Oh, man...I would love to see that '77 tape of The Sting. I can hear Ernie Anderson's voiceover in my head already. It's too bad we're separated by the entire continental United States, since I've got the playback decks you need. I have a ton of Beta tapes but I don't think I have anything before '79/80.
4-track tapes were the technological precursor to 8-track tapes, and to the untrained eye they look more or less identical (they're basically the same technology and shells as the "carts" used in radio until digital formats made them obsolete). 4-tracks hold less music, and are generally really old (pre-1967, usually)... I used to buy every one I saw, just on principle. Beatles, Stones, Doors, Box Tops, Love, Lawrence Welk, you name it, I've got 'em.
I have a few reel-to-reels too, but I never did have a reel-to-reel machine that worked. Don't even get me started on my 8-track collection. Or my CED videodiscs. Or wax cylinders and 78s. Or Atari/Colecovision/Intellivision/Odyssey-2 cartridges. If it's old obsolete junk, I probably have enough of it to cause a spinal injury lifting it.
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Re: Discredited Media
Date: 2007-02-09 11:51 am (UTC)4-track tapes were the technological precursor to 8-track tapes, and to the untrained eye they look more or less identical (they're basically the same technology and shells as the "carts" used in radio until digital formats made them obsolete). 4-tracks hold less music, and are generally really old (pre-1967, usually)... I used to buy every one I saw, just on principle. Beatles, Stones, Doors, Box Tops, Love, Lawrence Welk, you name it, I've got 'em.
I have a few reel-to-reels too, but I never did have a reel-to-reel machine that worked. Don't even get me started on my 8-track collection. Or my CED videodiscs. Or wax cylinders and 78s. Or Atari/Colecovision/Intellivision/Odyssey-2 cartridges. If it's old obsolete junk, I probably have enough of it to cause a spinal injury lifting it.