How the purple-tinted cassette version of Raekwon's classic 1995 album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... became a classic hip-hop artifact, and why its deluxe reissue actually makes sense.

The records will be printed onto white cassettes exclusively for Cassette Store Day, ... Meanwhile, a new live album from the band, who were last active in 2011, was also recently announced.

"The cassette surpassed the 8-track because of its mobility and also its fidelity," he says. ... Since picking up that White Album at the garage sale, he's become a fanatic.

The top-selling album on cassette in 2022 was the soundtrack to Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, with 17,000 copies sold. Two more Guardians-related titles dot the top 10 (at Nos. 3 and 6).

40 years of Deacon Blue - and you can get our new album on cassette. 22 March 2025. Share Save. Catherine Lyst. BBC Scotland News. Share Save. BBC. Deacon Blue formed in Glasgow in the 1980s .