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Grateful Dead Hour Shows: Transferred to CD's??

I have about 50 Grateful Dead Hour shows on tape recorded off of FM. They were all recorded on a Nakamichi LX-3, and many shows were recorded using Dolby "B" Unfortunately, the LX-3 is too bulky to transport, and also too expensive to ship (30 lbs boxed) I could buy either a used a Nakamichi BX-1 or BX-2 after I move and settle in, but I would have to find one in good condition

Therefore, my question is: could these tapes be tranferred to CD's, possibly even cleaned up or even re-equalized. BTW, many of the tapes offer some of the Dead's best performance over the years; some are just OK.

Unfortunately, it may be very expensive to professionally transfer the tapes. And I don't know if there are any quality "tape to CD" machines out there for sale. I really don't want to buy a transcription component that I will use only for a short period. ANY SUGGESTIONS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED' Thanks, Jim

sunnyjim

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raymonda
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Go to archive.org many if not all of these shows are available there. Enjoy.
raymonda
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Also....if you can't find it there....talk to me. I'm a long time taper and collector
raymonda
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I wasn't suggesting that you buy anything to do the transfers yourself. Rather, I was leading you to sources where the shows you have on cassettes are most likely are available in a digital form and from a source of better quality than yours.

Www.archive.org is an online digital depository for live concerts. There are hundreds of bands and tens of thousands of hours of live concerts available there for free. Some are soundboards. Some are professional multitracking mixes and others are audience recordings. The Grateful Dead has the largest collection and most likely what you recorded off fm is available from a source closer to our from the master.

Also, if you can't find it there I may have it and could copy it for you. I've been collecting and taping the Dead for a very long time.

I sold the Mitsubhuhi, and, yes I had mine modified, too. I've also found that radio is of such poor quality that I don't care to listen to it either.
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