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Vintage Tape (Audio), Cassette, Wire and Magnetic Disc Recorders and Players Open-reel tape recorders, cassette recorders, 8-track players etc. |
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6th Feb 2021, 8:11 am | #121 | |
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Re: Interesting things on old tape reels
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6th Feb 2021, 10:12 am | #122 | ||
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Edited to add, or this organisation, although mainly dealing in tv recordings would be most likely to give you some advice/contacts. https://www.tvbrain.info/ |
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6th Feb 2021, 11:03 am | #123 |
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Re: Interesting things on old tape reels
Hi All,
I too, kept numerous recordings I made of my school concerts and shows. I started out in 1974 using Philips N4510 stereo tape deck. I then transferred the recordings to cassette for the pupils. In early 1980 I bought a Tandberg TD20a half track semi professional deck and continued audio recordings until about 1990, when the school invested in a Panasonic VHS camera. Since retiring in 2006 I managed to transfer all the original 7.5 inch and 10.75 inch tapes to CD using the Audacity program. I've just passed both machines on to members of this forum as well as boxes of tapes. During the early 1980's one of our parents, who worked for the BBC, invited a group f pupils involved in a school show to the then Pebble Mill Studios. There we were able to use the "Archer's Studio" to record some sound effects for the play. Happy Days. Wayne |
6th Feb 2021, 11:59 am | #124 |
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Re: Interesting things on old tape reels
At that time, the parts of the event deemed to be significant would have been archived rather than great stretches of coverage. Note, for instance, that the BBC coverage of the Apollo 13 splashdown has appeared on YouTube - all thirteen minutes of it, when I remember it going on for hours. It is fashionable now to knock the BBC for not keeping everything, but the plain fact is that prior to the availability of mass digital storage this would have been both impractical and impossible to justify in terms of the expense involved.
It follows from this that "found recordings" probably will contain material not preserved elsewhere. Some time ago, I acquired a collection which has a tape labelled "John Glenn's flight" - haven't played it yet, but it may have maerial not otherwise available. |
6th Feb 2021, 12:40 pm | #125 |
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Re: Interesting things on old tape reels
My Wedding in 1972 was recorded on a Philips EL3402 1" VTR - B&W of course.
There's nothing I can find to play this back on, if only to dub it to DVD. I've searched for years.....
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6th Feb 2021, 8:30 pm | #126 |
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Re: Interesting things on old tape reels
Just seen a tape recording of Apollo 10 & 11 on Ebay starting at £55!
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