Hello mates how are ya??

I have a 1969 cassette of the doors first album and its goregouas sounding...

100% analogue,no dolby,straight from the reels!!

When did cassettes come out? That doors cassette is the earliest one I have.......

I just got the first 1970 cassette release from Japan today in the mail of BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER (Simon and Garfunkel).......

www.discogs.com/release/4975436

One thing interesting is it is on BLACK TAPE.. I have several Ampex 8 tracks that have black tape also but Ampex is the only one that used this stuff.......

The newest cassette I have with black tape is my 1985 ZZTOP cassette "Afterburner" (New Zealand release)

Re: Whats the oldest cassette,does anyone know?
 

Well cassette tapes are really just the holder for the tape, reel to reel is even older has been around since the 1930s. Most tape formats are just different ways to store and play the magnetic tape itself as well as the different size and width of tape.

The compact cassette that we all know was invented in 1962 and released in August 1963 by Philips. . However the first compact, consumer focussed, easy to use cassette, was the RCA tape cartridge and was created in 1958.

Thank you Stevie,so they were pretty much out all over by 63 :)