EntertainmentThursday, 10 September · 08:45
The Comeback of the Mixtape
Cassette sales have hit their highest level in twenty years, driven by young listeners who never owned one the first time round. Shops say the appeal is not sound quality but effort: a tape takes time to make and cannot be skipped. Several artists now release tapes before streaming.
On 6 presenters' run sheets.
Questions for your show
Written to be read out. Copy one, or make it an Instagram card.
- 01
What was on the first mixtape you ever made or received?
- 02
What is the last physical thing you bought that you could have streamed?
- 03
Is effort the new luxury?
Credit on air
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Ran question two at 07:40 and the lines lit up for twenty minutes. One caller admitted to a three-week towel. Radio gold.