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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> > > 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 >