Reply To: FSM # 27: Remembering cassettes!
As a child I had some audio plays on cassette. But as soon as I started collecting music cassette was no option for buying original media. That was LP. Cassette then always was just a medium for recording, making my own mixtapes etc.
I had seen too many tapes destroyed. Even a damaged scratched LP I could still play to a certain degree. But having had tape salad in my tapedeck several times where I had to cut it out with a scissor cassette was a copy backup medium to have music when you are on the move.