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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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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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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. |
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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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TRACKER FROM HELL aka FOREIGN SCUMBAG new name-"ROBERT"
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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On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:35:54 -0700, DeserTBoB
wrote: 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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