It went Vinyl, Reel to Reel, cassette 1969 (?) (it didn’t catch on) then 4 track, then 8 track, then cassette finally caught on 1979 (?) maybe 1980. 8 track was already gone. Boxes everywhere at garage sales and swap meets. The problem with cassette was the cheapest narrowest, format of all the the tape, types.. There were 3-4 different Reel to Reel formats too. You have to be carefull, buying some of the older RtR, it’s not all compatible. Some reelhead can chime in.
I haven’t used my RtR much for the last 25 years.
The magnetic media was starting to degrade from the 40,50,60s
in the 90s, I’ll have to check again, they only get worse. Some were in real good shape, some lost there luster..
My wife still has boxes of cassettes. We had to special order a cassette for a new car, it was a big deal..
Still sound bad, but it's the Stones, suppose to sound bad.. I think.
Regards
I haven’t used my RtR much for the last 25 years.
The magnetic media was starting to degrade from the 40,50,60s
in the 90s, I’ll have to check again, they only get worse. Some were in real good shape, some lost there luster..
My wife still has boxes of cassettes. We had to special order a cassette for a new car, it was a big deal..
Still sound bad, but it's the Stones, suppose to sound bad.. I think.
Regards