The early daze of CDs were a bit lacking in both the mastering of the CDs and the DACs .... back in the 80s. Both have come a long way
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I love my music "live" rather than what's only done in a studio and released officially. I have bunches of both, but my minty college albums are stored away. I bought the albums, then immediately recorded them on Maxells .... warts and all
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But it's really about the music ..... I grew up on 8-tracks too
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