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Cassette culture received something of a mainstream boost when acknowledged by the major music press.

Both the New Musical Express ( NME ) and Sounds, the main weekly music papers of the time in the UK, launched their own ' cassette culture ' features, in which new releases would be briefly reviewed and ordering information given.

In the U. S. magazines such as Op Magazine, Factsheet Five and Unsound rose to fill the void.