In Reply to: Thanks for the kind words posted by John Marks on December 30, 2020 at 14:13:10:
Making do with older tapes and groups that I recorded myself. But ya, shedding and print through are real problems. It's happening to the Columbia tapes, you know it is happening to mine.
Surprise, reel tape turned out not to be an archival medium. Thank goodness digital masters will, presumably, not degrade. I shake my head at how much of our rich musical heritage that has been lost. And don't forget, those eye wateringly expensive tapes are being dubbed from 50 year old masters that have the same issues. It's no win, unless you can get new analog recordings on new tape. And who is to say that you will like the music? I would fold that hand.
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