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From Cylinders to Streaming

Twenty Thousand Hertz

CHAPTER

The History of the Cassette Tape

Cassettes were introduced back in the early 60s by Dutch company Philips. For a long time, cassettes were simply too expensive to compete with 8-tracks. By the 80s, it was finally the cassette's time to shine.

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