We decided to include a section of vintage radio catalogs and ads to reflect the development of the audio open reel, or reel to reel tape recorder. In our business, the ability for musicians to capture their new songs with reasonable quality, made a tremendous difference to their careers. For that reason, our collection includes analog reel tape recorders that were available to folks in the '40's,'50's, 60's, 70's and some '80's.

It was during this period (in our opinion) that the tape recorder really began reflecting the true quality of the music. Often these recorders enabled the artist to develop their material prior to paying for professional studio time. And on rare occasions, their products, using these recorders, moved them forward to receive publishing, touring and record contracts (or at least, a weekend gig).

Our catalog and advertising collection begins around 1900, to provide information on what was available in early recording equipment. We focus primarily on tape recorders, microphones and recording gear that evolved after WWII.  The catalogs have become a helpful reference to us and hopefully to those who visit this site.  Unfortunately, our work does not allow us time to look-up or copy any information from the collection.  For any questions regarding the Reel2ReelTexas vintage collection, please contact us. Information and contributions always welcome.

List of vintage ads and catalogs in the MOMSR collection

MOMSR vintage ads and catalogs by year

1800's 1800 ads	Early 1900's Early 1900 ads	1929 Allied	1930 Allied
1931 Allied	1932 Lafayette	1933 1933 ads	1934 Coast to Coast Radio Lafayette
1935 Allied Burstein Applebee	1936 Allied Burstein Applebee Lafayette 1936 Magnetophon photo	1937 Allied Burstein Applebee 1937 ads	1938 Allied Burstein Applebee 1938 ads
1939 Allied Lafayette Shure Mic catalog 1939 ads	1940 Allied Burstein Applebee Lafayette 1940 ads	1941 Allied Lafayette 1941 ads	1942 Allied Lafayette Burstein Applebee
1943 Allied 1943 ads	1944 Lafayette 1944 ads	1945 Concord  1945 ads	1946 Allied Concord 1946 ads
1947 Allied Concord Lafayette 1947 ads	1948 Allied Burstein Applebee Concord Lafayette Holiday 1948 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1949 Allied Burstein Applebee Lafayette#1 Lafayette / Concord#2 Radio Shack 1949 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1950 Allied Burstein Applebee Lafayette Radio Shack 1950 ads • View via SLIDESHOW
1951 Allied Burstein Applebee Lafayette Radio Shack 1951 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1952 Allied Burstein Applebee Radio Shack 1952 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1953 Allied Radio Shack 1953 ads •  View via SLIDESHOW	1954 Allied Radio Shack 1954 ads •  View via SLIDESHOW
1955 Allied Burstein Applebee Lafayette Olson Radio Shack 1955 ads •  View via SLIDESHOW Stereo has arrived	1956 Allied Allied HiFi Edition Lafayette Radio Shack 1956 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1957 Allied McGee Radio Shack 1957 ads • View via SLIDESHOW 1957 Books	1958 Allied Burstein Applebee McGee Olson Radio Shack 1958 ads •  View via SLIDESHOW
1959 Allied Burstein Applebee Lafayette McGee Olson Radio Shack 1959 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1960 Allied Burstein Applebee Lafayette McGee Radio Shack 1960 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1961 Allied Burstein Applebee Lafayette McGee Radio Shack 1961 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1962 Allied Allied Summer & Winter Sale Allied Holiday Sale Burstein Applebee Calrad Electronics Lafayette Holiday Sale McGee Radio Shack 1962 ads • View via SLIDESHOW
1963 Allied Allied Holiday Sale Burstein Applebee Heathkit McGee Radio Shack 1963 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1964 Allied Allied Holiday Allied Spring Allied Industrial Burstein Applebee Lafayette McGee Montgomery Ward Radio Shack 1964 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1965 Allied Lafayette McGee Radio Shack 1965 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1966 Allied Allied Holiday Sale Burstein Applebee Lafayette Lafayette Summer Sale Lafayette Holiday Sale McGee Radio Shack 1966 ads • View via SLIDESHOW
1967 Allied Allied Spring Sale Allied Winter Sale Lafayette Lafayette Winter Sale McGee Radio Shack 1967 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1968 Allied Allied Spring Lafayette Lafayette Spring McGee Radio Shack 1968 ads •  View via SLIDESHOW	1969 Allied Lafayette Lafayette Holiday Sale McGee Olson Radio Shack 1969 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1970 Allied Burstein Applebee Lafayette Radio Shack 1970 ads • View via SLIDESHOW
1971 Allied Burstein Applebee Lafayette Radio Shack 1971 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1972 Allied Burstein Applebee Lafayette Lafayette Spring 1972 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1973 Burstein Applebee Lafayette McGee Olsen 1973 ads •  View via SLIDESHOW	1974 Burstein Applebee Lafayette McGee Olsen 1974 ads • View via SLIDESHOW
1975 Burstein Applebee Lafayette Sound Warehouse 1975 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1976 Burstein Applebee Lafayette 1976 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1977 Accurate Sound Company Burstein Applebee Lafayette McGee 1977 ads • View via SLIDESHOW	1978 Allied Burstein Applebee McGee Sound Warehouse 1978 ads • View via SLIDESHOW
1979 Burstein Applebee McGee Radio Shack 1979 ads View via SLIDESHOW	1980 Burstein Applebee 1980 ads View via SLIDESHOW	1981 Buddy's 1981 ads View via SLIDESHOW	1982 1982 ads View via SLIDESHOW
1983 1983 ads View via SLIDESHOW	1984 1984 ads View via SLIDESHOW	1985 1985 ads View via SLIDESHOW	1986 1986 ads View via SLIDESHOW
1987 1987 ads View via SLIDESHOW	1988 1988 ads View via SLIDESHOW	1989 1989 ads View via SLIDESHOW	1990 1990 ads View via SLIDESHOW
1991 1991 ads View via SLIDESHOW	1992 1992 ads View via SLIDESHOW	1993 1993 ads View via SLIDESHOW	1994 1994 ads View via SLIDESHOW
1995 Nakamichi	1996 Tandberg View via SLIDESHOW Nagra 20 p1 p2 p3 p4	1997	1998
1999 Nakamichi • TDK View via SLIDESHOW	2000	2001 Nagra 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14 15 View via SLIDESHOW	2002 AKG    B&H    Electro Voice   Neumann   Neve    Shure    Tascam   Universal Audio    Yamaha
2003	2004 2004 ads	2005	2006
2007	2008 Harman International - Studer Tascam	2009 Shure Super 55   Tascam  •  Tascam 2 View via SLIDESHOW	2010 Shure X2u  Shure Super 55 Black Shure PG27USB
2011 Neve  Ocean Sound Norway (MIX)  Shure  Tascam DP-03	2012 Walker Audio link  •  Otari 1  2  link Tascam link  •  Sony  link	2013 Tascam iPad Portastudio	2014 Universal Audio
2015 Api • Ear Trumpet • Rode Sennheissr • Telefunken	2016 Tascam	2017 Red Bull Revox B77 Cassette Elbow Reb Bull	2018 Tascam 24

 

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