SCARCE DOLBY (359) B-C SIBELIUS No. 4 R-J 100%

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THIS AUCTION:

(see below for grading definitions)

All ramblin-jack Reel to Reel Tapes, except factory sealed in original shrinkwrap are previewed in their entirely by R-J and only original Flawless Recordings are sold (guaranteed) and graded (MINT-) & properly wound back onto the factory reel in the 'play' mode for protection.

PAYMENT, SHIPPING INFO:

FORMS OF PAYMENT ACCEPTED:

Pay Pal, U.S. Personal Checks, Money Orders, or U.S. Currency.

LAND OF THE FREE SHIPPING RATES:

Priority Mail w/ Delivery Confirmation: $6.00

Media Mail w/ Delivery Confirmation: $4.00

Insurance is always optional for U.S. Buyers.

INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING RATES:

Surface rate: $7.00

Air Mail to Canada/Mexico $7.00

Air Mail to Rest of World $14.00

NOTES ON THE UNIQUE BARCLAY-CROCKER COMPANY:

The fastidious BARCLAY-CROCKER Reel to Reel Tape Company of Poughkeepsie, New York was internationally famous for manufacturing Reel to Reel tapes with a "no-holds-barred" attitude to quality.  BARCLAY-CROCKER, (BC), carefully chose recordings for manufacturing only after critical evaluation of the MASTER TAPE supplied by the original licensing (record) company.  After passing stringent BC standards,  the record company master was painstakingly recorded 1-to-1 to a running master at 15 inches per second on 1/2 inch mastering tape and not subjected to any external limiting, compression or equalization.  These new BC running masters were used to produce the LIMITED EDITION ISSUES (some less than ONE HUNDRED!) at tape recording speeds unheard of for the REEL TO REEL TAPE INDUSTRY.  

Most commercially available Reel to Reel tapes in their day, were duplicated at very high speeds (60 -240 IPS) ranging from 8 to 32 times the tape's normal playing speed at 7 1/2 IPS or up to 64 times the speed of a 3 3/4 IPS tape!  The BROAD-BANDWIDTH required at these high speeds severly taxes the amplifiers and heads of the duplicating equipment and adversely affects both the FREQUENCY RESPONSE and NOISE LEVEL of the duplicated tapes.  BC's custom modified AMPEX DUPLICATING EQUIPMENT was set to operate at a ratio of only 4-to-1 (running master at 60 ips; recorded copies at 30 ips, or only 4 TIMES the normal playing speed of 7 1/2 ips).  Because of this SLOW DUPLICATION speed, combined with the carefully made B-C running master and the use of the most expensive premium polyester-based, Audiotape Q-15,  low noise tape they were able to produce a commercially available tape that captures the FULL RANGE, BRILLIANCE, and TONAL SUBTELTIES of the original master, far surpassing the ORIGINAL REEL TO REEL RELEASE by the record company (if one was even released)!!!  The DOLBY B noise-reduction process was used on all but an select few recordings which were recorded processed to the DBX II standard (in extremely low quanities per selection).

For TEN glorious years (1976-1986) the BARCLAY-CROCKER CO painstakingly offered a product uniquely qualified to become bonafied exceptions to the limiting conditions which were then offered to the Reel To Reel listening public.  To say that BC was the state-of-the-art source of it's day for reels is a cliched understatement.  BC's very limited releases are simply extremely RARE EXAMPLES OF RECORDED MUSIC PERFECTION.  And in time, the value, appreciation & desirability of these recordings will prove the axiom;

  "If a man does not keep pace with his companions; perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away".  Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862).

WHAT DOES THE QUALITY CONTROL NUMBER ON THE BACK OF MY BC REEL MEAN??? 

KEY: The first number indicates the slave on which the tape was duplicated, the second the year (i.e. 9 for 1979, 0 for 1980, 4 for 1984), the next two numbers would be the month (08 would be August) and the final two numbers the day.  The letters following the QC are the operator's initials.  RF= Richard Fill, WC= Wayne Chin, EH = Erich Hissel and a few HBs  = Henry Barclay! (Some tapes do not have operator numbers)! 

 More info:

Factory "Pre-Recorded" Open Reel (Reel To Reel) tapes made by most firms during their commercial success were duplicated at much higher speeds than the master tapes from which they were copied. Barclay-Crocker filled a demand created by audiophiles for higher quality copies, which were made at lower speeds and consequently higher quality. Most were encoded in Dolby B noise reduction and a few later titles were encoded in DBX II (DBX I was designed for 15 ips tapes, B-C was exclusively 7.5 ips). The firm reproduced commercial titles from several record labels during their all too-brief existence. Their releases, mostly classical, were generally accompanied by a nice text insert that described the work, composer, etc. Here is a nice example (PDF format). Production volumes varied from several hundred copies for most titles to fewer than 100 for some.
A unique feature of this firm's tapes is their use of Sonic Sentry, an audible signal that marked the beginning of the content of Side 1 on tapes whose content is significantly shorter on Side 1 than Side 2. They also used Dolby-level tones on all B-C Dolby tapes at the end of Side 1 and at the start of Side 2. These tones can be used to calibrate a Dolby unit, and for those who do not have a deck with automatic reverse, the Dolby tones are helpful as a reminder that the tape is about to run out.  These topics and others are discussed in a text insert that is found in most Barclay-Crocker tapes.

And finally:

Beware of B-Cs transcribed in 1977 and 1978 (see above) on labels, Vanguard, Musical Heritage Society & Unicorn as there is a chance that they have lol problems (loss of lubricant).  Before commiting to buy any of these, check refund policy of seller.

 RAMBLIN' JACK'S REEL TO REEL (RTR) GRADING: 

ORIGINAL MAGNETIC TAPE:

After inspection and review, ALL ACCEPTED 'opened box' magnetic tapes are rated MINT - (mint minus).   We 'listen to' all tapes and do not sell any RTR's with sound problems.  The sound on all our tapes are guaranteed faultless.  All tapes sold are complete without any missing tracks, etc.  No substitute recording has been added to replace prior owner accidental erased sections.  After-market leader tape material will be left as is, as will be auto-reversed sensing tape if evident.   'Blank' factory tape before or after the music may have been shortened from the original length.

ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAPPED BOXES:

Factory Sealed boxes are graded MINT (both tape and box) and are left unopened with all it's original shrinkwrap intact.  Factory Sealed with original (not redo) shrink-wrap, whether or not the shrink is torn, busted etc., but a shrink-wrap 'flaw', if appropriate, would be mentioned on auction.  The box in the shrink is assumed perfect, and any damages to the box, if seen through the shrink-wrap would be noted.  Incidentally, the MINT category is not returnable under the normal ramblin-jack guarantee.  As we do not know what the item is like within the wrapped article.  Any non shrink-wrapped boxes with original closure tape tabs on edge of box will be automatically graded MINT- , regardless of whether it appears unopened or not. 

ORIGINAL OPENED BOXES: 

FINAL NOTE: