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Ghost repeats during vinyl playback

Hello all,

So, in a few instances (CSN first lp; Bill Evans "Portrait in Jazz", a few others), I've detected a ghost echo of a certain instrumental phrase or sequence of notes - like, Bill Evans might play a certain run of 4-5 notes, and I;d hear through the right speaker that same run, only fainter, echoed a half-second later.

What causes this? Would the ghost run be a first take that never was overdubbed or edited out in completion? Is it a print-through from the analog tape? This isn't a skip by any means; the groove continues to spiral in at 33 1/3.

Hope all's well,

s
simao

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atmasphere
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The recording was made on a tape recorder. The phenomena is known as 'print through' and is caused by the tape being wound around on itself and the tape is able to transfer some of its magnetism to the tape that is wound against it.

You hear it more clearly on LPs simply because LPs are better at low level detail than CDs.
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