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After Bill Lear and his team developed the new Stereo 8 system for his LearJets, he knew the bigger opportunity would be if he could get the word out to Automobile Consumers. Bill had a long association with Ford’s management and his next move was to persuade the management atContinue Reading

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The reel to reel tapes were duped directly from studio masters, bypassing the remastering for vinyl cutting, and going straight to the pure audiophile sound. The 8 Track transfers would naturally be the same as the reels. G.I. Blues – The actual studio is important to the quality of theContinue Reading

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If you are a fan of the 8 Track Tape, I’m sure you’ve heard all the usual comments… Those silly things? What’s the point? They sound terrible! etc etc etc. Let’s set the way-back machine to 1966… I’m 11 years old and owned one of the little RCA 45 playersContinue Reading

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I’ve collected 8-tracks since they came of age in 1969. I bought a player, and my first tape purchase was the TV Special photo box. At the time, the sound was a revelation. My Record player was just a little $9.99 portable – very cool and space-age looking – andContinue Reading

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RCA carts: There are two versions of this. One uses a rivet of sorts to keep the top halves of the cart secured. To remove this I like to use a soldering iron to heat up the rivet and pry the cart halves apart. And then once the repairs are doneContinue Reading

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I’ve been to just about every major library in Australia digging up material for my Australian discography and the Cadillac book. Unfortunately, a lot of the RCA material is lost but I have collected some bit by bit over many years. It seems RCA Australia stopped producing cartridges by 1977Continue Reading

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Photo from Elvis Information Network website Book Review: “Elvis Presley’s GOLD Cadillac Tour of AUSTRALASIA 1968-69” by Nigel Patterson December 2011 Glenn Reimer is working with Bob Hayden on the new Cadillac book and provided details on the photo…” image taken in Australia at Albury, New South Wales. The photographerContinue Reading

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Representing Elvis on tape would not be complete without reflecting on sound quality. The closest in sound to the original RCA master tapes, was the 7½ IPS reel-to-reel format. So it’s safe to say that the 7½ IPS reel-to-reel is superior to all tape formats, including the 3¾ IPS reel-to-reelContinue Reading