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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

'Guardians of the Galaxy' Soundtrack Is Among 2014's Top-Selling Cassettes (Rolling Stone)


Following the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack's chart-topping breakout success last year, the album finally came out on cassette, the format it was on as a prop in the movie, toward the end of the year. Released as a special edition for Record Store Day's Black Friday event, Wondering Sound reports that 2,300 copies of the album in its mostly defunct, recently fetishized format sold. It was the second-best-selling cassette of the year.
Read more of Ryan Reed's article @ Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-soundtrack-cassette-sells-two-thousand-copies-20150116#ixzz3P1SvPQAX