When I recently showed a cassette tape to my 11-year-old daughter, she looked genuinely baffled. ‘What is it?’ she asked. My first thought was that I’d failed as a parent, but then I realised there’s

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The great vinyl revival might get all the attention, but CDs continue to outsell LPs. Figures from the BPI (www.snipca. com/57458) show that Brits bought around 10.5 million CDs in 2024, compared with

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