Find out the value of a Vinyl Record, CD, or Cassette, etc. Search within our Price Guide of Sold Auctions
Reel-to-reel: Sarah Vaughan After Hours 7in Reel Tape 7 1/2 ips Mercury ST 60020 TESTED
27.95 USD
27.95 USD
08 Aug 2018
03 Aug 2018
Buy It Now
1416
20
United States
Very Good
Mercury
Jazz
Is this information accurate?
Is this Item a Fake or Counterfeit?
I'm currently working through a huge collection of tapes, primarily a large portion of a tape library that was established at Camp Tien Sha Naval Support Activity Special Services Library in Da Nang, Vietnam. The library was moved to the School of Music at US Navphibase, Little Creek, VA where it operated till at least the end of the 80's. Some tapes were added to the library in Little Creek. I'll note that in each listing.
Because they were library tapes, they were adorned with stickers on the spine and front, stamps all over, library cards inside and er.... annotations from the military folk who played these, some in the argot of young military folk of the time in relaxation mode. I've removed the stickers from the front and spine, developing techniques on the copious quantity of 101 Strings tapes that came along for the ride. I've left the library cards inside for interest.
I'm not trying to attach any particular value to the history of these tapes, just letting you know, which in part explains the poor condition of some of the boxes. However they have done a good job protecting the reels.
Because of the journey these tapes have been on, I've run them all from beginning to end, sampling playing on both sides at multiple places. In truth I've listed to all of many of these - they're typically the music of my teens. The reject pile is growing and will be listed in due course with notes on what I've found. I haven't rejected a tape for a single issue - a glitch near the beginning, a single splice or a short stretched section, perhaps a couple of seconds max. I've also included a few tapes missing a short section at the beginning, providing it doesn't affect the end of side 2 also, maximum 30 seconds. All defects are noted in the condition statement.
I have not included any tapes that I would not enjoy listening to, however if you find something I've missed that spoils it for you or you just aren't happy listening to that glitch during the intro to something or other, please request a return at my expense, no questions asked. Note that I can only offer this within areas served by USPS Media Mail. Elsewhere the standard ebay return policy will apply - if I don't describe it correctly, including missing an issue that offends, it's my problem, not yours.
----------------------------------------------------------------
This is Sarah Vaughan's After Hours at the London House, a great live album.
This is on Mercury MEC 60020, recorded in 4 track stereo at 7 1/2 ips. There were no issues noted during a complete play through.
This quality tape will be shipped carefully packed via Media Mail or Priority Mail at your choice.
If you are considering buying multiple lots of tapes, please contact me before PAYMENT if you are in the US and I will invoice combined shipping.
If you are outside the US and you are considering buying multiple lots of tapes, please contact me before PURCHASE - it is easier to combine shipping at that stage for sales via ebay Global Shipping.
Check out my feedback for all sorts of quality items and bid with confidence.
Shipping quoted is for US lower 48. Other US territories including US Military, please check for shipping before bidding. I ship internationally only via ebay Global Shipping