Grateful Dead Hour Shows: Transferred to CD's??


I have about 50 Grateful Dead Hour shows on tape recorded off of FM. They were all recorded on a Nakamichi LX-3, and many shows were recorded using Dolby "B" Unfortunately, the LX-3 is too bulky to transport, and also too expensive to ship (30 lbs boxed) I could buy either a used a Nakamichi BX-1 or BX-2 after I move and settle in, but I would have to find one in good condition

Therefore, my question is: could these tapes be tranferred to CD's, possibly even cleaned up or even re-equalized. BTW, many of the tapes offer some of the Dead's best performance over the years; some are just OK.

Unfortunately, it may be very expensive to professionally transfer the tapes. And I don't know if there are any quality "tape to CD" machines out there for sale. I really don't want to buy a transcription component that I will use only for a short period. ANY SUGGESTIONS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED' Thanks, Jim

sunnyjim
Also....if you can't find it there....talk to me. I'm a long time taper and collector
it's a lot of work to turn a bootleg into a cd. You need a Nak Dragon, A/D converter, and DAW setup to do it right.
Raymonda, Thanks for the offer of assistance and advice. However, as Lloydc notes it will take a lot of work, and I am not hunting for a used Nak Dragon on AG or E-bay

However, Teac offers a tape to CD transfer player that is available through the H&S catalogue from New York city. They want $500 for the machine, but I am sure it can be had less expensively new, or used. One glitch is the device uses special music/audio blank CD-R. Standard CD-R's will not work. Though, H&S offers a 30 pack for $20

BTW, Ray, I see you have a Mitsubishi Tuner (circa, 1980-1985(?) I used to sell them when I was a audio salesman, and actually bought a used one for about $60. I then got it modded by a guy in upstate Pa. It sounded great.... and also looked great. However, FM blows anymore unless you live in a major metro area.

Thanks to all who responded so far