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How Do Cassette Tapes Work?. Cassette tapes offer committed music fans an intimate listening experience, although their introduction in the early 1960s was first touted as a way of improving recorded sound. By the 1970s, cassette players become commonplace, peaking a decade later with portable devices such as the Sony Walkman. The compact disc's...