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Subject: When did casettes first outsell vinyl?
Written By: Full_House_Fan on 03/03/05 at 6:14 pm
I'd guess about 1985.
Subject: Re: When did casettes first outsell vinyl?
Written By: ktelqueen on 03/03/05 at 6:45 pm
i think you're pretty close,Mike :)
Subject: Re: When did casettes first outsell vinyl?
Written By: JamieMcBain on 03/03/05 at 7:02 pm
1985 or 1986, around that point.
Subject: Re: When did casettes first outsell vinyl?
Written By: AchtungBaby on 03/03/05 at 7:24 pm
I agree - I know I stopped buying LP's at that time.
Subject: Re: When did casettes first outsell vinyl?
Written By: Full_House_Fan on 03/03/05 at 8:39 pm
Off topic, but CDs began to outsell cassettes in 1993 right?
Subject: Re: When did casettes first outsell vinyl?
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 03/03/05 at 9:19 pm
ya...i remember in the mid to late 80's....those cassette singles became pretty popular....instead of buying the whole tape you could purchase just the single.
Erin :)
Subject: Re: When did casettes first outsell vinyl?
Written By: JamieMcBain on 03/03/05 at 10:41 pm
ya...i remember in the mid to late 80's....those cassette singles became pretty popular....instead of buying the whole tape you could purchase just the single.
Erin :)
How long where they around are for?
Subject: Re: When did casettes first outsell vinyl?
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 03/03/05 at 11:05 pm
How long where they around are for?
um.....they were pretty popular into the 90's....and then when CD's became popular...that's when they started offering CD singles...which I think are a complete rip-off because at times they weren't much less money than buying the entire CD.
Erin :)
Subject: Re: When did casettes first outsell vinyl?
Written By: ElDuderino on 03/03/05 at 11:07 pm
I prefer records over CDs. The only draw back is that you can't play them in the car and stuff. My uncle is going to give me his album collection(over 5,000). 8) Plus there is still music being put on vinyl its just harder to find. Also new prints of albums put out during the 'vinyl era' are still made every year.
Subject: Re: When did casettes first outsell vinyl?
Written By: Dave Brown on 03/04/05 at 3:27 am
I prefer records over CDs. The only draw back is that you can't play them in the car and stuff. My uncle is going to give me his album collection(over 5,000). 8) Plus there is still music being put on vinyl its just harder to find. Also new prints of albums put out during the 'vinyl era' are still made every year.
You can listen to records in the car....If you put them on to tape that is.
Subject: Re: When did casettes first outsell vinyl?
Written By: sputnikcorp on 03/04/05 at 7:54 am
i remember my local music store stop selling records in '92.
Subject: Re: When did casettes first outsell vinyl?
Written By: JohnTaylorsHeart on 03/04/05 at 8:24 am
Off topic, but CDs began to outsell cassettes in 1993 right?
Cd's are better because they last longer.
Subject: Re: When did casettes first outsell vinyl?
Written By: 90s boy on 03/04/05 at 4:00 pm
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Subject: Re: When did casettes first outsell vinyl?
Written By: Dinkadoo on 03/04/05 at 5:35 pm
When people got cheap.
You know what's a good prank to play, if you're careful, open up the shell of one cassette and put in the spool of another :)
"What? This isn't Prince! It's HOOTIE!". :D