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15th Jan 2014, 10:44 PM
	carryonsidney a happy disposition is an omnious sign.... Member since Feb 2010 1707 Points Moderator	Re: about the actual tape, without naming names or such - a very major league record company has been routinely remaking master tapes for more than ten years now. The problem with old tape is that not only does the iron magnetic track deterioate with age but the actual tape itself decays. As a result many major bands have had their original master tapes archived and have new master tapes dubbed from the originals. Obviously we've all heard about disappearing master tapes, the usual reason for disposal is because they simply fell to bits. Its a similar problem the BFI deal with old film, the tape literally falling to bits with age. Amusingly digital archives arent future proof either, so the whole dubbing process will repeated everytime computer technology moves into a new chipset. Edited by carryonsidney on 15th Jan 2014, 10:47 PM

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