London 4-tracks

Tape Trail

Reel to reel, cassette and other analogue tape formats.

Several years ago I acquired a dozen or so London 4-track classical tapes duplicated in 1959-1960 by Ampex. Most are Ansermet/Suisse Romande recordings that are of Decca/UK origin. All sound absolutely gorgeous, a reminder of how good the format can be if the tape is in physically good shape. Currently listening to Debussy Images on LCL 80085.
It always seemed to me that the earlier Ampex duplications (from 1959 to around 1963) sounded better than the later, and am wondering whether they changed their duplication speed along the way.

Edits: 12/06/14 12/06/14 12/06/14

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Topic - London 4-tracks - michael22 15:59:20 12/06/14 (5)

The best ones have blue labels on the reels - vinyl phanatic 05:24:04 12/10/14 (3)

RE: The best ones have blue labels on the reels - michael22 17:10:05 12/12/14 (0)

One unfortunate exception: Ansermet Rite/Petroushka - Dave Pogue 05:42:58 12/10/14 (1)

RE: One unfortunate exception: Ansermet Rite/Petroushka - michael22 10:35:36 12/12/14 (0)

good shape -- and carefully/thoughtfully duplicated (nt) - mhardy6647 05:44:03 12/07/14 (0)

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