Conventional tapes usually combine several chemically different materials, including a plastic backing, adhesive, and various additives.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Sep. 2026
When playwright Marco Ramirez was growing up in Hialeah, music from Cuba’s great orchestras could be heard through his grandfather’s small Sony boombox on cassette tapes at family gatherings, from Nochebuena celebrations to weddings.
Armed with just two open-reel videotapes, Goodman lugged his hulking camera and tripod behind percussionist Juma Sultan and began to document Hendrix’s historic set just 15 feet away from the musician.
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Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
18 Aug. 2026
The company over time grew from offering records, to cassette tapes, then CDs, eventually adding videotapes, then DVDs and Blu-rays to its mail-order offerings.
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