The reason you wouldn't do it with a normal cassette is that there's a side A and a side B. You could reorder one side with enough time and skill, but the other

The reason you wouldn't do it with a normal cassette is that there's a side A and a side B. You could reorder one side with enough time and skill, but the other side would now be screwed up. Maybe you could develop a taste for songs that are all about the same length and/or put a lot of buffer between songs, and then this would kinda sorta work. The other reason is that cassettes sound like shit, even if you have metal tape and a Nakamichi Dragon.