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Originally Posted by JohnRoberts  I hope I have quoted you accurately. Not to quibble but I don't believe that cassette tapes are universally regarded as a step up from LPs.
In fairness they are both flawed but in different ways so there may be some preference depending on the relative importance of each's short comings. Kind of academic at this point.
JR |
It's not my statement, it's Don Hassler's from an interview with him about Capitol Records and their recording of Frank Sinatra.
At the time period Don Hassler was talking about, cassettes had more bandwidth fidelity than LP's did. That changed fairly quickly considering fidelity didn't improve once records became electronically made for 60+ years, and certain mics used then haven't either, but, they're still in demand.
Don worked at Capitol when Sinatra was contracted and recorded there.
I don't think they ended up being that much better sonically but, more transportable, better bandwidth, and it was what the masters were recorded on, big high speed pancakes of 1/4" tape, to someone who had been working with what he was, I can see how tapes were more appealing at the time.