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I only know what I said here - and that only from Google... so I won't be more help! <L> On Dec 19, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Shai Drori wrote: > 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 >>