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Age of masters

Seeing new releases using re-masters which to me means they use the original 40+ year old master and twiddle some knobs.

Do 40+ year old masters still have viable iron oxide?  Would high frequencies suffer? Or do I misunderstand re-mastering?
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chakster
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Watch this discussion, those masters are timeless and if they are stored properly in the archives then no problem to use them even 50 years later.
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If the mastertape is damaged, lost or burned in fire all we need is original record (not a reissue from digital copy)
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Transfer of analog to digital is OK for streaming and digital releases, but it make no sense for vinyl releases, lacquer cut direct from an old mastertape is what we need on vinyl. Master tape rules anyway.
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Not yet, but a bunch of NOS cassettes already purchased.

I think the JVC stereo VCR is what you need @inna 
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