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| 20th Feb 2016, 3:10 AM | #1 REPORT | |
 | mister_tmg Also on 78rpm Member since Apr 2012 1118 Points | Always a 'secondary' format, rather than the main way people bought singles in the UK, but I'm still interested to know the first and last UK #1s which were available on this format. As far as I can tell, the first was John Lennon - Woman - February 1981 K 79195M  The last one was most likely Busted – Who's David in February 2004 :format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-7871723-1450613938-3435.jpeg.jpg) Discogs.com Very few were pressed, as the format had been discontinued in November 2003. 23 years of the cassette single at #1  |
| 21st Feb 2016, 6:23 PM | #2 REPORT | |
 | Iggypig Pop cassette lover Member since May 2013 331 Points Moderator | The late 90's and early 00's were my era, so I remember the cassette single well, I particularly loved/hated how you could usually get a B-side or remix that was exclusive to the format. |
| 21st Feb 2016, 8:28 PM | #3 REPORT | |
 | zabadak Caddacack oh da ca-caddacack, shy shy skagellack Member since Jun 2010 4131 Points |
Iggypig wrote:
The late 90's and early 00's were my era, so I remember the cassette single well, I particularly loved/hated how you could usually get a B-side or remix that was exclusive to the format.
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| 21st Feb 2016, 8:40 PM | #4 REPORT | |
| mister_tmg Also on 78rpm Member since Apr 2012 1118 Points | I have all the Spice Girls ones (including solo releases) in a shoebox in the cupboard.  |
| 18th Sep 2017, 7:48 PM | #5 REPORT | |
| mister_tmg Also on 78rpm Member since Apr 2012 1118 Points | It seems that cassette singles were quite sporadic in the early days of the format. I recall them being available for most big hits in the late 1990s. Wonder when their popularity peaked in the U.K.? Early 90s? |
| 20th Sep 2017, 6:53 PM | #6 REPORT | |
 | Jock_Girl A girl who looks good in vinyl Member since Dec 2012 1544 Points Moderator | I have to wonder how many recordings are lost because they were only available on this rather fragile/ self-destructing format and never appeared on vinyl or CD Amy |
| 21st Sep 2017, 1:40 AM | #7 REPORT | |
| mister_tmg Also on 78rpm Member since Apr 2012 1118 Points | Good point but far fewer than on 78, surely? Artists still issue cassettes now, only occasionally though. |
| 21st Sep 2017, 7:29 AM | #8 REPORT | |
| zabadak Caddacack oh da ca-caddacack, shy shy skagellack Member since Jun 2010 4131 Points | Cassette singles?  |
| 21st Sep 2017, 8:00 AM | #9 REPORT | |
 | TopPopper Member since Mar 2013 2612 Points | In the Beatles Monthly magazine, Feb 1981, it says, "a new Lennon single 'Woman' ... will also be released as a cassette-single (the latest collecable fad)." Suggests maybe it wasn't the first one ever, or they might have made more of a statement about it. |
| 22nd Sep 2017, 11:39 AM | #10 REPORT | |
| mister_tmg Also on 78rpm Member since Apr 2012 1118 Points | That's interesting to know it was trailed upon release. I wouldn't think it was the first cassette single in the UK but it could well be the first to make #1. |
| 25th Sep 2017, 7:03 AM | #11 REPORT | |
| zabadak Caddacack oh da ca-caddacack, shy shy skagellack Member since Jun 2010 4131 Points | I seem to recall reading that the first "cassingle" worldwide was by Bryan Adams...  |
| 21st Nov 2017, 12:17 AM | #12 REPORT | |
| mister_tmg Also on 78rpm Member since Apr 2012 1118 Points | An old Guinness British Hit Singles book I have says cassette singles were introduced in 1987 - which can’t be true given the ones we know about. However, it was possibly when cassette singles became widespread in the UK. The following year was when Kylie Minogue failed to enter the charts at #1 with Hand on Your Heart because sales of cassette singles were excluded from the chart! |
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