The Kinks Greatest Hits 7in Reel Tape 7 1/2 ips Reprise RS 6217 TESTED
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I'm currently working through a huge collection of tapes, primarily a large portion of a tape library that was established at Camp Tien Sha Naval Support Activity Special Services Library in Da Nang, Vietnam. The library was moved to the School of Music at US Navphibase, Little Creek, VA where it operated till at least the end of the 80's. Some tapes were added to the library in Little Creek. I'll note that in each listing.
Because they were library tapes, they were adorned with stickers on the spine and front, stamps all over, library cards inside and er.... annotations from the military folk who played these, some in the argot of young military folk of the time in relaxation mode. I've removed the stickers from the front and spine, developing techniques on the copious quantity of 101 Strings tapes that came along for the ride. I've left the library cards inside for interest.
I'm not trying to attach any particular value to the history of these tapes, just letting you know, which in part explains the poor condition of some of the boxes. However they have done a good job protecting the reels.
Because of the journey these tapes have been on, I've run them all from beginning to end, sampling playing on both sides at multiple places. In truth I've listed to all of many of these - they're typically the music of my teens. The reject pile is growing and will be listed in due course with notes on what I've found. I haven't rejected a tape for a single issue - a glitch near the beginning, a single splice or a short stretched section, perhaps a couple of seconds max. I've also included a few tapes missing a short section at the beginning, providing it doesn't affect the end of side 2 also, maximum 30 seconds. All defects are noted in the condition statement.
I have not included any tapes that I would not enjoy listening to, however if you find something I've missed that spoils it for you or you just aren't happy listening to that glitch during the intro to something or other, please request a return at my expense, no questions asked. Note that I can only offer this within areas served by USPS Media Mail. Elsewhere the standard ebay return policy will apply - if I don't describe it correctly, including missing an issue that offends, it's my problem, not yours.
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This is The Kinks Greatest Hits, something of a surprise to me finding it in this US military library as I didn't know how much they'd broken through in the USA. I grew up with Ray Davies' carefully cultured North London accent on every pop TV program back in the the UK, with some real substance compared to the anodyne pop that filled much of the charts.
This album brings back great memories for me and is a lot of fun, despite the passage of time.
I will note that although it's marked as Stereo, it sounds like mono reprocessed to generate a stereo effect, which creates some less that ideal stereo images / channel balance. This is a Stereotape duplication, later known as Magtec and they do a good job.
As to the presence or absence of an MTD Master Duplication label, well all sorts of labels are found on vintage tape boxes - New Biasonic Process is one that comes to mind and they all mean about the same, nothing!
This is on Reprise R-6217, recorded in 4 track stereo at 7 1/2 ips. There were no issues noted during a thorough listening test.
This quality tape will be shipped carefully packed via Media Mail or Priority Mail at your choice.
If you are considering buying multiple lots of tapes, please contact me before PAYMENT if you are in the US and I will invoice combined shipping.
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