I checked about a hundred of my tapes and I am not sure any of the 2
track (non stereo) were from 1952. I have several 2 track non-stereo tapes,
7 1/2 speed that were issued by Ampex for London. No date on the box or
tape reel, so I can't be certain of the date. None of the early 2 tracks I
bought were stereo though. I thought the high-fidelity was great and worth
the money. Thanks for making me look. I found three Gilbert and Sullivan
operettas on reels that I didn't even remember owning. Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 7:10 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] commerical reels history (was Boston Pops question)
> I'd be interested to know what's on them and who released them. I do not
> believe you'll find that they are in fact 2T stereo. They are likely
> half-track (2-sided) mono. If they are stereo, it would be very
> interesting to know who put them out as in 1952 only a few people were
> experimenting with 2-channel stereo recording of music. No major labels
> yet, although I believe RCA started making 2T masters in 1954 or even
> 1953 -- I think Zarathustra with Reiner was the first 2T session.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack Palmer" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 12:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] commerical reels history (was Boston Pops
> question)
>
>
>> I bought my first 2 track tapes for my reel recorder/player in the
>> Base Exchange in Sidi-Slimane, Morocco in 1952. I still have a couple of
>> them in fact. Jack
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 9:40 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] commerical reels history (was Boston Pops
>> question)
>>
>>
>>
>>> Ampex developed their own, was developed by Leon Wortman in NY and
>>> detailed in a 1951 Radio & TV News article. Wortman's line made
>>> full-track or half-track tapes. Commercial half-track tapes were
>>> available as early as 1951 or 1952, but there was only a very small
>>> consumer market for reel to reel machines at that point. > Because this
>>> was a new format sold at a premium price, a lot of QC attention was paid
>>> by the reputable companies in this era, so the net quality is very high.
>>> Akin to what happened when stereo LPs came along.
>> .
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