Subj : Tapes
To   : Accession
From : Blue White
Date : Fri May 24 2024 03:18:10

 >  Av> As an aside I saw a clip on YouTube tonight, it was a CBS news
 > story about
 >  Av> the resurgence of cassette tape sales in the USA, big upswing in
 > sales to
 >  Av> Gen Z since 2015... it was about 5 mins long and an interest
 > watch.
 > 
 > Really? I'm in the USA, and haven't seen a cassette tape since I was a
 > kid. :)
 
I wonder if it is a nostalgia thing where the Gen Z kids find their
parents old cassettes & players and then start wanting some of their own.

In the late 1980s, I for a brief while got back into 8-tracks.  Not so
much because I thought they were better (by any means!) but because I
still my parents' working player, that I could plug into my stereo, and
could find the tapes at garage sales, flea markets, etc., for 25-50 cents
vs. $12-15 for the CD.

More recently, I have purchased old albums for between 50 cents and $2
from a local flea market store vs. more expensive CDs.  Then again, they
are mostly CDs I'd not gone looking for otherwise so I probably wasn't
saving as much $$$ as I thought.  ;)


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