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Fair, but didn't that change once CD players showed up in cars? Some people were certainly buying up loads of tapes (but they did wear out, so some repeats?)
by ska 3y ago
Fair, but didn't that change once CD players showed up in cars? Some people were certainly buying up loads of tapes (but they did wear out, so some repeats?)
- ghaff 3y agoThis suggests that cassettes were never a hugely important medium--maybe in the 80s for a while for the reason you suggest? https://www.statista.com/chart/17244/us-music-revenue-by-format/ https://www.statista.com/chart/17244/us-music-revenue-by-for... Another chart is this one but it's hard to parse. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/music-industry-revenues-by-format/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/music-industry-revenues-by-... In any case, pre-recorded cassettes were always a pretty small part of the mix.
- ska 3y agointeresting!