The Casette

In 1963 the "Cassette" was launched, a recording format created by "Philips" that quickly became a way of listening to music, winning for its small size and feasible transport process, there are two sides that can be recorded or listened to, side A and side B.

This was inherent in the music explosion of the 1980s, and the format improvements that came with the Walkman cemented the cassette tape as a leader in recording and playback.

If you wanted to collect a song you had to keep your ear to the radio, wait for the song you wanted to play and be able to record it, but by the time the announcer finished talking about the song or played a song, all the excitement was gone.

It became one of the two most common formats for pre-recorded music, along with vinyl records, before being replaced by compact discs, although it never had the sound quality of vinyl or the charm of cassette tapes.

Sometimes the tape would get tangled in the player's heads. The simplest solution was to cut the tape or remove it carefully to avoid damage.

To manually rewind the tape, a useful technique was to insert a biro into one of the holes in the reel.

The BIC brand of pens were practical and common, and perfect for slowly turning the reel, making sure that the pen made good contact with the spokes (it should if you chose the right type of pen), thus returning the tape to its normal state.

Once labels such as BASF, Pioneer, Sony, TDK and Technics began to release their own cassette models, record companies, as well as individual musicians and bands, began to release their music on LP, 45 RPM and cassette.

Dutch engineer Lou Ottens was the creator of the cassette, and also helped create the CD,