what was the last year that Pre recorded reel tapes

[nascar03]

I just found Louis Armstrong’s. SATCHMO’s Golden Favorites on DECCA @ 7 1/2”.. 1961.
On the weekend...at a highway antique stand.
$8.
Sounds amazing.

Graham

 

[KentTeffeteller]

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I just found Louis Armstrong’s. SATCHMO’s Golden Favorites on DECCA @ 7 1/2”.. 1961.
On the weekend...at a highway antique stand.
$8.
Sounds amazing.

Graham

Is it rechanneled Stereo?

 

[nascar03]

I do not know how it was made into stereo...
No hints in the write-ups on the back.
It just says DECCA STEREO TAPE on the front.
Graham

 

[phantomrebel]

Some great history here, including a "reelography" of Columbia House:
http://kbtime.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-history-of-pre-recorded-reel-tapes.html