Boom boom boom, come back to my room....Cassette Archaeology!

We've discussed "audiophile" prerecorded cassettes, I've posted a rack of Naks cranking out copies in real time somewhere around here.
Same issue as above over on worldradiohistory.com

 

Audio 1978 with a little info on Staar Belgium.

 

A very old ad for prerecorded cassettes from 1966 (UK)

 

1966 ad for compact cassette player with a prerecorded cassette!

 

From 1967

 

Early BASF Ad from 1967

 

1967

 

BASF 1967

 

EMI from 1967

 

1968 BASF now includes a tape splicing kit.

 

from 1968

 

1968

 

Yep, they wanted to tax blank cassettes knowing they'd be for music, from Music Week 1980 (UK)

 

HiFi World 1991

 

HiFi World 1991

 

Philips Musicassettes from 1970, it's interesting what the choice of music was for the new format, very similar to CDs, we had stored packed with cheap music nobody wanted, anything good was 3x the price.

 

1991, thanks AB388!

 

1981

 

1981

 

Klangbild 1980, this includes the ultra-rare Nakamichi Tape, I've never seen one reviewed before. Back 25 years ago they went for silly money, I've always had my eyes looking but never found one locally. The Technics is cool, never seen one of those either.