It is, but the title implies "in stereo". I have the more common 4 track copy of this, but picked this one up for kicks and it actually sounds different. It's an oddball...PM me if you want me to send it to you to give it a listen.Wow that’s a rare one alright! But it’s not full-track mono?
Not likely, since there have ben pitiful few R2R tapes manufactured in the last 35 or so years. A few years back, I was dealing with a guy (somewhere in New England, New Hampshire, maybe?) who had bought the entire contents of a long-gone record store, including a fair number of NOS, sealed, original tapes, right out of The Wayback Machine. Among the ones I got were Allman Bros @ Fillmore East, Brubeck`s "Time Out", Ginger Baker`s "Air Force", Clapton`s first solo album, The Animals, and a few others. So, they ARE out there, but ya have to be lucky....Ornette Coleman "Tomorrow Is The Question!"
1959 Contemporary Records
This has to be a re-release as it looks almost mint, never played, and not like anything stored from 1959. Even the Ampex tape holding sticker adhesive was still tacky.
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Not likely, since there have ben pitiful few R2R tapes manufactured in the last 35 or so years....
I'm thinking more like around 1975-1980, when Contemporary was struggling. They didn't shrink wrap tapes until the mid to late 60's, so no way it came out with first release. My wife, who worked at WEA/Warner Music back in the day recalls seeing some new jazz reels around 1980 that were re-released (not Columbia House), but she can't remember which ones. Wish there was some info somewhere...interesting puzzle, still researching.That Shelly Manne Tape doesn’t look like 1960 to me. More like late 60’s. Just because the album was released in 1960 doesn’t mean the tape was...