Jackie mi fai sognare , voglio dirtelo in Italiano . Mi commuovi tanto come mi commuovono le melodie di Puccini . Grazie per essere esistito . Un grazie anche al Signor Chris Cromwell !
Thanks for another great album, sir. With reel-to-reel tapes, it seems they had different tracks than the full vinyl albums. Either they had fewer tracks and/or the song order might be different. Any idea why? I'm basing my assumption on the various "That Moment" albums shown on the Discogs page.
It is true the Reel To Reel tape albums differed than LP Albums. The main reasons were the lengths of tape being used, tape speed, and especially costs. Back in the late 50’s and 60’s Reel Tape was very expensive. Most prerecorded Reel Tapes were considered to be the CD’s of their day, and the price reflected that. To try to curb costs, the length of high quality tape was first decided. To compete with the sound quality of LP Records, 7.5 inch per second speed was always chosen; as superior than LP Records. Now they had to plan carefully as to what songs, in what order per side, would get placed on the tape; to maximize the space as possible. Due to the length of tape, oftentimes some songs were omitted. If all of the songs were included, you would have a long stretch of tape at either side with nothing on it; this was avoided as possible. In the end, you still paid twice as much for a 4 Track Reel Tape Album of Jackie Gleason with a few or several songs omitted. But what you still got in lasting stereo quality, was still a value. But it doesn’t quite end there, that was only a 4 Track Reel Tape lasting 30 minutes in total. Some record companies wanted to go above and beyond the quality of LP Records. So they would create a two track reel tape album of Jackie Gleason, at 7.5 IPS. Using the entire reel tape of two tracks meant, only one side could be played through. So that required fewer songs to be included on a Reel Tape album, usually about 15-25 minutes long. That would also significantly differ from the order of an LP record. 2 Track Prerecorded Reel Tapes costed the same as 4 track versions, except the sound quality was much higher still. Perhaps as close to the master tape copy as you could get. Again, still a value if you really treasured the full advantage of your stereo system back then. Many audiophiles back then really appreciated getting the maximum stereo quality their money could buy. If the quality of the stereo prerecorded tape was there, they didn’t mind too much if a few songs got omitted. Back In those days, it was very possible to find the missing or omitted songs on a different prerecorded tape; so they bought those. Later on in the 60’s, record companies again wanted to deal another blow to LP Records. Already the reel tape was far superior in sound and quality. Now they made double albums of Jackie Gleason for example, all on one tape! Usually the same price for one 4 track tape. Granted this required a slower 3 3/4 IPS speed. But using professional equalization and higher quality tape, it still sounded nearly as good as 7.5 IPS. Very similar to a double album found on one CD. Over the many decades, the prerecorded stereo reel tapes sort of lost their high quality luster. It’s normal with tape wear. Around 2017-2018, I bought a used Teac X-1000R Reel To Reel Tape deck. It was made sometime in the early to mid 80’s. I wanted to see how good this machine could sound, if I could restore it. So I went through all of the electronics, and replaced every Electrolytic Capacitor I found with Gold Nichicon brand; designed for Audio. I also tweaked the output EQ and replaced the heads with high quality Amorphous. Now the restored Teac brings out the incredible best of any 4 Track or 2 Track Tape. Those Jackie Gleason Reel Tapes now sound better than ever, near CD Quality. You can listen to how well my Teac X-1000R sounds by listening to my Internet Radio Station; WJST Jet Set Radio. I hope you will give it a try, found on many phone apps, Google Speakers, Alexa, and Roku. Here is the website, and there are widgets on the website you can listen to. www.wjstjetset.com
@@ChrisCromwellHP Wow, thank you for the thoughtful reply! Not only did you kindly provide an answer, you generously provided an education! I'm grateful. I've never had the good fortune to hear a reel-to-reel recording, but I was aware of them as a kid growing up in the 70s and seeing them in magazines. I'd love to hear some of your Jackie Gleason recordings on your Teac X-1000R. I bet it's fantastic...especially after you performed such an extensive restoration. Even through RUclips, I find the recording to sound excellent, as far as I can tell with my modest external speakers.
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Preciosa música instrumental. Me fascinan los arreglos que tan magistralmente hiciera Jackie Gleason, para su tiempo, y la posteridad 😂
Jackie mi fai sognare , voglio dirtelo in Italiano . Mi commuovi tanto come mi commuovono le melodie di Puccini . Grazie per essere esistito . Un grazie anche al Signor Chris Cromwell !
I once had this album. Wish I could buy it again.
Thanks for another great album, sir. With reel-to-reel tapes, it seems they had different tracks than the full vinyl albums. Either they had fewer tracks and/or the song order might be different. Any idea why? I'm basing my assumption on the various "That Moment" albums shown on the Discogs page.
It is true the Reel To Reel tape albums differed than LP Albums.
The main reasons were the lengths of tape being used, tape speed, and especially costs.
Back in the late 50’s and 60’s Reel Tape was very expensive. Most prerecorded Reel Tapes were considered to be the CD’s of their day, and the price reflected that.
To try to curb costs, the length of high quality tape was first decided. To compete with the sound quality of LP Records, 7.5 inch per second speed was always chosen; as superior than LP Records. Now they had to plan carefully as to what songs, in what order per side, would get placed on the tape; to maximize the space as possible.
Due to the length of tape, oftentimes some songs were omitted. If all of the songs were included, you would have a long stretch of tape at either side with nothing on it; this was avoided as possible.
In the end, you still paid twice as much for a 4 Track Reel Tape Album of Jackie Gleason with a few or several songs omitted. But what you still got in lasting stereo quality, was still a value.
But it doesn’t quite end there, that was only a 4 Track Reel Tape lasting 30 minutes in total.
Some record companies wanted to go above and beyond the quality of LP Records.
So they would create a two track reel tape album of Jackie Gleason, at 7.5 IPS.
Using the entire reel tape of two tracks meant, only one side could be played through.
So that required fewer songs to be included on a Reel Tape album, usually about 15-25 minutes long. That would also significantly differ from the order of an LP record.
2 Track Prerecorded Reel Tapes costed the same as 4 track versions, except the sound quality was much higher still. Perhaps as close to the master tape copy as you could get.
Again, still a value if you really treasured the full advantage of your stereo system back then. Many audiophiles back then really appreciated getting the maximum stereo quality their money could buy. If the quality of the stereo prerecorded tape was there, they didn’t mind too much if a few songs got omitted.
Back In those days, it was very possible to find the missing or omitted songs on a different prerecorded tape; so they bought those.
Later on in the 60’s, record companies again wanted to deal another blow to LP Records. Already the reel tape was far superior in sound and quality. Now they made double albums of Jackie Gleason for example, all on one tape! Usually the same price for one 4 track tape.
Granted this required a slower 3 3/4 IPS speed. But using professional equalization and higher quality tape, it still sounded nearly as good as 7.5 IPS. Very similar to a double album found on one CD.
Over the many decades, the prerecorded stereo reel tapes sort of lost their high quality luster. It’s normal with tape wear.
Around 2017-2018, I bought a used Teac X-1000R Reel To Reel Tape deck. It was made sometime in the early to mid 80’s.
I wanted to see how good this machine could sound, if I could restore it.
So I went through all of the electronics, and replaced every Electrolytic Capacitor I found with Gold Nichicon brand; designed for Audio.
I also tweaked the output EQ and replaced the heads with high quality Amorphous.
Now the restored Teac brings out the incredible best of any 4 Track or 2 Track Tape. Those Jackie Gleason Reel Tapes now sound better than ever, near CD Quality.
You can listen to how well my Teac X-1000R sounds by listening to my Internet Radio Station; WJST Jet Set Radio. I hope you will give it a try, found on many phone apps, Google Speakers, Alexa, and Roku.
Here is the website, and there are widgets on the website you can listen to.
www.wjstjetset.com
@@ChrisCromwellHP Wow, thank you for the thoughtful reply! Not only did you kindly provide an answer, you generously provided an education! I'm grateful. I've never had the good fortune to hear a reel-to-reel recording, but I was aware of them as a kid growing up in the 70s and seeing them in magazines. I'd love to hear some of your Jackie Gleason recordings on your Teac X-1000R. I bet it's fantastic...especially after you performed such an extensive restoration. Even through RUclips, I find the recording to sound excellent, as far as I can tell with my modest external speakers.