Pink Floyd tape player ships with rare remastered cassette

We Are Rewind has launched a limited-edition Pink Floyd x We Are Rewind WE-001 portable cassette player themed around The Dark Side of the Moon, and it comes with something collectors may want even more than the hardware itself: the first tape release of the album’s 50th anniversary remaster.

The player uses custom Dark Side of the Moon artwork on the front, with a Pink Floyd logo on the back. In the box, buyers also get the album on cassette plus a certificate. According to the source, this may be the only time the 50th anniversary remaster is issued on tape.

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Nick Mason put the throwback format in perspective with a joke:

“I still have my Nakamichi on the shelf and look forward to testing it with the new The Dark Side of the Moon cassette. Am I correct in assuming that the next major issue will be The Dark Side of the Moon in a large package consisting of the album divided up into 78 RPM discs?”

This version is based on the standard WE-001, a modern cassette player with an aluminum body, Bluetooth 5.1, a wired headphone jack, and a line-in for recording onto tape. We Are Rewind also says it includes a “unique headphone amplifier designed with cassette playback in mind.”

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The Pink Floyd edition is available now for $199 / £159 (about U$310). The standard WE-001 costs $159 / £129 /AU$269. For buyers who want the retro hardware without the prog-rock branding, the company also offers a Duran Duran special edition.