THE AUDIO TAPE PEOPLE

We've just finished updating this site with four new links to give noise to the ever expanding range of cassette shell colours. You can view these links by clicking here. You'll that there is a wealth of colour options - and in some cases the option to have no colour whatsoever! - but lets keep focused on colour for the purposes of this post :) As the cassette tape continues to be used to get music in the hands of fans, music discoverers and music lovers, there is more focus

The cassette has been a central part of our duplication business since we began trading in 2008. Media Duplication Ltd brought together all of the collective experience from three people that have spent all of their careers in the audio/visual duplication industry. And the three stalwart media formats (Cassette, CD and DVD) of our business remain as popular today as when they were launched. In early 2017 we recognised that Cassette really needed its own home and its own voi

One of the most pleasurable parts of our job is seeing the cassette used for one of its best traits; getting new music in the hands of music lovers... With Cassette Store Day 2017 now a wrap, it was heart warming to see that globally, the cassette is still as popular as any other physical format. Around the world music makers got their music in the hands of people that love to discover something new. And rather than the cassette being something of a novelty, actually, its tak

Fame (1980) An iconic moment in this film, and one that the cassette had to have been made for. It was the done thing of the time...pop a cassette in your car stereo, windows down, doors open and hey presto; a mobile disco. A bit of Trivia for you...when this scene was filmed, the music they are actually dancing to is Hot Stuff by Donna Summer. The Irene Cara Fame track was not completed during the movie filming and so had to be edited in during post production...(note that s

Sing Street (2016) Two great audio tape moments in this movie feature the two principals of the film; Cosmo, played by Ferdia Walsh and Raphina played by Lucy Bonyton. Both scenes are a perfect representation of how audio tape was the vehicle for getting new music in the hands of potential fans. And a way for the love stricken to convey their affection through music. Cosmo hands Raphina a demo cassette of 'Riddle of The Model' to encourage her participation in the recording o