The boxes here are all red up to 7". The 10.5' are black and white. They
had sizes from 3". Maybe I should scan one of the boxes.
Lou Judson wrote:
> I googled it, and found an ebay site, with instant going back to a
> generic ebay page. But the flash of an image I got looked exactly like
> BASF tape box and reel! Only blue not red.
>
> Interesting!
>
> <L>
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> On Dec 18, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Shai Drori wrote:
>
>> Has anyone heard of the Sonocolor brand? They were used in Israel
>> from the late 50's to the mid 70's. The tapes were either standard
>> play with blue leader, long play with green leader, or double play
>> with yellow leader. These tapes turn out to be fantastic time
>> travelers. I have transfered a few thousands of them so far and none
>> have shown any signs of aging whatsoever. They don't even get dirt on
>> the transport. Physically they look like the spiting image of BASF
>> LGS tapes. The engineer at the National Sound Archives in Jerusalem
>> theorized that they were actually BASF tapes rebranded so that their
>> German origin will not be known. I would love to have any info on
>> these tapes, mostly because they are in such good shape after so many
>> years.
>> Shai
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