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Old October 26th 06, 04:03 AM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
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On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:19:51 -0400, Robert wrote:

rusty wrote:

what are the factors to release an album at 7.5 i.p.s?


i believe it had a lot to do with where you purchased the tape at.
i have a record-club copy & a retail store copy of the Who - Tommy.
the retail store version is a two tape box with the tape speed of 7.5 ips.
the record club copy is on a single reel & is recorded at 3-3/4 ips snip


After the wholesale downgrading of pop titles to 3¾, there were indeed
some retail packages sold at 7½, and they went for a premium price, as
well. Columbia kept their Masterworks catalog at 7½ for a couple of
years after they'd slowed the pop catalog ("red label") down, but the
"gray label" stuff eventually went to 3¾ as well...to the howls of
audiophiles everywhere.
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Old October 26th 06, 01:02 PM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
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rusty wrote:
what were the factors to release an album at 7.5 i.p.s?



If the artists had a lot of clout in the music business, and were
popular- and had strong management- and cared about the quality of
their recordings sold to the public- they could demand a 7.5 IPS reel,
or they'd take their business elsewhere

that's about it- otherwise, it was the music co's choice- and they
would degrade to 3.75 IPS to save on tape costs

bands with clout often made demands on recording co's- ignoring their
other personal and inspirational failings, the reason a lot of Led
Zeppelin 8-track tapes have huge spaces of blank tape at the ends of
many tracks- is because Zep didn't want songs cut in half during the
program switch- so they made the music co. eat some blank tape on every
8-track sold- some of those blank sections are minutes long !

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Old October 26th 06, 04:17 PM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
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On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:03:43 -0700, DeserTBoB
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Columbia kept their Masterworks catalog at 7½ for a couple of
years after they'd slowed the pop catalog ("red label") down, but the
"gray label" stuff eventually went to 3¾ as well...to the howls of
audiophiles everywhere. snip


....as they did when prerecorded consumer tapes went from 2 track to 4
track...which was a bigger drop at the time, due to noisier tape.
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Old October 27th 06, 12:20 AM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
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DeserTBoB wrote:
On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:03:43 -0700, DeserTBoB
wrote:

Columbia kept their Masterworks catalog at 7½ for a couple of
years after they'd slowed the pop catalog ("red label") down, but the
"gray label" stuff eventually went to 3¾ as well...to the howls of
audiophiles everywhere. snip


...as they did when prerecorded consumer tapes went from 2 track to 4
track...which was a bigger drop at the time, due to noisier tape.


WRONG- the 4 track tape isn't noisier, it just has tracks that are not
as wide, you DUMB ASS- because they are squeezing 4 tracks onto a 1/4"
tape, instead of only 2 tracks on a 1/4" tape

and you failed to mention, going to 4-track enabled the QUAD REEL
format- and it also enabled them to play both sides of the tapes for
STEREO recordings- therefore doubling the recording time available from
the same length of tape

what about those benefits ??

you need to take your LIBERAL GLOOM AND DOOM philosophy ELSEWHERE,
because we're sick of hearing the "they" did this, and "they" did that

"they" is you and me, we're all AMERICANS, unless of course, you really
are an ILLEGAL SCUMBAG BEANER like I said you were...

go back to Mexico, lowlife...

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Old October 28th 06, 02:56 PM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
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Robert wrote:
rusty wrote:

what are the factors to release an album at 7.5 i.p.s?


i believe it had a lot to do with where you purchased the tape at.
i have a record-club copy & a retail store copy of the Who - Tommy.
the retail store version is a two tape box with the tape speed of 7.5 ips.
the record club copy is on a single reel & is recorded at 3-3/4 ips




the German foreign SCUMBAG, who snuck into the USA illegally, has just
changed his username to ROBERT

see his posting history here

http://groups.google.com/groups/prof...es_37XEjCWlp2U

yo, FS (short for Foreign Scumbag)- the T-bird parts SOLD

lick my boots, you German WORM

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Old October 28th 06, 06:14 PM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
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On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:35:54 -0700, DeserTBoB
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Just from those number you can see how prerecorded RTR tapes decreased
in quality from those high quality Westminster, Columbia and Omega 2
tracks of the mid-'50s to the comparaitvely lousy 3¾ IPS 4 track of
later days. This is why original 2 track dupes from the '50s, even
though they've suffered the vagaries of time (brittleness and
self-magnetization) are prized by collectors, while the big hub 3¾
dupes are pretty cheap. snip


But beware of 2 track RTRs from the '50s! Many were on acetate
backing and are VERY fragile when used on a "real" deck!
 




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