One in 10 young people has bought a music cassette tape in the last month, a new survey done to coincide with Record Store Day suggests.Read more on the BBC
The research suggests that physical formats are still more popular than digital downloads.
"There's definitely a novelty value with cassettes at the moment, particularly as we suspect a high proportion of them are collectibles sitting on a shelf and never played," said Maurice Fyles, who worked on the research ahead of Record Store Day.
Over half of the people who do this bought a vinyl record, 48% a CD and 23% an audio cassette tape that they have no intention of ever listening to.
"Perhaps it's a reaction to the digital world, but physical formats that we might have thought were relegated to history are being revived as fans and collectors opt for limited editions and promotional copies of their favourite music across a range of formats."
And here's an appropriate song from the marvellous Avenue Q - it's Mix Tape:
By way of coincidence, Avenue Q - which we went to see back in 2007 - returns to London for a limited run next week at the Greenwich Theatre.
