diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index daef2ba..1f3c6eb 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ pytest>=6.2.5
 flake8>=4.0.1
 responses>=0.15.0
 setuptools
+pytest-recording
diff --git a/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_codecs.yaml b/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_codecs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc6f15d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_codecs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+interactions:
+- request:
+    body: null
+    headers:
+      Accept:
+      - '*/*'
+      Accept-Encoding:
+      - gzip, deflate
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      User-Agent:
+      - pyradios/2.0.0
+    method: GET
+    uri: https://nl1.api.radio-browser.info/json/codecs/
+  response:
+    body:
+      string: '[{"name":"AAC","stationcount":4449},{"name":"AAC+","stationcount":7495},{"name":"AAC+,H.264","stationcount":4},{"name":"AAC,H.264","stationcount":80},{"name":"FLV","stationcount":10},{"name":"MP3","stationcount":27967},{"name":"MP3,H.264","stationcount":14},{"name":"OGG","stationcount":443},{"name":"UNKNOWN","stationcount":1652}]'
+    headers:
+      Access-Control-Allow-Headers:
+      - origin, x-requested-with, content-type, User-Agent
+      Access-Control-Allow-Methods:
+      - GET,POST
+      Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
+      - '*'
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      Content-Length:
+      - '331'
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json
+      Date:
+      - Wed, 25 Oct 2023 06:13:07 GMT
+      Server:
+      - nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
+    status:
+      code: 200
+      message: OK
+version: 1
diff --git a/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_codecs_with_filters.yaml b/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_codecs_with_filters.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56f3c49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_codecs_with_filters.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+interactions:
+- request:
+    body: null
+    headers:
+      Accept:
+      - '*/*'
+      Accept-Encoding:
+      - gzip, deflate
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      User-Agent:
+      - pyradios/2.0.0
+    method: GET
+    uri: https://nl1.api.radio-browser.info/json/codecs/mp3
+  response:
+    body:
+      string: '[{"name":"MP3","stationcount":27967},{"name":"MP3,H.264","stationcount":14}]'
+    headers:
+      Access-Control-Allow-Headers:
+      - origin, x-requested-with, content-type, User-Agent
+      Access-Control-Allow-Methods:
+      - GET,POST
+      Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
+      - '*'
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      Content-Length:
+      - '76'
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json
+      Date:
+      - Wed, 25 Oct 2023 06:13:08 GMT
+      Server:
+      - nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
+    status:
+      code: 200
+      message: OK
+version: 1
diff --git a/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_countrycodes_with_filters.yaml b/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_countrycodes_with_filters.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0626fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_countrycodes_with_filters.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+interactions:
+- request:
+    body: null
+    headers:
+      Accept:
+      - '*/*'
+      Accept-Encoding:
+      - gzip, deflate
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      User-Agent:
+      - pyradios/2.0.0
+    method: GET
+    uri: https://nl1.api.radio-browser.info/json/countrycodes/BR
+  response:
+    body:
+      string: '[{"name":"BR","stationcount":953}]'
+    headers:
+      Access-Control-Allow-Headers:
+      - origin, x-requested-with, content-type, User-Agent
+      Access-Control-Allow-Methods:
+      - GET,POST
+      Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
+      - '*'
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      Content-Length:
+      - '34'
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json
+      Date:
+      - Wed, 25 Oct 2023 06:13:07 GMT
+      Server:
+      - nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
+    status:
+      code: 200
+      message: OK
+version: 1
diff --git a/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_languages_with_filters.yaml b/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_languages_with_filters.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c116145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_languages_with_filters.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+interactions:
+- request:
+    body: null
+    headers:
+      Accept:
+      - '*/*'
+      Accept-Encoding:
+      - gzip, deflate
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      User-Agent:
+      - pyradios/2.0.0
+    method: GET
+    uri: https://nl1.api.radio-browser.info/json/languages/portuguese
+  response:
+    body:
+      string: '[{"name":"brazilian portuguese","iso_639":null,"stationcount":378},{"name":"portuguese","iso_639":"pt","stationcount":562}]'
+    headers:
+      Access-Control-Allow-Headers:
+      - origin, x-requested-with, content-type, User-Agent
+      Access-Control-Allow-Methods:
+      - GET,POST
+      Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
+      - '*'
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      Content-Length:
+      - '123'
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json
+      Date:
+      - Wed, 25 Oct 2023 06:13:09 GMT
+      Server:
+      - nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
+    status:
+      code: 200
+      message: OK
+version: 1
diff --git a/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_states_with_filters.yaml b/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_states_with_filters.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bebfdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_states_with_filters.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+interactions:
+- request:
+    body: null
+    headers:
+      Accept:
+      - '*/*'
+      Accept-Encoding:
+      - gzip, deflate
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      User-Agent:
+      - pyradios/2.0.0
+    method: GET
+    uri: https://nl1.api.radio-browser.info/json/states/Brazil/Paran%C3%A1
+  response:
+    body:
+      string: "[{\"name\":\"Cascavel, Parana\",\"country\":\"Brazil\",\"stationcount\":1},{\"name\":\"Parana\",\"country\":\"Brazil\",\"stationcount\":16},{\"name\":\"Paran\xE1(Brazil)\",\"country\":\"Brazil\",\"stationcount\":13}]"
+    headers:
+      Access-Control-Allow-Headers:
+      - origin, x-requested-with, content-type, User-Agent
+      Access-Control-Allow-Methods:
+      - GET,POST
+      Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
+      - '*'
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      Content-Length:
+      - '184'
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json
+      Date:
+      - Wed, 25 Oct 2023 06:13:09 GMT
+      Server:
+      - nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
+    status:
+      code: 200
+      message: OK
+version: 1
diff --git a/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_stations_by_votes.yaml b/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_stations_by_votes.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2fbad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_stations_by_votes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+interactions:
+- request:
+    body: null
+    headers:
+      Accept:
+      - '*/*'
+      Accept-Encoding:
+      - gzip, deflate
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      User-Agent:
+      - pyradios/2.0.0
+    method: GET
+    uri: https://nl1.api.radio-browser.info/json/stations/topvote/1
+  response:
+    body:
+      string: '[{"changeuuid":"8b62de9b-db82-43dd-9f8a-832a4346448e","stationuuid":"78012206-1aa1-11e9-a80b-52543be04c81","serveruuid":null,"name":"MANGORADIO","url":"http://stream.mangoradio.de/","url_resolved":"https://mangoradio.stream.laut.fm/mangoradio?t302=2023-10-25_06-42-39&uuid=f992e1d3-d33e-45de-978c-e56eb288f9ef","homepage":"https://mangoradio.de/","favicon":"","tags":"mango,mangoradio,mongo,mongoradio,public
+        radio,webradio","country":"Germany","countrycode":"DE","iso_3166_2":null,"state":"","language":"german","languagecodes":"de","votes":646087,"lastchangetime":"2022-10-02
+        08:26:04","lastchangetime_iso8601":"2022-10-02T08:26:04Z","codec":"MP3","bitrate":128,"hls":0,"lastcheckok":1,"lastchecktime":"2023-10-25
+        04:46:00","lastchecktime_iso8601":"2023-10-25T04:46:00Z","lastcheckoktime":"2023-10-25
+        04:46:00","lastcheckoktime_iso8601":"2023-10-25T04:46:00Z","lastlocalchecktime":"2023-10-25
+        03:44:01","lastlocalchecktime_iso8601":"2023-10-25T03:44:01Z","clicktimestamp":"2023-10-25
+        06:05:42","clicktimestamp_iso8601":"2023-10-25T06:05:42Z","clickcount":10851,"clicktrend":151,"ssl_error":0,"geo_lat":null,"geo_long":null,"has_extended_info":false}]'
+    headers:
+      Access-Control-Allow-Headers:
+      - origin, x-requested-with, content-type, User-Agent
+      Access-Control-Allow-Methods:
+      - GET,POST
+      Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
+      - '*'
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      Content-Length:
+      - '1152'
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json
+      Date:
+      - Wed, 25 Oct 2023 06:13:11 GMT
+      Server:
+      - nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
+    status:
+      code: 200
+      message: OK
+version: 1
diff --git a/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_tags_with_filters.yaml b/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_tags_with_filters.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84bdd81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cassettes/test_radio_browser/test_request_tags_with_filters.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+interactions:
+- request:
+    body: null
+    headers:
+      Accept:
+      - '*/*'
+      Accept-Encoding:
+      - gzip, deflate
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      User-Agent:
+      - pyradios/2.0.0
+    method: GET
+    uri: https://nl1.api.radio-browser.info/json/tags/drum%20and%20bass
+  response:
+    body:
+      string: '[{"name":"drum and bass","stationcount":71}]'
+    headers:
+      Access-Control-Allow-Headers:
+      - origin, x-requested-with, content-type, User-Agent
+      Access-Control-Allow-Methods:
+      - GET,POST
+      Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
+      - '*'
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      Content-Length:
+      - '44'
+      Content-Type:
+      - application/json
+      Date:
+      - Wed, 25 Oct 2023 06:13:10 GMT
+      Server:
+      - nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu)
+    status:
+      code: 200
+      message: OK
+version: 1
diff --git a/tests/test_radio_browser.py b/tests/test_radio_browser.py
index ea376d1..91ea76c 100644
--- a/tests/test_radio_browser.py
+++ b/tests/test_radio_browser.py
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ def test_station_struct(rb, station_struct):
     """
     Checks if the keys in the API response structure have changed.
 
-    Note: This test is more about the API service implmentation, than
-    it is about this python library.
+    Note: This test primarily assesses the implementation of the API
+    service, rather than focusing on this Python library.
 
-    See details:
+    For detailed information, refer to:
         https://de1.api.radio-browser.info/#Struct_station
     """
     stationuuid = "d97b5842-8e9b-46cc-85f0-d2dff6738c7c"
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ def test_station_struct(rb, station_struct):
 
 @responses.activate
 def test_request_station_click_counter(rb):
-
     expected = {
         "ok": True,
         "message": "retrieved station url",
@@ -117,7 +116,6 @@ def test_request_station_click_counter(rb):
 
 @responses.activate
 def test_request_countrycodes(rb):
-
     expected = [{"name": "AD", "stationcount": 5}]
     responses.add(
         responses.GET,
@@ -125,61 +123,45 @@ def test_request_countrycodes(rb):
         json=expected,
         status=200,
     )
-
     resp = rb.countrycodes()
+
     assert len(resp) > 0, "at least one country should be in the response"
     assert "name" in resp[0]
     assert "stationcount" in resp[0]
     assert resp == expected
 
 
+@pytest.mark.vcr()
 def test_request_countrycodes_with_filters(rb):
-
-    # expected = [{"name": "BR", "stationcount": 607}]
-
     resp = rb.countrycodes(code="BR")
+
     assert len(resp) > 0, "at least one country should be in the response"
     assert resp[0]["name"] == "BR"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.vcr()
 def test_request_codecs(rb):
-
-    # expected = [{"name": "MP3", "stationcount": 16620}]
-
     resp = rb.codecs()
+
     assert len(resp) > 0, "at least one codec should be in the response"
     assert "name" in resp[0]
     assert "stationcount" in resp[0]
 
 
-# @responses.activate
+@pytest.mark.vcr()
 def test_request_codecs_with_filters(rb):
     """
     This test runs against a subset of the API response, with the sole
     purpose of ensuring the behavior of the filter mechanism of the
     tested method.
     """
-    # subset of the API response for testing purposes
-    payload = [
-        {'name': 'AAC', 'stationcount': 2226},
-        {'name': 'MP3', 'stationcount': 19678},
-        {'name': 'MP3,H.264', 'stationcount': 6},
-        {'name': 'OGG', 'stationcount': 265},
-        {'name': 'UNKNOWN', 'stationcount': 1827},
-
-    ]
-    responses.add(
-        responses.GET,
-        BASE_URL + "json/codecs/mp3",
-        json=payload,
-        status=200,
-    )
-
     resp = rb.codecs(codec="mp3")
+
     assert len(resp) == 2
     assert resp[0]["name"] == "MP3", "only one codec should be in the response"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.vcr()
 def test_request_states_with_filters(rb):
     # Note: `country` and `state` should be provided in "titlecased",
     # like so: `str().title()`
@@ -191,13 +173,8 @@ def test_request_states_with_filters(rb):
     assert "stationcount" in resp[0]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.vcr()
 def test_request_languages_with_filters(rb):
-
-    # expected = [
-    #     {"name": "brazilian portuguese", "stationcount": 8,},
-    #     {"name": "portuguese", "stationcount": 638,},
-    # ]
-
     resp = rb.languages(language="portuguese")
 
     assert len(resp) > 0, "at least one language should be in the response"
@@ -205,16 +182,8 @@ def test_request_languages_with_filters(rb):
     assert "stationcount" in resp[0]
 
 
-# @responses.activate
+@pytest.mark.vcr()
 def test_request_tags_with_filters(rb):
-
-    # expected = [{"name": "drum and bass", "stationcount": 73,}]
-    # responses.add(
-    #     responses.GET,
-    #     BASE_URL + "json/tags/drum%20and%20bass",
-    #     json=expected,
-    #     status=200,
-    # )
     resp = rb.tags(tag="Drum and Bass")
 
     assert len(resp) > 0, "at least one tag should be in the response"
@@ -222,6 +191,7 @@ def test_request_tags_with_filters(rb):
     assert "stationcount" in resp[0]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.vcr()
 def test_request_stations_by_votes(rb):
     resp = rb.stations_by_votes(1)
     assert len(resp) == 1, "exactly one station should be in the response"