{"id":2482,"date":"2018-12-27T18:11:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T00:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/?page_id=2482"},"modified":"2019-07-20T11:55:21","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T16:55:21","slug":"rollofone-tapes-reel-sound","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/?page_id=2482","title":{"rendered":"Rollofone Tapes: Reel Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tape machines represent the very top of the analog sound &#8220;food chain&#8221;. So many of us appreciate the looks of the spinning reels, the emotions of a bygone era and, of course, the magnificent sound. Though you can still buy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ballfinger.de\/tape-recorder-m-063\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brand new reel to reel machines<\/a> and there are still a few brand new (and expensive) releases off lesser known artists on magnetic tape (they sound awesome), what about the classics &#8211; like Karajan, Ormandy, Fitzgerald and so many more? What about the &#8220;old&#8221; way of recording concerts &#8211; with two or three microphones giving you a wide and unbelievable Stereo image &#8211; just as if the orchestra would perform their magic just for you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ballfinger-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ballfinger-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ballfinger.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/>Sure &#8211; you can buy vintage consumer 4 tracks, but those have deteriorated, with tapes flaking, unequal channel loses smirking the Stereo signal. <strong>But what if you could buy classic performance on brand new two track 7 1\/2 IPS tapes today?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s were Rollofone comes in.<\/p>\n<p>We purchased a large quantity of those vintage consumer grade tapes and carefully remastered them to their fullest potential. No digital gimmicks or artificial add ons. All re-mastering only done on our analog chains. What you hear is awesome. rich sound without clicks or pops or artificial artifacts.<\/p>\n<p>As we do not own the copyrights on most of those recordings, we can only provide services to you if you purchase the tape from us or already own a copy of a the release (look on Ebay). We will send you the original tape with your purchase. If you already have the tape (or record), subtract $50 from the purchase price and send proof of ownership as we won&#8217;t have to send you the original tape. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/#contact\">Contact us<\/a> if you have questions.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Currently Available: (as long as we have original tapes)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/santana-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/santana-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/santana-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/santana-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/santana-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/santana-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/santana-174x174.jpg 174w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/santana.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/>Columbia CR30130<\/strong><br \/>Santana<br \/>Abraxas<br \/>Fully Analog Remastered<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<h4>2 Track, 7 1\/2 ips, NAB Equalization, Two 7&#8243; reel &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; US$ 260.00<\/h4>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2482-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/magic.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/magic.mp3\">https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/magic.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/chicago-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/chicago-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/chicago-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/chicago-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/chicago-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/chicago-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/chicago-174x174.jpg 174w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/chicago.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 117px) 100vw, 117px\" \/>Verve VSTC 266<br \/><\/strong>Chicago And All That Jazz<strong><br \/><\/strong>Eddie Condon, Jack Teagarden, Bud Freeman, Bob Haggart, Gene Krupa<strong>, <\/strong>Joe Sullivan, Pee Wee Russell, Jimmy McPartland<strong><br \/><\/strong>Fully Analog Remastered<strong><br \/><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>2 Track, 7 1\/2 ips, NAB Equalization, Two 7&#8243; reel &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; US$ 260.00<\/h4>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2482-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/chicago.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/chicago.mp3\">https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/chicago.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bernstrauss-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bernstrauss-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bernstrauss-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bernstrauss-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bernstrauss-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bernstrauss-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bernstrauss-174x174.jpg 174w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bernstrauss.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/>Columbia Masterworks 1R1 6559<br \/><\/strong>Tales from the Vienna Woods<br \/>New York Philharmonic<br \/>Leonard Bernstein<br \/>Fully Analog Remastered<\/p>\n<h4>2 Track, 7 1\/2 ips, NAB Equalization, One 7&#8243; reel &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; US$ 180.00<\/h4>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2482-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/vieanna.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/vieanna.mp3\">https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/vieanna.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cover-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cover-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cover-500x497.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cover-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cover-174x174.jpg 174w, https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cover.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 126px) 100vw, 126px\" \/>Columbia Masterworks MQ454<\/strong><br \/>Beethoven Symphony No. 3 Eroica<br \/>The Philadelphia Orchestra<br \/>Eugene Ormandy<br \/>Fully Analog Remastered<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>2 Track, 7 1\/2 ips, NAB Equalization, Two 7&#8243; reels &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; US$ 245.00<\/h4>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2482-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/eroica_excerpt.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/eroica_excerpt.mp3\">https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/eroica_excerpt.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested in any of our re-masters? Please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/#contact\">contact us<\/a> for availability or to request uncompressed sound samples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tape machines represent the very top of the analog sound &#8220;food chain&#8221;. So many of us appreciate the looks of the spinning reels, the emotions of a bygone era and, of course, the magnificent sound. Though you can still buy brand new reel to reel machines and there are still a few brand new (and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/?page_id=2482\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Read more about Rollofone Tapes: Reel Sound<\/span>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2488,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2482","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2482"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2584,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2482\/revisions\/2584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rollofone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}