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IMO many of the critical remarks from the postings above seem to come from people with no or only a minimum of exprience with this piece of equipment. I own beside an analogue Hi-Fi-set and a digital CD-player/recorder also 6 open reel machines (top brand as Uher Royal de Luxe / BRAUN TG 1000 & 1020 - 4 track & 2 track - and a big Revox A). Using BASF tape (back coated) and Maxell or TDK. I never had any trouble winding and rewinding reels. The only problem which can arise is when extensively listening to music via tapes that the playback heads will deteriorade within times and have to be replaced. If you cannot get a replacement the machine is useless. During playback you have to fix the reel hub ofcourse. If not the reel can loosen itself and the tape gets crunched. That has nothing to do with the machine itself. There were many good other brands available as Tandberg & Akai. Have dgigitized many great radiobroadcasts to CD-R but non of my tapes has ever lost istsd quality. No playback noise as vinyls after many years of use. OR was the only possibility to get a complete liveconcert recorded. These broadcast were never treissued on vinyl up to 95 %. So my treasure chest beside the official recordings is a real greast stock of music noone will every hear (US artists touring Europe). Same situation with cassette tapes. I'm using the Nakamicht Dragon and ZX-9. The plyback sound holds every vinyl / CD on a brand n ame Hi-Fi set.

My most recent find at € 9,95. Terrific!

Have it and like it .... and just new from Japan:

Have this one too. Just great agreed!

It is indeed. Just this recording is discussed in the "Jazz West Coast " list. Some weeks later the group played in Augsburg, Germany. This was broadcasted and I have it on open reel. Historic performances.

One of the many Klaus Doldinger's Passport

Columbia HR-118-EV [Japan 1972] - The Birdlanders Vol. 3 - rec. 1955 Compilation Group a) Milt Jackson (vib) / Jay Jay Johnson (tb) / Al Cohn (ts) / Henri Renaud (p) / Percy Heath (b) / Charlie Smith (dr) - 2 tracks Group b) Al Cohn (ts) / Henri Renaud (p) / Gene Ramey (b) / Denzil Best (dr) - 2 tracks Group c) Duke Jordan (p) / Gene Ramey (b) / Lee Abraham (dr) - 1 track Group d) Oscar Pettiford (b) / Kai Winding (tb) / Al Cohn (ts) / Henri Renaud (p) / Tal Farlow (g) /Maxwell Rich (dr) - 2 tracks

In memoriam to US Altosax player Richie Cole. Here is a recording from his visit to Leningrad (USSR) from 1989 Can someone read the liner notes who is playing beside Cole? MELODIA C60 30069 006 - Richie Cole " Leningrad Alto Madness"

There was also a Prestige 2-fer with these tracks. You might look for this one. Johnson,J.J. Four Trombones...The DEBUT recordings 1953 Prestige(2) 2-4097

Agreed. The 3 LP album on Cafe Records isnt bad either. Here comes some fine West Coast Jazz

Would be nice to go travellin' these days !!

Like very much. One of the very cool "exports" of Germany to the US.

My fav guitar player + the great Eddie Costa with his percussive piano.

This french reissue= one of my "Island" records out of many from Shorty. As hot as this April 2020 in Germany.