When the world went digital, record labels had their analogue masters transferred to digital tape. These became the new masters. As digital technology progressed, higher bit and sample rates were utilized.
Jimmy Page did go back to the analogue source tapes, which allowed him to remix. But, these tapes were transferred to digital. There's a very good reason for this besides being easier to work in the digital domain. Nobody would want these old magnetic tapes threaded through various ATR's and shuttled back and forth during a mixing session.
Jimmy Page did go back to the analogue source tapes, which allowed him to remix. But, these tapes were transferred to digital. There's a very good reason for this besides being easier to work in the digital domain. Nobody would want these old magnetic tapes threaded through various ATR's and shuttled back and forth during a mixing session.