donkey-jaw_diction t1_j03nsex wrote on December 13, 2022 at 9:05 PM Reply to comment by gt0075b in TIL Western music traveled to China in the 80s through these cracked cassette tapes. Once discarded as trash, and shipped to China's black market from abroad, they were purposefully destroyed by labels to prevent resales. And these tapes influenced a generation of musicians in China. by fangz_fabricated I worked at a music store and the staff got to keep them for free. Permalink Parent 3
donkey-jaw_diction t1_j03nsex wrote
Reply to comment by gt0075b in TIL Western music traveled to China in the 80s through these cracked cassette tapes. Once discarded as trash, and shipped to China's black market from abroad, they were purposefully destroyed by labels to prevent resales. And these tapes influenced a generation of musicians in China. by fangz_fabricated
I worked at a music store and the staff got to keep them for free.