Re: [ARSCLIST] Reel-to-reel tapes: storage conditions and potential content retrieval

[Don Cox <doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello David

On 02/03/08, David Lennick wrote:
> The point is that AudioTape claimed that its Mylar tapes would
> withstand the heat and humidity of the jungle. If so, they did better
> than Guiomar Novaes' lacquer discs from a Town Hall concert which I
> attempted to transfer some years ago..they were so deteriorated
> (humidity plus storage in an acidy record album) that only about half
> of each side was playable.
> 
> If you want to hear about a tape that shouldn't have played well at
> all even when it was new, let alone 47 years later, I found a reel of
> Brand Five 1-mil acetate when I cleaned out my parents' basement last
> year. On it were two airchecks of concert broadcasts in Toronto by Sir
> Thomas Beecham, recorded by yours truly. 3 3/4 ips, quarter track
> mono, these two concerts on the outer tracks. No twists, no curl, and
> they played beautifully. And that was a brand we were told AT THE TIME
> was garbage.
> 
Those might be worth reissuing. Would Somm be interested?

Regards
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Don Cox
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