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Meet the Archival ‘Magician’ Restoring Massively Degraded Tape Recordings Before They’re Lost to Time

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11.12.2025
Even with the mainstream shift to all-digital recording in the mid-1980s, a significant portion of music history remains on analog tape. This began in 1945 with the German invention of magnetic tape, ushering in the third wave of audio recording: the Magnetic Era. Now, original recordings from the mid-40s to the 70s are in danger […] The post Meet the Archival ‘Magician’ Restoring Massively Degraded Tape Recordings Before They’re Lost to Time appeared first on VICE.

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