Redcarmoose
Headphoneus Supremus
I’m dating myself, and.....I didn’t do it that often, but 4 track reel-to-reel tape players were primarily popular due to attempting to record off FM. Reel to reel (pre-recorded) stereo retail tapes of course did actually become a thing for a while but never took off like the LP. All those 4 track owners were not singer songwriters recording at home. As a recording artist Led Zeppelin created their entire tapestry around sequencing songs in an order so LPs would not get boring for being so long in time frame. Floyd was the same way with the LP being engineered to take interest for a full one time at a time listening experience. This is why the song variations and different pace tempos were put in. They had competition with the old 45 rpm way of life. It wasn’t until the CD that arraignments went out the window and monstrous play times were inflicted upon the masses.
FM recording was a hobby.
This style of an audiophile is actually long gone. But if you go back and truly indoctrinate yourself into 1970s music, albums were super super expensive and rare. If you had a band you were into.........the event of them playing a live radio studio broadcast was a big deal. These events were advertised long in advance, and in those days people would arrange their lives around a specific stereo live broadcast. The music was rare. FM tuners had a freaking multitude of wild enhancements. I’ve actuality forgotten the names of it all but it was cutting edge technology to get these special FM tuners which would parlay the very clearest FM radio signal so you could make a 1/4 inch tape of it all. That tape was precious and rare at the end. Same as cassette recording only cassettes were not at audiophile level. If you were to see all the reel to reel machines around, the other reason was people would get a new record and make a tape of it and save the record only to study the jacket.
The pure scarcity of media from that time is not fathomable today.
FM recording was a hobby.
This style of an audiophile is actually long gone. But if you go back and truly indoctrinate yourself into 1970s music, albums were super super expensive and rare. If you had a band you were into.........the event of them playing a live radio studio broadcast was a big deal. These events were advertised long in advance, and in those days people would arrange their lives around a specific stereo live broadcast. The music was rare. FM tuners had a freaking multitude of wild enhancements. I’ve actuality forgotten the names of it all but it was cutting edge technology to get these special FM tuners which would parlay the very clearest FM radio signal so you could make a 1/4 inch tape of it all. That tape was precious and rare at the end. Same as cassette recording only cassettes were not at audiophile level. If you were to see all the reel to reel machines around, the other reason was people would get a new record and make a tape of it and save the record only to study the jacket.
The pure scarcity of media from that time is not fathomable today.
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