When streaming began to dominate music consumption, many industry insiders believed all physical forms of media would soon die out, but it appears that vinyl wasn’t the only format to prove these people wrong, and that cassette tapes have see something of a renaissance of late. _______________________ Guest post by…
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Discogs Analysis Shows Continued Vinyl, Cassette Growth
Discogs has released their 2018 Mid-Year Marketplace Analysis & Database Highlights. The report emphasizes physical musical sales for both catalog and new releases, comparing them to broader industry stats from Neilson. The Discogs Mid-Year Marketplace Analysis compares data from the Nielsen Music Mid-Year Report offering a unique comparison of Nielson’s…
Are Cassettes the New Vinyl? The Latest Shocking Sales…
Once upon a time, vinyl was pronounced dead. A few years later, the same thing happened for cassettes. Are both formats now roaring back? Of course, cassettes will never make a comeback. Just like vinyl would never make a comeback. But last year, sales of vinyl LPs and EPs reached reached a 25-year high. But […]
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