Ever wonder what to do with that old box of cassette tapes collecting dust? A new product hitting the shelves this summer, called Tape2MP3, converts old cassette tapes to MP3 files.

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- OASA Records announced this week its silent auction of a live and rare rehearsal tape, never heard before, featuring Aretha Franklin and the late Van McCoy singing a tune titled, "I Was Made for You, You Were Made for Me." "McCoy, who gave the world the memorable tune, 'The Hustle,' gave me this rare recording, made approximately 30 years ago at his mansion in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.," says Tony Whitfield of OASA Records.

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YAHOO PLAYS NICE Just because Yahoo is getting out of the music-download biz , doesn't mean it's leaving its customers hanging. The company is offering coupons or refunds to users who find songs they had purchased inaccessible after Sept. 30, when Yahoo shutters the service.

You probably won't find MC Hammer on vinyl at a chain music store. Good luck hunting down cassettes, too. You'll have to turn to locally owned shops for those vintage recordings and other classic and hard-to-find indie releases.