Interesting, but I only have a very small not very good sounding cassette
player left, and don't have my big stereo with the amp and speakers anymore.
Sandy
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Subject: [ourplace] Music cassettes make a comeback
Who would have thought music cassettes would make a resurgance?
Linda G.
Music cassettes make a comeback
Bruce DeMara
The Toronto Star
<http://newspapers.web.ca/news/nr/en/The%20Toronto%20Star> , Oct. 8, 2016
Have you saved all those mix tapes you made in the '80s and '90s? This is
your day for vindication.
Toronto's Dupe Shop, a store specializing in cassettes, is celebrating its
grand opening Saturday, timed to the fourth annual International Cassette
Store Day.
"We are going to be selling pretty much exclusively cassettes," said Malin
Johnson, manager of the shop at 1185 Bloor St. W. near Brock Ave., which
promises a big selection and even a DIY station for customers to make their
own mix tapes.
"Not only do we have local labels, but we have international labels
represented here and we're getting more and more stuff in by the day.
But we also have a pretty good selection of new old-stock," Johnson said,
noting the store is well-stocked with 1990s rock bands such as the Red Hot
Chili Peppers, Guns 'n' Roses and Oasis.
"We kind of want to make this a hub for cassette culture. It's kind of a
cool, eclectic mix we're creating," Johnson said.
The Dupe Shop is one of two local outlets participating in Cassette Store
Day, which recognizes the unlikely, small-scale resurgence of the obsolete
analog music format.
"When I first opened the store (last year), I only had about a dozen
cassettes out at a time. Then it was two dozen. I was mostly stocking
'90s-era bands, albums that are harder to find on vinyl now and usually
expensive," said Cal MacLean, owner of Shortstack Records at 256A Queen St.
W., the other location celebrating the humble cassette on Saturday.
"But people always asked if we had more tapes. So I've been building a
larger inventory to put out for Cassette Store Day that will include classic
rock, heavy metal, hip-hop and some other genres," he said.
To MacLean, the mix tape is what set the cassette format apart.
"It really meant something to make one for someone, choose the songs and
sequence them, make the artwork. So I think cassettes are really rooted in
that personal experience in a way that digital formats have had a hard time
recreating," he said.
Price will also be a draw on Saturday, since most cassette tapes at
Shortstack sell for $5.
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