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The $10.98 music cassette is here!

That price--a dollar over the going rate for pop cassettes since 1988--has been in effect for selected movie sound tracks, but it now appears on its way to becoming the standard, higher price for all pop releases.

Two new cassettes--New Kids on the Block’s “Step By Step” and Madonna’s “I’m Breathless”--have already been released with a suggested $10.98 list price and now an MCA Records executive has told The Times that all of the label’s new “superstar” cassettes will have that price tag.

Several music industry leaders also suggest the price hike as threat to the dominance of cassettes in the pop marketplace as the price gap between the tapes and compact discs narrows. The latter are commonly sold for around $14.99, but frequently discounted to $11.98 on hot new releases.

“That’s unfortunate,” said Jim Dobbe, vice president of sal...