They have reel to reels on Discogs.com, perhaps they have suggestions.
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Just one example Seller says really does not know if even has Music on them https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F183810662672 |
First category of most desirable pre-recorded reels: '70s-era, 7 1/2IPS Rock near the end of the format's consumer popularity: ESPECIALLY THE TITLES "MAGTEC/STEREOTAPE" DUPLICATED FOR WARNER BROS./REPRISE/ATLANTIC AS WELL AS FOR RCA (ex: Led Zeppelin up through "Houses of the Holy", Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours", Neil Young, Doobie Brothers, Stones up through "It's Only Rock and Roll", Bowie, Elvis, Lou Reed, Nilsson) AND: THE AMPEX 7 1/2 Capitol Beatles albums plus, THE QUADRAPHONIC MIXED MOODY BLUES ALBUMS. Second category: 1956-1960 RCA/MERCURY/CAPITOL/and COLUMBIA TWO-TRACK Classical and Jazz titles. AVOID OVERPAYING for: Either really late era ('77-'84) tapes from Columbia Record Club (catalogged as "CRC"; even if the Rock titles seem unique to the format: THEY ARE ALL HISSY 3 3/4IPS GARBAGE dubbed, most likely by then, from the same masters wrongly eq'ed for cassette and copied at 120IPS) or.... Pre-1968, 3 3/4IPS, Rock made by Ampex or Capitol on brittle ACETATE-base tape. THAT was how 3 3/4IPS tapes were often as much as $2 CHEAPER ($6.95 vs. $8.95 for a 7 1/2 title during the '60s). Only after 1968 did they change to polyester base across the board. However, for example: the first issue Capitol 3 3/4 Sgt. Pepper on brittle red acetate IS JUST NOT WORTH somebody wanting $200 for it (vs. the 7 1/2IPS 1970 Ampex reissue Ken Kessler swears by AND, better yet: the 1969 Japan Toshiba 7 1/2 copy I swear by). |