Tha Memphis Rewind (FB Page)

Not exactly a for sale/wanted thread here but something that may interest any southern g-funk folks especially Memphis rap folk in particular. Will also be selling off items every once and a while as there is a lot of product in the vault. Will be keepin the page updated fairly regularly with some interesting classics. Video/photos etc featuring old classic tapes, vinyl, promos, flyers, mags, etc. So check it some time.

New Underground Memphis Archives FB Page
http://facebook.com/thamemphisrewind

Thanks,
-VJ @ TMR

Some interesting posts up recently for any of you underground tapeheads, some recent videos also on youtube, more to come. Take a look:

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Thanks on that. Yea I've have some pretty ridiculous conversations over the years with a couple folks. But for most everyone, they think it's great to see all that stuff again, and even for the first time. The project really does fly under the radar though. I guess I don't try to advertise it because it's a personal project, but it's a lot of work involved and time spent securing what I have accumulated.

I'm always trying to contact artist/producers and collectors that may still have material I'd like to archive and document. I really don't think something like this has been done before, properly at least.

Yeah I hear that 100%. Working with analog tape today is very different and much more difficult than when we were working with them in the 90s, and literally 99% of the population have no idea about all the factors that come into play to work with tape correctly, even engineers today. You have to be running high end legacy equipment, that has to be serviced back to original specifications or better, there's already a few $1000s right there, and you have to be able to manipulate the media sources for the best possible playback, case by case; and that's all before it ever touches a DAW. For me, the majority of master material is on 4 track cassette, mixdowns on Type II & Type IV, and pressings/releases on Type I cassette; which are all much more finicky than ADAT due to the size and format. And a lot of the material was recorded/duplicated with inferior low end & out-of-spec equipment in the first place, which is difficult to counter. Having to deal with head alignment, playback azimuth, bias calibration, playback speed, frequency response, channel levels, noise, and age/condition of the material itself -- it's a lot of things to deal with just to get a quality digital file to source into mastering, and that's where the whole second part of the work starts. So yeah, I can see why a lot of people wouldn't even bother touching analog tape today. Yeah you could just throw an old tape into a $2 tape player and plug into a PC and hit record, but it's not going to sound how it's supposed to sound. So I always have had massive respect for the people who have worked magic with analog for years; producers and engineers alike. Because today it's just a matter of 3 clicks and you have piece of garbage ready for the radio

I had an old vestax, but it broke down & never bothered to get it fixed. Portastudio's been where it's at for me. Had a really nice yamaha at one point too, and some backup cheap fosters but I don't know where I put those. Do you still work with any reel to reel running your material these days?