Re: [ARSCLIST] Risk assessment tool--off brands

[Don Tait <Dontaitchicago@xxxxxxx>]

  Another of the many off-brand tapes was sold by Newark Electronics 
Corporation, which had stores in Chicago and Inglewood, California. The boxes were 
identified as "Newark Recording Tape." I mention it because it seems to have been 
pretty good tape, and if anyone has any they might still be in good 
condition. I always used Scotch for my own things, but when I began to transfer records 
for a Chicago radio station in 1964 or '65 I used Newark 1800' Mylar because 
it was less expensive. Not back-coated of course in those days. I still have 
the tapes and they play perfectly well after forty years. The splices hold, 
too. 

  Don Tait