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RE: why the interest in cassette decks and reel to reels

Dear Marc,

Sorry you missed out on that as it was on hell of a ride. I saw the dead about 150 times from 85-95, seeing them right until Jerry's death. I did a bit of taping and toured with lots of tapers. All the tapers I knew recorded the live shows on Maxell metal tapes. The predominant deck was the Sony D-5. We used Sennheiser Shotgun Mics. Other people used different things I guess but this was the setup of about everyone I knew. The DATS came in toward the end I guess. Some people had them earlier but I would say that the D-5 was the deck

With regard to my collection, I had a wide range of different tapes as I did not have a lot of money back then. By far the most tapes I have are Maxell XL II (and XL II S when I could afford it). I also have Sony Metals and Fuji Chromes as I used to be able to get a good deal on them at a tape shop by the ten pack. I also have some TDK Chromes. I would bet I have pretty much every kind of commonly avaiable Chrome tape in my collection but the vast majority are Maxell XL II's. The one thing I never purchased ever was normal bias tapes. They are all chrome or metal. I still play them to this day and they still sound good to me. I am sure that some other deadheads will pipe in as well with their experiences but for what its worth this was mine in ten years of touring.

Richard

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