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Re: [ARSCLIST] Concertapes -- what became of it?
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From: "Tom Fine" <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
What was the history of Concertapes? I believe they started out in the
mid-50's issuing stereo 2-track tapes. I have both "staggered"
(Magnecorder format) and "stacked" (standard 2-track) tapes from them,
both musical tapes by Leonard Sorkin heading variously named ensembles
which I believe someone here said were members of the Chicago Symphony.
And Concertapes also released the "Sound In the Round" series by Robert
Oaks Jordan.
Well, near as I recall, "Concertape" was a brand name used for "Radio Shack"
(now "Circuit City" here in
frozen Canuckistan, since the term "radio shack" was related to a much
earlier era in ham radio, when one
"borrowed" both the UX-245's out of the household radio in order to build an
up-to-date transmitter...!)
Was there a "Concertape" label in the early LP era unrelated to the later
history of cheap generic
R-2-R blank tape, and later cassettes...?!
Steven C. Barr