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Second Cassette Store Day announced

By | Published on Monday 9 June 2014

Cassette Store Day

Following the, erm, universally positive reception for the event across all social media last year, the date for the second annual Cassette Store Day has been announced for 27 Sep. In the UK and Europe, Jen Long’s Kissability and the Suplex Cassettes label will organise proceedings, while LA’s Burger Records will oversee the US.

Long said of the returning event: “When planning this year we really tried to keep cassette labels and fans at the heart of the event. Last year grew far bigger than we had expected so we are thrilled to have Burger involved to help us cover the US side”.

Meanwhile, Team Burger penned the following statement: “Burger Records loves tapes! We’ve built our foundation on the forgotten format and have been preaching the merits of warm analogue cassette culture for years. We’re honored to be ambassadors of Cassette Store Day 2014 in the good ol USA! We plan to bring some of our favorite labels to the table and invite everyone to the party and partake in the fun phenomena of releasing top shelf music on cassette tapes in pop culture today!”

Record shops and labels wishing to get involved can apply to do so via cassettestoreday.com between 30 Jun and 15 Aug. Although way off the sales that vinyl has seen in recent years, cassettes are growing in popularity again, particularly amongst younger music consumers, should you still be wondering how a thing such as Cassette Store Day can exist.



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