Chris T wrote:
Not hard to do, Will … the 60s (1960, anyway) was just about 60 years ago, now …
That's when most of us bought rock albums, I'm sure … my 45s - even go back to the 50s …
And, I have some hand-me-down albums from my folks - going back to the 40s, too …
But, that's my point - vinyl will last forever, as long as they're stacked upright, and you're careful, playing them, and keeping them clean and static-free. Tapes, on the other hand - will eventually jam, & wear out!
I am not certain by what you mean by tapes that "will eventually jam & wear out".
For a friend, I dubbed some 15 or so professionally recorded reel to reel tapes of performances mounted in the 1960's. The fidelity was fine, the tapes ran through my R2R recorder perfectly, and the transfer was competed without a problem. The fidelity was amazing given that these recordings were some 45 years old. Tape, even in its early days, was an incredibly hearty medium.