I have most of the 7 1/2 ers but disdained to buy the slow speed ones. Big mistake. I see now they're going for the more bucks. Figures, kinda. clark On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 2:52 PM, carlstephen koto <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > For some reason the Beatles tapes have never reached the same crazy prices. > Perhaps it's a matter of the number of tapes that are in circulation? I > can't recall seeing any of them selling for much more than $125. > > Here's a link to their reel to reel releases. In my experience, the prices > that's shown are on the high side (as in, what one might hope to sell them > for). For example, you can almost always find a copy of "Abby Road" for > under $60 and quite often for less than $40. > It appears that the price goes up with rarity. > > http://www.rarebeatles.com/reel/reel.htm > > Carl Stephen Koto > On Mar 12, 2011, at 7:52 AM, Tom Fine wrote: > > > Arent' most of the Beatles reels 3.75IPS 1/4-tracks? Maybe the earlier > albums are 7.5IPS? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Kulp" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 10:34 AM > > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Mercury Madness > > > > > >> How about the US Beatles ones? > >> > >> Roger > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> --- On Thu, 3/10/11, Matt Sohn <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > >> From: Matt Sohn <[log in to unmask]> > >> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Mercury Madness > >> To: [log in to unmask] > >> Date: Thursday, March 10, 2011, 3:52 PM > >> > >>> For the most part, I think Tom put his finger on it with the statement > above. IMHO, what we're seeing with the most >insane prices are the > activities of completest collectors. > >> > >> Completist collectors are what keep history alive. > >> > >> -Matt Sohn > >> > >> > >> >