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Lifestyle

50 Years of Audio Cassettes

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August 31, 2013

The first Compact Cassette recorder was presented at the 1963 Berlin Radio Show by the Dutch company Philips. It became a runaway success. We meet Conrad Rodenberg, who runs the Berlin label Froggi Records where he records his own music or that of friends on audio cassettes, and then sells them mainly at concerts.