ANALOG RECORDERS IN A STARRING ROLE - click on pics to play brief clip Over the years since our collection began, we've received requests for tape recorders (including our Teac 80-8) and microphones that would be used for stage productions, photo shoots and movies. As a result we began offering to provide rentals. It quickly became apparent that things were not going to be returned in the same condition when rented. While folks would pay for the damage, it caused us to need to find another replacement for the collection. Often, it was more expensive, or not as good. So we stopped the rental service and have offered consultation on items for a particular movie or situation. These have been interesting and fun experiences. So I decided to create this page of reel tape recorders in a starring role. I always welcome recommendations of movies folks come across with a tape recorder appearance. Thanks! Martin

 "RESPECT" movie released August 13, 2021 in theaters

 On January 5, 2020 the Ampex AG-440 reel to reel tape recorder from our collection arrived at Atlanta's Screen Gems Studio 6 to appear in Jennifer Hudson's movie, "RESPECT," about Aretha Franklin. 

    

“Respect” titled after Franklin’s 1967 hit, stars Jennifer Hudson, who won a supporting actress Oscar for “Dreamgirls,” was personally selected for the role by Franklin before Franklin died in 2018 at the age of 76.

Franklin won 17 Grammys, starting with “Respect” in 1968 and “Chain of Fools” in 1969. The film, directed by Liesl Tommy, also stars Forest Whitaker as C.L. Franklin, Marlon Wayans as Ted White, Mary J. Blige as Dinah Washington and Tituss Burgess as Rev. Dr. James Cleveland. The news was first reported by Deadline Hollywood. The movie was released in theaters on August 13, 2021 and is now available on Amazon Prime. Here's a "brief clip" about the recorder's "brief" uncredited appearance as the reel to reel tape recorder at Muscle Shoals recording studio.

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09/2020 - Provided prop assistance for a 2021 AppleTV movie being produced by Ben Stiller. "Martin! This information is incredibly helpful. I knew I had found the right guy. I bought the Roberts and Ampex remotes off of eBay.  I hope we can get them into the show.  Our show is going to be called Severance and it will be on AppleTV in late 2021. Ben Stiller is the director and the scripts are great.   Thank you so much. I'll probably be in touch as more questions come up. I can't wait to watch the movie clips on your website. Have a great weekend. -Travis"

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Click on photo to watch movie clip

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Phantom was contacted by Montgomery Pollack in May 2003 asking if we could provide a recorder for the movie - "We are working on a new film to be directed by Martin Scorcese, starring Leonardo DeCaprio. It is called "The Aviator" It is about Howard Hughes love of flight. There is a scene that has Hughes using a reel to reel tape recorder in 1947. The director has requested a Rangertone or a Magnecord, Magnetophon or a Ampex 200A. I need to purchase this items. Do you have or know of anybody who might have such an item. It needs to work and be in very good condition. I can be flexible in my timeline. I can use any reel to reel recorder from 1947-1950. If I cannot find such a beast we will just use a Webster wire recorder. Any information would be extremely helpful." We came up with a Magnecord M30 and amp; M33 and a PT6-AH. However they found the Brush which met their time period perfectly.

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Phantom supplied a Calrad 500C to the Tony Danza Show
"The mic is going to be a prop for The Tony Danza Show
Jesse Green The Tony Danza Show"

MOMSR has provided numerous similar mics to theater productions, film and video shoots, music videos and awards

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Phantom provided a Shure 55 mic for Darren Carrol's photo shoot for Golf Magazine 

        

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Our collection of R2R movie clips

Click on photo to watch movie clip

Ampex 600, 350, 400

Technics

RS-1500 series

Wollensak 1500

Ampex  ATR-104

Roberts 990

Concertone 800

Teac 8

Teac A-3340

Crown

Ampex 350

Concertone 800

Webster Chicago180-1

ReVox B77

Battery Portable

Technics

RS-1500

Ampex, Magnecord, Roberts & Westinghouse

Revox

Magnecord

ConcertMM

Edison

Cylinder Player

Mov 1    Mov 2

Teac A-3340

Tandberg

Tascam Series 70

Viking 88

Nagra & Unknown

Pioneer RT-707

Otari MX5050 (minor role)

Akai GX-747

Pioneer RT-1020L

Unkown

Ampex

Vortexion WVB recorders 
British Studio

Teac 3340
Otari MX5050  BQ II

Lip sync

Ampex 500 (or PR-10)

& Skully 280

Nagra?

ReVox  A-77 

British reel at Kent Radio

Ampex?

Down Three Dark Streets   pic

Ekotape

ReVox B77

Ampex?

Ampex & Magnecord

Ampex, Uher, Nagra

Sony?

Teac

Nagra

Edison Voice Writer

Teac

Revere?, Nagra & Webster Wire

Ampex

Webcor 2110

Pioneer RT707

Otari?

Ampex

Revere? Roberts & Wollensak

Technics RS-1500

Ampex, Roberts +

Ampex AX-50

Great console no reels

Roberts 90 (192?)

Teac X-2000R

Unknown

Otari MX5050 BQII

Otari +

Ampex + others

Nagra III

Roberts 997?

Roberts 771X & unknown

Ampex 351 +

Pioneer RT-1020L

Sony

Akai

Ampex

Tascam 32?

Magnecord PT-6

Ampex & Roberts

Pioneer RT-707, RT-909, Uher 4400

 

Brush BK-403 portable ad

Roberts 770X

ReVox E36 • RCA 77B

Nagra 4.2

Teac A-2340

Akai GX-365D

Wollensak 1500

Roberts Clip #2

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Sony TC-540

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Teac A-3340

Ted Danson - The Good Place

3M Revox MCI & Tandberg

Pioneer RT-707

Roberts 770X or Akai A8

& generic battery portable

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R2D2 Replica (complete with sounds). Teac 80-8 was used to record the sounds of R2D2 and 3CPO in the Star Wars movie

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Hi Martin,
Here are the pictures attached. You can add these to the museum if you like. these are captured from a high def source. In the show the machine sits in a very old remote truck in what looks like for a radio or TV station with call letters KVWV. This appears to be a fake call sign. I could not find anything in Google to match any known stations west of the Mississippi. Inside in the background you can see an Altec amp, the same type used in film projection booths at this time period. I get the felling this machine was used in film sound production. It has locking reel spindles like you would find on a 16mm film projector. the locks are in the open position.
Thanks, John Kuhn

     

    

Stars with recorders

 Thanks to all who have contributed photos! Additions and corrections welcome!

ABBA with Tascam reel tape recorder

ABBA with Revox reel tape recorder

ABBA recording with Teac reel tape recorder

ABBA with Sony reel tape recorder (photo by Alamy)

Alan Freeman UK Pick of the Pops from 1961 to 2000 wit Revox and Tascam

Anni-Frid Lyngstad with ABBA and a Revox A-77 reel tape recorder

Ajit Indian Actor with Phillips reel tape recorder

Ampex 600 reel recorder at Convair/General Dynamics, Atlas Missile test, 1955-1969

Jon Anderson - co-founder of YES with Revox reel tape recorder

Jon Anderson - co-founder of YES with Revox reel tape recorder

Geneva Ansermet recording Decca Records session with Ampex 350-2 reel tape recorder

Louis and Lucille Armstrong with Tandberg reel tape recorder

Louis Armstrong with Tandberg tape recorders

Louis Armstrong with Magnecord reel tape recorder

Louis Armstrong In Seattle with reel to reel tape recorders

Louis Armstrong with Norelco reel to reel tape recorders

 Bob Bach WUWM radio station with Otari reel tape recorders

 

Dick Mills and Brian Hodgson compare the lengths of two sections of tape; watching is Desmond Briscoe. BBC Radiophonic Workshop 1968

BBC Radio London with Philips Pro 20 reel tape recorder

BBC 1957 - Daphne Oram Composer with writer Frederick Bradnum exploring radiophonic effects

Geoff Emerick with Paul McCartney and BTR recorders 

Beatles Abbey Road with EMI reel tape recording equipment

George Harrison and Ringo Starr with BTR tape recorder

John Lennon and George Martin with EMI reel tape recorder

John Lennon and George Martin with EMI reel tape recorder

John Lennon in studio with 3M M56 recorder

Ringo Starr and BTR Reel tape Recorders

Brian Epstein and George Martin with BTR reel tape recorders

 

Bee Gees recording on Sony 300

Bee Gees with Revox Reel to reel tape recorder

Bee Gees in studio

Madeline Bell is an American soul singer, who became famous as a performer in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s with pop group Blue Mink, having arrived from America in the gospel show Black Nativity in 1962, with the vocal group Bradford Singers

Billy Joel with Tascam reel tape recorder

Ritchie Blackmore with Aiwa reel tape recorder

Richard Hugh Blackmore is an English guitarist and songwriter with Revox A77 reel tape recorder

He was a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968

Mary J. Blige with Studer reel to reel tape recorder

Radio broadcaster Martin Block (Make Believe Ballroom)  with Ampex tape recorder in Mylar Ad

Debbie Harry with Teac reel tape recorder

​Larry Bly and Larry Dowdy with Teac Tascam reel tape recorder​

Bob Dylan and hid dog Brutus with Kenwood

Mark Bolan with Teac and ReVox

Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez, one of the dominant figures of the post-war classical music world - Ampex Tape Recorders

David Bowie with ReVox, Ampex and 3M reel tape recorders

David Bowie with Ampex reel to reel tape recorder

Brian Wilson with Scully reel to reel tape recorder

Brian Wilson with Scully reel to reel tape recorder

 

Inside BRMB Independent Radio two weeks before it opened in February 1974

James Brown with Ampex reel tape recorder

Jackson Browne in recording studio

James Brown with reel tape recorders

Dave Brubeck with Ampex 350 and an ampex 600 reel to reel tape recorder

 

Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac with Teac and TechnicsTechnicsTeac

Buffalo Springfield with Ampex reel tape recorder

Buddy Miles and Jimi Hendrix with Scully reel tape recorder

Eric Burdon (The Animals and War) with Sony reel to reel tape recorder

Ben Burtt with Teac Tascam Tape Recorders produced Star Wars' R2D2 & 3CPO

Ben Burtt with Teac Tascam Tape Recorders produced Star Wars' R2D2 & 3CPO

 

John Cage composer with Revox reel tape recorder

Cannonball (Julian) Adderley American Jazz musician with Bill Evans (standing) in studio with Ampex reel tape recorders

Wendy Carlos known for Electronic Music including Switched On Bach with Ampex reel tape recorder

 

Wendy Carlos with Ampex reel tape recorders

 

Carole King in studio with Scully reel tape recorder

Richard and Karen Carpenter with Teac A-7300 reel tape recorder

Karen and Richard Carpenter

Vivian Carter - Vee-Jay Records with Magnecord reel tape recorder

 

Cass Elliot of the Mamas and Papas with a Teac R-310 reel tape recorder

Ted Cassidy with daughter and Magnecord and Electro Voice V1 mic

 

Eric Clapton In Studio

 

Eric Clapton with Lionel Richie at Bear Creek Studio, WA in 1986 with Ampex and Sony reel to reel tape recorders

Joe Cocker , a friend and Bonnie Bramlett with ReVox and Scully reel tape recorders

Phil Collins and Lamont Dozier with Studer reel tape recorders

Stewart Copeland drummer for the Police with Teac A-3340 and ReVox A77 reel tape recordersRevox

Count Basie (born Willian Basie, 1904 - 1984), and his bulldog Graf, in his home, Freeport, Bahamas, March 1979 - Concertone reel tape recorder in background

Count Basie, Catherine and Diane with a Revere reel to reel tape recorder

Bob Crewe with MCI reel tape recorder 

Crewe co-wrote and produced a string of Top 10 singles with Bob Gaudio for the Four Seasons

Steven Lee Cropper, sometimes known as "The Colonel", is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is the guitarist of the Stax Records house band

Bing Crosby and Ampex reel tape recorder

Miles Davis with Roberts reel to reel tape recorder

Miles Davis with Sony Reel tape recorder

Lonnie Donegan with Akai Reel tape recorder and Reslo and Shure mics

Simon Draper with Virgin Records with Teac reel to reel tape recorder

Edgar Winter with Teac reel tape recorder

Brian Eno with Teac and Revox reel tape recorders

Brian Eno with Teac and Revox reel tape recorders

Ahmet Ertegun with Sony reel to reel tape recorder

Rick Hall owner of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AlabamaRobert Fripp, David Bowie & Brian Eno with Revox reel tape recorders

Bob Gaudio, backup singer for Four Seasons with Ampex reel tape recorder.

He w rote Sherry and other great songs

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Robin Gibb with Teac 7030 reel tape recorder

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Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer MPS

Gold Star Studios - Stan Ross - The Wrecking Crew - Scully reel tape recorders

GRP Records - Larry Rosen and Dave Grusin with Ampex and MCI reel tape recorders

 

Charles Robert Watts (2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021) was an English musician. He was the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021 • Sony and Tandberg reel tape recorders.

James Dean with Revere reel tape recorder

Debbie Gibson with MCI reel tape recorder

Eumir Deodato with Otari reel tape recorder

Eumir Deodato with ReVox reel tape recorder

Delia Ann Derbyshire the electronic music pioneer behind the ‘Doctor Who’ theme, and known and celebrated for her work with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Delia Ann Derbyshire (5 May 1937 – 3 July 2001)  was an English musician and composer of electronic music. She carried out notable work with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop during the 1960s, including her electronic arrangement of the theme music to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who.[3][4] She has been referred to as "the unsung heroine of British electronic music", having influenced musicians including Aphex Twin, the Chemical Brothers and Paul Hartnoll of Orbital.

Rick Rubin and Neil Diamond recording in 2005

Bob Dylan with Sony reel tape recorder

Clint Eastwood and Ray Charles with Ampex reel tape recorder

Elvis Presley with Perpetuum Ebner 5V Record Player/Recorder and Unknown Reel Tape Recorder

Keith Noel Emerson (2 November 1944 – 11 March 2016) was an English keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. . Most notably playing with the NICE.

Mack Emerman (Criteria Recording Studios Miami) with MCI reel tape recorder

Engelbert Humperdinck with Crown reel tape recorder

Enoch Henry Light American Composer, Band Leader and Recording Engineer

Brian Eno with Revox

Brian Eno with Revox and Teac reel tape recorders

Brian Eno with Revox reel tape recorders

David Essex with ReVox reel tape recorder

John Fogerty and George Thorogood with Ampex ATR-102 reel to reel tape recorder

Aretha Franklin with Teac reel to reel tape recorder

Ed Friedner owner EF Recording started in 1958 - photo from the 1960's

Robert Fripp with ReVox reel tape recorders

Robert Fripp with ReVox reel tape recorders at record store

 

Geoff Emerick with Paul McCartney and BRT recording equipment equipment

 

Astronaut John Glenn records details of his mission on board recovery ship USS Randolph (CV-15 US Navy) after his successful space flight in the Mercury space capsule Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962 .

Gold Star Recording Studio A&M Records

Go-Go's with Ampex and MCI reel tape recorders

 

George Harrison with Nagra III

Ken Hensley - Uraih Heep with Scully reel to reel tape recorder

Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) with ReVox and Scully reel tape recorders

David Hentschel, who engineered the 17 tracks that ended up on the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road double album

 

Rupert Hine with Revox and Sony reel tape recorders

Holger Czukay co-founder German Group "Can"

William Dwight "Bill" Holford, Sr. (June 12, 1919, Bartlesville, Oklahoma – March 22, 1999, Houston) was an American recording engineer and record producer. For 44 of those years, from 1948 to 1982, he was the affiliated with ACA Studios (Audio Company of America) in Houston as an owner, partner, and audio engineer. Holford also helped build studios for several labels, including Duke/Peacock, Starday, Sarg Records, and Trumpet Records.

Alan Howarth and John Carpenter with Otari and Tascam reel tape recorders

Isaak Hayes with Ampex tape recorder

 

 

Jackie Edwards - Jamaican musician songwriter with Island Records and Ampex reel tape recorder

Michael Jackson with Studer A800 MK III 24Track reel to reel tape recorder

Michael Jackson and Steven Spielberg with Technics reel tape recorder

Jane Birkin (12//14/46 – 07/16/23) French/UK singer and actress with Akai X-330D reel tape recorder

Jeff Lyne, Carl Perkins and George Harrison with Studer reel tape recorders

Waylon Jennings with a Teac reel tape recorder

 

Olivia Newton John with Teac

Glyn Johns with EMI BTR reel tape recorder

Jon Bon Jovi with Ampex reel tape recorders in the Sun Studios

Brian Jones with Keith and Mick (Rolling Stones) with portable reel to reel tape recorder

Quincy Jones with Ampex and 3m reel tape recorders

Skip Juried was the chief engineer at Juggy Sound studios with Ampex reel tape recorder

Rozz Kelly with Technics RS-1500

The band KISS with Otari reel tape recorder

Paul Klipsch with Berlant Concertone reel tape recorder

Eduard Kuennecke (musician and  soundtrack composer with 1940 Magnetophon

Jimi Hendrix working on Electric Ladyland with Scully reel tape recorders

Jimmy Hendrix recording at the Record Plant

George Hicks on January 23, 1952 with RCA reel tape recorder

Peter Jack with Ampex

George Martin, Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson with MCI, or EMI reel tape recorder

Mike Kemp Spaceward Studios UK with Revox B77 reel tape recorder

 

Helmut Kolbe with Studer C37 and Revox G36 reel tape recorders

Eddie Kramer with Ampex and  Studer reel to reel tape recorders

Kris Kristofferson with Wollensak reel to reel tape recorder

Stanley Kubrick with Nagra reel tape recorder

Vivian Kubrick with Fostex tape recorder and mixer

Stefan Kudelski with his Nagra reel tape recorders

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Vicky Leandros with Phillips tape echo unit & reel to reel tape recorders

Led Zeppelin Radio Forum with Teac 3340 tape recorder

Leslie Gore and  Bob Crewe with Scully reel tape recorder

 

Les Paul and Mary Ford in their studio with Ampex tape recorder on cover of Audio Engineering magazine

Les Paul and Mary Ford with Ampex and Concertone 1401 reel tape recordersConcertone1401LesPaul

Les Paul with Ampex eight track "Octopus" reel tape recorder

Les Paul and Mary Ford demonstrating Sound-On-Sound on Ampex reel tape recorder

Les Paul and Mary Ford - first Sound-On-Sound with Ampex reel to reel tape recorder

 

Les Paul and Mary Ford - first Sound-On-Sound recording

Les Paul in his workshop with an Ampex reel tape recorder

"The only reason I invented these things was because I didn't have them and neither did anyone else. I had no choice, really."---Les Paul

Lester Sterling and Roland Alphonso with Teac reel to reel Tape recorder

 

Jerry Lewis in Studio with Ampex and Concertone reel tape recorders

John Lennon with Telefunken M10

Alan Lomax with two Ampex 601-2 reel tape recorders

Wade Ward & Alan Lomax with Ampex 601-2 pro reel tape recorders

Jon Lord of Deep Purple with ReVox reel tape recorders

Leonard with recording artist

Lynyrd Skynyrd with Al Kooper  and Scully reel tape recorder

Magnetophone (AEG) showing man dictating into recorder

Lee Marvin with Sony TC-260

Ann Margaret with Technics reel to reel tape recorder

Steve Marriot (Small Faces) with Studer reel tape recorders

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Paul McCartney with a Studer reel tape recorder

Jim Strinman and Meat Loaf with Ampex reel tape recorders

Meat Loaf with Studer reel tape recorder and Crown amp in London in 1981 (photo by Terry Lott - Getty Image)

Robert George "Joe" Meek (Telstar) in home studio with Ampex reel to reel tape recorders

Ray Milan with Roberts 1055

Jon with Revox reel tape recorder

Joni Mitchell with Carole King at A&M Records​​

Bob Moog with Teac A-3340 reel to reel tape recorder

Bob Moog with Teac A-3340 reel to reel tape recorder

Keith Moon, Flo and Eddie with Ampex reel tape recorder

Keith Moon and Roger Daltrey with 3M reel tape recorder

German musician, composer Eduard Kunneke, making a magnetic recording on the German Magnetophon in 1940

 

John "Jack" Mullin with McKenzie and German Magnetophons

Michael Nesmith (The Monkees) with Teac reel tape recorder

Muhammad Ali with 45 rpm record player in his car

Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards with Studer tape recorder

  

Omar Dykes (Omar and the Howlers) with Teac reel tape recorder

Else Marie Pade underground during WWII then in '50's worked for DanishRadio

Jimmy Page with Revox A-77 reel tape recorder

Alan Parsons with Pink Floyd and a Studer reel tape recorder

Alan Parson with EMI BTR -3 reel tape recorder

Alan Parson with Tascam and maybe MCI reel tape recorders

Peter Gabriel with Studer reel tape recorder

Sam Phillips Sun Records with Ampex

Pink Floyd at Decca Records with Ampex reel tape recorder

Pink Floyd with Revox A77 reel tape recorder

Pirate Radio off Suffolk Coast Jan Gunnarsson with Ampex

 

The Ramones with Ampex reel tape recorder

Tommy Ramone with Ampex reel tape recorder

Ronnie Spector and Keith Richards with Studer

Diana Ross with 3M reel tape recorder

Todd Rundgren with Sony reel to reel tape recorders

R. Z. Jackson - Jamaican artist at Comfort Sound Studio in Toronto in 1982with Teac & Technics tape recorders

Patti Smith with Ampex

Teac A-3340 with Avenger character

 

 

 

Marianne Roney Mantell pioneer of spoken records at Caedmon Record in 1955 with Magnecord PT6 with extender 10" reels

Steve Marriott Small Faces Humble Pie Ferrograph

Phil Schaap Radio DJ Playing Charlie Parker with Otari reel tape recorders

Ampex on Perry Mason Show

George Martin, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr with EMI BTR reel tape recorders

On-location sound engineer with Nagra III

British composer and electronic musician, Daphne Oram 1925 - 2003 in the studio at her home Tower Folly a converted coast house, near Wrotham in Kent 5th February 1962 Photo by Daily Herald Archive National Science and Media Museum SSPL Getty Images

Composer Daphne Oram left the Radiophonic Workshop, choosing instead to work alone in her own audio laboratory in Kent

Tim de Paravicini editing Paul McCartney

Alan Parsons with Ampex reel tape recorder

king with Ampex tape recorders

Peggy Lee and Sonny Buker with Revere reel tape recorder

Tom Petty with Teac A-3340 reel tape recorder 

Phil Manzanera - musician.producer Roxy Music, 801 and Quiet Sun with Teac A-3340 reel tape recorder

Philips reel tape recorder

 

Dick Raaymakers (aka Kid Baltan), Phillips NatLab

Pink Floyd with Ampex reel tape recorder

 

Pirate Radio Caroline - Brian Anderson editing on a tape recorder

Louis Prima, hie wife Gina and children with Ampex reel tape recorders including a Sel-Sync unit

Radio station using Ampex 600 reel tape recorders

Raymond Scott (1908 - 1994) was an American composer, pianist, electronic music pioneer, and electronic instrument inventor

January 10, 1949 RCA released the 45 rpm record - Brenell tape recorder

Andrew S. Redding with Ampex reel tape recorder

Lou Reed in studio

 

 

Roger Williams with two Teac and one Uher reel to reel tape recorder

Rolling Stones at Muscle Shoals Studio with Scully reel to reel tape recorder

Alex Rosner with ReVox reel to reel tape recorder

Roxy Music and ReVox

Rudy Van Gelder started recording artists such as Miles Davis and Cannonball Adderley in the early 50's

Sammy Davis Jr. with Sony four channel reel tape recorder

Todd Rundgren with Studer reel tape recorder

Bill Schnee with Ampex reel tape recorder

Tom Scholtz with band Boston working with 3M reel to reel tape recorders

Klaus Schulze with Revox reel tape recorders

Raymond Scott with Ampex reel to reel tape recorders

Bob Seger with Sony reel tape recorder

Peter Sellers with Teac cassette deck

Peter Sellers with an Akai or Roberts reel tape recorder

Frank Sinatra with his dog and Ampex tape recorder in 1965

Frank Sinatra with Ampex reel tape recorders (a Getty Image)

Frank Sinatra with Ampex reel tape recorder

Percy Sledge with Pioneer reel to reel tape recorder

Grace Slick with Teac 3440

Grace Slick & Paul Katner with Teac

Grace Slick, Bill Thompson & Paul Katner

Sly & The Family Stone with a Teac 3340 reel to reel tape recorder

Sly Stone with Scully reel tape recorder

Sony TC-630 threading demo by Dave Right Empire Audio

 

Stevie Nicks with Sony reel tape recorder

Barbra Streisand In Studio

RevoxA77 Laurie Spiegel Electronic Music wiz with Revox A-77

Steely Dan in studio

Chris Stein with Teac A-3340 reel tape recorder

Rod Stewart with Otari reel tape recorder

Peter Bellote, Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, with Revox and Scully reel to reel tape recorders

STAX Records Studio Memphis - James Stewart Engineering with Ampex reel tape recorders

From left, the musicians Sam Moore, Isaac Hayes, Andrew Love, Wayne Jackson, Dave Prater, Jim Stewart and Steve Cropper, around 1970

Jim Stewart - producer  and founder of Stax Records - with Altec Lansing and Scully reel tape recorder

Florence Ballard of the Supremes

Ampex Supremes

 

James Taylor, Joni Mitchell and Carole King with Scully reel to reel tape recorder - ref Jim McCrary Red Fems - A&M Records

Teac McIntosh display

Unknown Recorder and  Actor

German Broadcast with Telefunken M15a

The Band with Ampex reel to reel tape recorder

The Doors with Presto professional reel tape recorder

The Platters with Ampex reel tape recorder

The Who with BTR reel tape recorders

John and Jean Taylor in the Hollick and Taylor Studios in Birmingham, UK

Ray Thode - Ice Palace with Teac reel to reel tape recorder

Scott F. Touchton with Ampex 800

Pete Townshend with Vortexion reel tape recorder

John Travolta with Pioneer reel tape recorder

Steve Vai with Ampex reel to reel tape recorders

Suzanne Vega with Otari 8 channel reel to reel tape recorder

1924 Victor Orchestra recording to disc

Tony Visconti (David Bowie) with Revox reel tape recorder

Larry Wayne Early Radio Days 1968

Willie Nelson with Sony TC-630

Keenan Winn in Around the World Under the Sea with a Magnecord reel to reel tape recorder

Tom Waits with Webcor Regent tape recorder bottom right

Rick Wakeman with Teac A-3340 reel tape recorder

Dionne Warwick and Barry Manilow in studio with Ampex

Clarence Williams with ReVox reel tape recorder

Don Williams with Teac A-3340 and A-3300 reel to reel tape recorders

Daniel Lanois & Willie Nelson recording Teatro Album

Clarence Williams with ReVox reel tape recorder

Wolfman Jack from American Graffiti with Ampex recorder (Robert Weston Smith 1/21/30 to 7/1/95)

 

Young WolfmanJack (Robert Weston Smith 1/21/30 to 7/1/95) with Magnecord PT6 reel tape recorder

Stevie Wonder In studio with 3M reel tape recorder

Yes with Eddy Offord

 

Joe Yu inside the Island Records mobile recording studio on December 10, 1973 in London

with MCI reel to reel tape recorder (Photo by Brian Cook/Redferns)

Neil Young

Yusuf Islam - Cat Stevens with Revox reel tape recorder

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Frank Zappa with Scully 280 2Track reel tape recorder

Reel tape recorder in unknown movie