Were any of you taping concerts circa 1972-88?

Yes

But many of our recordings were of that era where tape binders were hydoscopic.

TDK Audia and Scotch professional were just awful in that regard. Once the deed was done my big TASCAM didn't have the horsepower to drag that tape across the heads.

Baking tape gave you a single shot at it, frequently with diminished frequency response.

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I had an Akai reel as well as a Kenwood cassette. I still use my reel, which is now a Technics 2 track.

At that time, an Empire turntable, and a V15 cartridge was the thing, they were some really beautiful TT's.

Since I'm into jazz, I can't help you with the music, although I've been giving cassettes away by the dozens. I'm sure there is someone like me who no longer has any use for very well recorded and good sounding cassettes, who would gladly share their love of rock with you.

Yeah - I had a nice sounding JVC portable tape deck. It made warm sounding recordings. My buddy had a nakamichi 550, which was very good.

Stereo5, what happened to the master tapes you made? You said you got out of the hobby but did you give them away?

Tomcy6 and Slikric3000, I am familiar with tradersden and archive.org, and there is a wealth of good stuff there. I am specifically trying to find some tapers who may not have moved to the digital realm yet.

Cyclontronguy, you are right about the tape binder issues. Interestingly, cassettes of '70s have typically held up better than some brands of reels. You have fewer shedding and sticking tape issues though I have baked a cassette along the way, though far more often reels. You do often need to reshell cassettes to get the best playback.

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