they get a bit more money. i decided to seek out some old tapes at my parents house, with mixed results. this is the jam, can t go wrong with that, still good, stand by that one. this was the first album i ever got rick astley, 1987. how much would you buy that for? damaged box. er, damaged, i ll give you a couple of quid. if it was better i d give you more. sentimental value i probably won t part with it. then it went on to the london boys in 1989. but should you wish to revisit questionable old musical choices, they ve got the equipment to hear it. i feel like when you own a cassette and you can listen to it many times, you really appreciate what s in the cassette and the music. i feel like that now, having rediscovered my london boys cassette! the tape revival s certainly a curiosity. i think it s quite good. i like all the record - shops and cassette tapes, i think it s really interesting. do you remember cassettes? yeah. yes, yeah. i had the spice girls on cassette. did you?
for low level chart recording piracy in the 80s. the first new entry on this week s chart is at number| two the rick astley when i fall in love. i what s number one? and for the fifth week. sound cuts out. 0h. ..new entry at. number39. see? things like that could happen you could make mistakes taping over things. not forgetting this. well, we ve all had this nightmare, haven t we? we spend hours trying to get it in, then it go in too baggy. but it s not putting off big bands from releasing cassettes. soon as the cassette revival, big record labels as well, like universal records, have starting to release in tape again and this is from a big record label it s a manchester band called blossoms, from stockport, and they ve sent the copies. all of which has given me confidence to play that london boys cassette one last time. # you re the love of my life. # my life, my life. # i won t let you go now. ian haslam, bbc news.
hot on the heels of the vinyl revival is the cassette comeback. cassette tape sales are actually estimated to have doubled last year compared to 2019. ian haslam s been looking into the retro format s unlikely resurrection. music: pass the dutchie by musical youth. forget 21st century streaming. in this part of central manchester it s all about cassette tapes if you can find something to play it on, that is. # pass the dutchie pon the left hand side. basically, we started as a record label and, as a record label starting out, we didn t have a lot of money, so we found the best physical format was cassette tape and that kind
damaged box. er, damaged, i ll give you a couple of quid. if it was better i d give you more. sentimental value i probably won t part with it. then it went on to the london boys in 1989. but should you wish to revisit questionable old musical choices, they ve got the equipment to hear it. i feel like when you own a cassette and you can listen to it many times, you really appreciate what s in the cassette and the music. i feel like that now, having rediscovered my london boys cassette! the tape revival s certainly a curiosity. i think it s quite good. i like all the record shops and cassette tapes, i think it s really interesting. do you remember cassettes? yeah. yes, yeah. i had the spice girls on cassette. did you? s club seven. it s kind of like records, i guess. it s, like, nostalgic, as well, isn t it? some, like me, used tapes for low level chart recording piracy in the 80s. the first new entry on this week s chart is at number two - rick astley, when i fall in love. what s n
this was the first album i ever got rick astley, 1987. how much would you buy that for? damaged box. er, damaged, i ll give you a couple of quid. if it was better i d give you more. sentimental value i probably won t part with it. then it went on to the london boys in 1989. but should you wish to revisit questionable old musical choices, they ve got the equipment to hear it. i feel like when you own a cassette and you can listen to it many times, you really appreciate what s in the cassette and the music. i feel like that now, having rediscovered my london boys cassette! the tape revival s certainly a curiosity. i think it s quite good. i like all the record - shops and cassette tapes, i think it s really interesting. do you remember cassettes? yeah. yes, yeah. i had the spice girls on cassette. did you? s club 7. it s kind of like records, i guess. it s, like, nostalgic, as well, isn t it? some, like me, used tapes for low level chart recording piracy in the 805. the first new en