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I really enjoyed viewing this presentation. I am very familiar with the CD release of this remarkable recording. However, what interests me most of all is to know exactly how the sessions were recorded and with what types of microphones, etc. Care to delve into that? Keep up the great work!

Lol, greatful for being a musician. Playback is playback in the end of the day.

How often do you clean your tape machine, when did it last time has been serviced fully and has been used, and which parts must be replaced asap!!

ATR tapes are not available in Europe and advise you only use Recording The Masters brand blank tape, stay away from old used amped and Scotch tapes

RTM the best analogue blank tape for your mixtape!!

I found a Teac 4010s at Estate sale for $65 with Original box, manuals, real caps and headphones. I replaced all the Suzuki caps and recapped the preamp/amp board. Great sounding machine the heads are in excellent shape.

Otari MX5050 1000 bucks ? I wish. I’ve been browsing for a B3 for years and one that is newly serviced to the max goes for 3000-4500 easy!

Nice

Van Halen?

They worst thing the industry did was create streaming and mp3s

Hell go into LP albums its waaaaay cheaper

For the past half a century ( 54 short years & 6 months, to be exact to this date ), I have owned: Teac 3300S, Sony 630D, Teac 2300SX, Crown 800 Series-15 IPS, Teac 3300SX; all of which were purchased years apart in that order of affordability each could allow me - 1996 was the last year of acquiring these awesome decks so heavenly to listen to and beautiful to stare at! Then !!!...came the Pandemic! .. net-browsing on UA-cam was enormously entertaining, educating, more time to listen to music and lots of fun for anything in between. . . at age 80; came my final musical journey when I made a bank loan without my "Commander-in-Chief' knowing and made my last purchase in this passionate hobby: a used OTARI MTR-10, weighing +/- 300 lbs. console, professional Studio Recorder ( 7.5, 15 & 30 IPS ) that cost $800 shipping from N.Carolina to Al Caponeland. Greetings from Chicago! Listening to a R2R at its best will guaranty to transport you to Cloud-9. At a glance, it is a work of Art worth calling it; "One of the Seven Wonders of the AudioWorld" ... ... My profound Thanking you Tubelandia. Analogue.ly, Marvie P.S. BTW - I use VACUUM TUBE gears [ Audio Research SP3a Pre amp, D/51 Pwr amp, QUAD ESL-63, vintage Altec-Lansing Valenvcia (VOTT), Linn Sondek TT w/ MC cartridge, California Audio Lab CD player ( no DAC - can"t afford now ) Nakamichi M3 and M7 cassette decks and the venerable FISHER C-800 circa 1964...voila soundz to an aging eardrums. The good Lord Bless us all - AMEN

hi to all you can have a deck that is working when you have it note and when you are using it it can get bad i know the decks like the teac 44 i picked up is still working ok and a teac 80-8 the 1/4 inch decks alot have for sell have alot of wear for the money the 1/2 inch decks i have find are better for my money

To my ears reel-to-reel is superior to any other format available to consumers.

Wow you align to another machines calibration? That’s very interesting. Do you have a scope hooked up at all times?

How do you know yours is right

⁠I’m SO GLAD you found a copy and got it cleaned up. It’s essential on a 50+ year old record. I’m obsessive and use a VPI vacuum AND an ultrasonic! I swear those pink rims are amazing; and even though it’s been remastered remixed and redone, it’s still the most consistent pressing, especially with the QC issues of later CR pressings. Regardless I’m ecstatic that you found a great copy… congrats! Also I wouldn’t worry to much about missing a digit in the matrix, as long as the GP is there, and a pink rim, you’re golden!

Thank you for sharing your insights. I also have a fondness for vinyl, especially from the pre-digital era (late 70s). Growing up in Brazil, I was exposed to my dad's small collection of reel-to-reel tapes, which provided a wonderful experience. While I understand the allure of reel-to-reel recordings, I'll stick to the second-best medium, such as well-recorded vinyl and DSD. I recognize why tapes are expensive, but I appreciate why people invest in them. There's nothing wrong with spending money on a good reel-to-reel recording. In a world where so much money is used for negative purposes, it's refreshing to see it used for something positive like reel-to-reel recordings.

My Japanese MONO is tough to beat. I sure Love it.

People are listening to tape again?

Glad I found this, Great Job ; )

Great video. I love my Tascam tape decks. The sound is great.

I purchased a tone tape and aligned my heads. Then recorded a new tone tape. Just to find out it was still out of alignment. Its best to record the tone yourself and align the heads until you get it right.

From what you are saying ERC IS ALEAYS A RIPOFF. AP is great ERC IS SHIT. When it comes to the price. And the a cut so quit. I like my music to jump!

and worth even more fuss if an outboard tape head pre-preamp is used. Will take tapes to another level above and beyond the standard playback electronics in a 5050 or Ampex 102, or Studer 810. Also don't forget all the 1/2 track tapes RCA, Mercury and others issued in the late 1950s. Some of these are sonic blockbusters.

So I got 11 ReVox RTR's, no Studer's unfortunately. A properly calibrated ReVox (A77, B77, PR99, C273) has a superior sound reproduction to any other analog recorder ever made. In fact it even outperforms some of my DAT recorders in overall sound dynamics and pleasantries to the human ear.

Unless you are buying a NOS machine (which is practically unheard of), most reel to reel decks have had a LOT of hours on them. I am relatively a new-comer when it comes to reel to reel and there was certainly no R2R decks here in my country (Australia) for sale at the time a few years back when I looked. What decks I could find were overseas. With the advice of a friend who told me "avoid units that say they are overhauled, you don't know what the heck has been done to them" I imported a Revox b77 MK2, listed as working but needing service. It was expensive to procure the unit (because they are are also heavy, the shipping cost was hefty). The unit I got was a nice one, iec ccir unit which could do 15 IPS. So basically a pro-sumer level unit. It had belonged to a Radio station in its past life and was absolutely worn to hell, it had a LOT of hours on it... The heads were pretty worn too... But... the unit was all original and UNMOLESTED - it just needed an extensive overhaul, both electrically and mechanically. Money was not an issue and I had it overhauled by a professional here that specializes in reel to reel gear and has been servicing and restoring Revox and other brands for decades. I was in good hands. I wanted to enjoy this unit and hear it like it would have sounded when it was brand new - so I went the expensive route - full mechanical overhaul, full electrical overhaul - all the capacitors were changed along with anything else that needed it (other components that might have been out of spec)... I had brand new heads installed in the unit (yes NOS can be found if you are willing to pay a small fortune since they are very hard to come by and what is around is hideously expensive for that reason) - the unit was then fully aligned and calibrated for RTM SM911 tape. I got the unit back after its overhaul and was like a child at Christmas with their new toy. I did some 15 IPS recordings to fresh RTM SM911 tape from a good quality source (digital but with a decent DAC in front of it) --- I remember listening to my unit for the first time after doing some recordings and my jaw dropped at how beautiful it sounded, bought a tear to my eye. It IS an expensive hobby, but if you love analog, it DOESNT get any better than a good reel to reel unit!

Great resource for R2R tape. Thanks!

I have some different 3k Test Tapes, I was surprise how the speeds were way off from each other, and the X-Y.

Thanks for sharing Happy listening!

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The Classic Records 200g pressing, has that dynamic room shaking affects on Fly on a windshield.

so glad i found your channel

I align my tape head by ear by listening for the best treble in mono, no reason to use alignment tapes as noone records anything on tape nowadays.

Is this record really even that good? Not really. Although, Selling England is a masterpiece!

All fallacies - not saying R2R isn’t great; but a really high end TT is going to surpass. Yes, Surpass, the same album on tape. Tapes are EQ’ed as well. Tape machines have Lower dynamic range than a world-class TT (my TT setup is 80dB). Tapes are copies of copies of copies of copies. Vinyl is 1-2 copies from the master. Every tape copy degrades the master by at least 2dB in dynamic range, adds noise, etc.

Bought this when it first came out. Loved it then , love it now.

I’ve got a Myles Showell half speed remaster of this album from 2018. It sounds just fantastic.

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@starlightgrecording559 Tubelandia*** Gerard Stroh*** I am A Audiophile Person and I Did A Smart move some Years Back and I did the Same thing on my Turntables about 20 Years Ago I Wanted to Get into analogue Recording and What I did I started on Getting My Akai Machines Ether They Were Not Pro Machines But I Got over 20 Working Tape Machines Now!!!! The Next Step of the Ladder What I Did I Pick up an Old 1967 old AMPEX AG440 4 track 1/2 inch Reel to Reel Tape Machine in Mint Condition that Came out From A Recording Studio and it is All Class A Electronics Record and Playback Amps on the Tape Deck and it Works Like A Dream*** Later I also Pick up an Old Teac Tascam Super Heavy 80-8 80 pounder 8 track 1/2 inch Reel to Reel Tape Machine and Then I Pick up 2 Teac's A3440 4 track Reel to Reel Tape Machine and They Both Work Great and Got them about $400 Dollars each and My Ampex Ag440 Got it For $450 and Than I Was Happy to Pick up A Otari MX5050 mk2 Reel to Reel Tape Deck and it needs Minor Work But It Sounds Great and I Pick up A Vintage Tascam 8516B 16 track Reel to Reel Tape Machine But The Transport Tape Machine Works But The Record amps Do Not Work But I am Hanging on to it Until I Find Parts For it**** I am Well Set on Tape Machines and Turntables For My Audiophile Stereo System!!!! Reel to Reel Tape Machines Have the Upper Hand in Real Analogue Sound and Turntables Are Second!!!! Bye From Gerard Stroh!!!

Having produced music over the last 30 years, back in the day tape hiss was a necessary evil. Dbx could sometimes help but had its own set of issues. I currently have three reel-to-reel machines and at one time owned lots of 7.5 IPS pre-recorded in addition to high speed Studio Masters. When I'm working on a recording I am always listening for problems among 50 other things. That's why LP's are only marginally enjoyable for me and I have a very high-end collection of Japanese vinyl. As said in this video, ticks and Pops take me out of the moment. So I say use digital and Tube/transformer the hell out of it. SACD/CD for me streaming may cut it someday but not yet

It's called "In The Cage" not "Sunshine In My Stomach"

"Sunshine in my stomach", is the opening line from a song called "The Cage"

I have

I hate that HUGE tick box, why not release the freaking album as originally is? that huge tick box don't look premium as they think.

A classic Genesis album! I also have a few different pressings of this album, including the Japanese pressing. Loved hearing your thoughts on the different pressings of it. Awesome video!

Hello, I'm new to your channel. I'm a huge Genesis fan, and The Lamb is one of my favorite albums from them. I really want to pick up that 4lp pressing of it. Now that the holidays are over, I'll look into it. I live in Norcal and sometimes travel to Berkeley to vinyl dig. Love how you compare this new pressing to older pressings. Great review!

love the background music :)