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I remember reading somewhere that one reason why cassette singles flopped is that they were generally produced on inferior tape. But I don't want to add this to the article without a citation. Does anyone remember this controversy? 23skidoo 17:08, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
In the UK, cassingles seemed to be more common during the 1990s than the 1980s; I don't recall seeing any during the 1980s (not that I bought that many singles then, but I'd have thought they were pretty cool if I had seen them).
Perhaps this was because people had stopped widely using record decks by the 1990s; and it's notable that cassingles were much cheaper than CD equivalents (I bought several on the basis of price; £3.99 was quite average for a CD single after the first week of release, cassettes were typically £1.99 or £2.49).
At any rate, the "popular during the 1980s" comment isn't really accurate. Any thoughts?
Fourohfour 11:37, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
I used to work in a UK record shop in the 80`s & 90`s the "first cassette single was by Bow wow wow in 1980, in the early 80`s this format was more a novelty, however cassette singles did sell very well however over time from the late 80`s but the type of music being sold on this format would define their poularity, Rock & Indie music sold very few quantitys however pop & childrens music could outsell other formats on a release.
U2,Queen, no, Mr Blobby, Take That yes I would also note that Snap-Rhythm is a dancer was one of our biggest cassette single sellers in the 90`s outselling the 7"
I believe the Bow Wow Wow cassette that is being referred to is called "Your Cassette Pet". Even though it was produced in a cardboard sleeve similar to the cassette singles, it was actually more of an EP containing eight songs.
I had always heard that The Go-Go's had the first cassette single with "Vacation" from 1982 as would this article suggest: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEED91531F931A3575AC0A961948260&sec=&pagewanted=all
"They were popular during the 1990s, as record companies promoted their use to the detriment of the more expensive to produce vinyl singles."
Were pre-recorded cassettes really cheaper to produce than vinyl records? Does anyone have a source for this?
I would have thought vinyl was cheaper to produce in any sort of quantity, given that it's just a solid lump of plastic with the music moulded into its surface. Cassettes have multiple moving parts, and of course the music has to be recorded onto them before they can be sold. 217.155.20.163 23:05, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
User 203.57.241.67 00:11, 7 February 2007 (UTC)fourohfour seems to think that the history of music cassettes does not appear "relevant" to the article on cassette singles. A brief introduction of the format type is relevant to the introduction of the cassingle and frames the cassette single by explaining the history of the very format. The article in its prior state -sans the music cassette history- was lacking.
I agree that there is no need to duplicate information that is already easily available elswhere. Perhaps a "see also" reference to the compact cassette article would suffice? Jud 18:27, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
The physical cassetes were 60, 40 minutes or less? -- Alex:Dan 14:24, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
I like Tori and all, but this release is not representative of a true cassingle. The type shown comes in a hard plastic shellcase, and is what's usually referred to as a Maxi cassette single. Cassingles came in just paper wrappings to keep costs down. It's just kind of hard for me to believe how this photo was used instead of the thousands of different "real" cassingles that were released. Chris77xyz 18:13, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
"...cassette singles never eclipsed gramophone records to the same extent as cassette albums had done." I dispute this. I would suggest that cassingles outsold vinyl 7" and 12" singles in the mid to late 1990s. Encise 03:37, 21 June 2007 (UTC)Encise
The article states in the opening that The Go-Gos "Vacation" was the first cassette single and then goes on to say that the first in the UK was 1978. "Vacation" was 1982 - or is this all meant to be from a US perspective? If it is, I don't see why it should be.-- Tuzapicabit ( talk) 14:12, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
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I remember reading somewhere that one reason why cassette singles flopped is that they were generally produced on inferior tape. But I don't want to add this to the article without a citation. Does anyone remember this controversy? 23skidoo 17:08, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
In the UK, cassingles seemed to be more common during the 1990s than the 1980s; I don't recall seeing any during the 1980s (not that I bought that many singles then, but I'd have thought they were pretty cool if I had seen them).
Perhaps this was because people had stopped widely using record decks by the 1990s; and it's notable that cassingles were much cheaper than CD equivalents (I bought several on the basis of price; £3.99 was quite average for a CD single after the first week of release, cassettes were typically £1.99 or £2.49).
At any rate, the "popular during the 1980s" comment isn't really accurate. Any thoughts?
Fourohfour 11:37, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
I used to work in a UK record shop in the 80`s & 90`s the "first cassette single was by Bow wow wow in 1980, in the early 80`s this format was more a novelty, however cassette singles did sell very well however over time from the late 80`s but the type of music being sold on this format would define their poularity, Rock & Indie music sold very few quantitys however pop & childrens music could outsell other formats on a release.
U2,Queen, no, Mr Blobby, Take That yes I would also note that Snap-Rhythm is a dancer was one of our biggest cassette single sellers in the 90`s outselling the 7"
I believe the Bow Wow Wow cassette that is being referred to is called "Your Cassette Pet". Even though it was produced in a cardboard sleeve similar to the cassette singles, it was actually more of an EP containing eight songs.
I had always heard that The Go-Go's had the first cassette single with "Vacation" from 1982 as would this article suggest: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEED91531F931A3575AC0A961948260&sec=&pagewanted=all
"They were popular during the 1990s, as record companies promoted their use to the detriment of the more expensive to produce vinyl singles."
Were pre-recorded cassettes really cheaper to produce than vinyl records? Does anyone have a source for this?
I would have thought vinyl was cheaper to produce in any sort of quantity, given that it's just a solid lump of plastic with the music moulded into its surface. Cassettes have multiple moving parts, and of course the music has to be recorded onto them before they can be sold. 217.155.20.163 23:05, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
User 203.57.241.67 00:11, 7 February 2007 (UTC)fourohfour seems to think that the history of music cassettes does not appear "relevant" to the article on cassette singles. A brief introduction of the format type is relevant to the introduction of the cassingle and frames the cassette single by explaining the history of the very format. The article in its prior state -sans the music cassette history- was lacking.
I agree that there is no need to duplicate information that is already easily available elswhere. Perhaps a "see also" reference to the compact cassette article would suffice? Jud 18:27, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
The physical cassetes were 60, 40 minutes or less? -- Alex:Dan 14:24, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
I like Tori and all, but this release is not representative of a true cassingle. The type shown comes in a hard plastic shellcase, and is what's usually referred to as a Maxi cassette single. Cassingles came in just paper wrappings to keep costs down. It's just kind of hard for me to believe how this photo was used instead of the thousands of different "real" cassingles that were released. Chris77xyz 18:13, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
"...cassette singles never eclipsed gramophone records to the same extent as cassette albums had done." I dispute this. I would suggest that cassingles outsold vinyl 7" and 12" singles in the mid to late 1990s. Encise 03:37, 21 June 2007 (UTC)Encise
The article states in the opening that The Go-Gos "Vacation" was the first cassette single and then goes on to say that the first in the UK was 1978. "Vacation" was 1982 - or is this all meant to be from a US perspective? If it is, I don't see why it should be.-- Tuzapicabit ( talk) 14:12, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
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