They may also be from the large RCA cassettes.
Same solution. Often the reel inside is not standard and the tape has to be
wound off by hand to a fresh reel.
Steve Smolian
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From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
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Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 4:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Can someone help this guy with old (pre-cassette)
tape cartridge recordings?
It is actually unclear whether he has 8-track cartridges or if they are
Muntz 4-tracks. In either case, taking them out of the cartidge and playing
back on a reel to reel deck is probably a better idea.
Angie Dickinson Mickle
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Chris J Brady wrote:
> This topic came up on another forum a few days ago.
>
> Basically that 8-track units can be found for a song on eBay. If they are
recording types then they might well have been owned by an audiophile and be
well maintained.
>
> Chris B.
>
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> On Tue, 8/4/14, Steve Ramm <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Can someone help this guy with old (pre-cassette)
tape cartridge recordings?
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, 8 April, 2014, 18:51
>
> I received this from a guy - after I
> posted info about ARSC on one of the "folk" newsgroups. I'm fairly
> certain one (or two) of you can help him.
> His email address is below so please contact him direct with any
> guidance or questions.
>
> Steve Ramm
>
>
>
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>
>
> ____________________________________
> From: [log in to unmask]
>
> Sent: 4/8/2014 9:49:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
> Subj: Personal Questions about "Old" Recordings
>
>
> Hello Steve,
>
> I have read with interest your various posts to FOLKDJ-L concerning
> early sound recordings and the work of ARSC. Thus, I thought you
> would be a good person to ask about some stuff I own and what to do
> with it.
>
> First, I have a bunch of personal recordings made between about
> 1960 and
> 1965 on tape cartridges. As you may know, these were essentially
> forerunners of cassette technology. They used standard quarter-inch
> tape housed in a large plastic shell with a supply spool and a
> take-up spool. Each cartridge holds about as much tape as could be
> wound onto a standard five-inch reel.
>
> Anyway, I no longer have a machine that will play these tapes but
> would like very much to retrieve the audio from them, if--in
> fact--it is still retrievable. These are mostly childhood recordings
> that include family voices as well as voices and other recordings
> from the West Virginia School for the Blind where I was a student.
> I suspect there is also some music and stuff recorded from the
> radio, as well as some of my early attempts at "playing radio."
>
> Can you suggest an individual or company who might be able to
> restore and digitize these recordings? Of course, the cost of such
> restoration is a concern; however, I would be willing to pay a
> reasonable amount to preserve some of this sound for the future.
> Since I am probably the only one who could identify a lot of the
> stuff, it is important to do the job while I am still alive and
> able to listen to and document it.
> (No, I am not gravely
> ill
> or anything like that but am approaching 65 and increasingly aware
> of the value of preserving sound of all kinds from the
> past.)
>
> Any guidance you can give me would be very much appreciated.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Ed McDonald
> Keyser, WV 26726
>
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