uvalde, Texas High School Mariachi Team Triumphed
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I spent the last two weeks researching and making endless cassette loop tapes and this is what I learned.
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The rise and renaissance of the cassette tape
The Empowering Style of Cassette Tapes, by Clive Thompson
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Celestial Forms and Stories - John Aylward & Klangforum Wien, Catalogue
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Mix tape, anyone? The cassette turns 50
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It was a way to share your musical experiences': why cassette tapes flourished, and still endure, Cassette tape
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Cassette Tape Technology and Its Impacts on U.S. Culture, by S. Murdy
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Cassette sound distorted and wonky? batteries are fresh so not sure what the problem is : r/cassetteculture
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Forget copyright! We've always stolen music
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The rise and renaissance of the cassette tape
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It was a way to share your musical experiences': why cassette tapes flourished, and still endure, Cassette tape
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Cassette Tape Technology and Its Impacts on U.S. Culture, by S. Murdy
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New Order - Substance Cassette Tape - 1987 Qwest Records - Vintage Analog Post Punk Dance Music
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Cassette Tapes Are Back -- But It's Not About the Music - Bloomberg