What is a Cassette Tape?
Audio cassette tapes are a type of music media sold in cassette form, with magnetic tape wound around a reel for recording audio. They became popular worldwide from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.
Cassette tapes available for sale at Musique69
Our store mainly stocks CDs, but also selects and stocks interesting music software in various formats, including records, cassette tapes, 8-track cartridge tapes, DVDs, laser discs, etc. Recently, we have been receiving a lot of requests for cassette tapes, so we have strengthened our handling of them since the late 2010s.
Following the recent revival of popularity of analog records, cassette tapes are quietly showing signs of a resurgence in popularity. The number of new releases has increased dramatically since 2020, mainly due to the attention of enthusiasts, but also from the streaming generation who had no idea that cassette tapes even existed. We at Musique69 of the cassette tape generation are excited about this.
Our store mainly selects titles that are not currently available in large stores, focusing on recent new releases that have limited sales channels such as official websites and overseas export bans, as well as classic albums that have been out of print for decades, and new dead stock titles for enthusiasts that are less well known but not to be missed (even for the same title, if you look closely, you will find that there are many different specifications).
Cassette tapes available for sale at Musique69
Cassette tapes are a medium that is prone to deterioration over time due to external factors such as humidity and temperature. The condition of the wound tape itself may also be unstable. In addition, the cassette decks and cassette players used for playback are motor-driven analog mechanisms, which are very different from today's digital devices, and their condition has a major impact on sound quality. Nevertheless, cassette tapes have a narrow dynamic range (in a good way), and their playback characteristics make them sound more powerful and bold, which has led to them being reevaluated by many music fans in recent years. Even in modern digital recording, people try to reproduce the cassette sound using plug-ins and effects.
Not only in terms of sound quality, but also because of the unique vertical packaging of cassette media, cassettes have become popular as packages that give a very different look and impression to each work, which is very different from streaming media, CDs, and records. Of course, titles that have been released for a long time will inevitably fade and deteriorate over time, but we also have a large selection of collectible items that are only available as-is. Please check out everything from cassettes with amazing looks that will stir the hearts of enthusiasts, to cassettes that you didn't even know existed when they were released (please consider the condition of these cassette tapes and the environment in which they will be played before considering your purchase).
In any case, cassette releases are all in limited supply (often a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, right?), and among these there will likely be some extremely rare titles that are unlikely to even be restocked in our store in the future. Don't miss out.
Cassette tapes available for sale at Musique69
Lastly, we at Musique69 are from the analog generation who grew up surrounded by cassette tapes (they were called music tapes in Japan and sold that way), and we are very excited to see the many titles lined up in stock. We hope that you will enjoy your cassette tape life as much as we do!