THE AUDIO TAPE PEOPLE

NEW CASSETTE SHELLS We've got five new cassette shells to share with you...all these are now available to order with your release (please check lead-times when requesting one of these new shell colours); Transparent Neon Pink Transparent Brown (with black liner) Solid Colour Slate Grey Dual Colour Dark Green/Pink Dual Colour Light Green/Pink CASSETTE TAPE You may of seen some recent press regarding a shortage of cassette tape due to a supply issue with one of the raw material

If you were eagerly awaiting the BIG announcement yesterday from the Cassette Store Day Team, you would of been duly rewarded with the knowledge that there will be 59 releases landing on the 12th of October 2019...and here's the confirmed UK list... Alessio Peck – Canzonette -(Freakout Records) Analog Nightmare - Too Stoned To Care - (Holy Grail Records) Analogue Electronic Whatever - More Right Than Wobble - (Beetawave Records) Basil Kirchin - Déjà vu - (Freetownway) Bdrmm -

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