Inches Per Second

Turn on the reel to reel tape recorder. Take the tape out of the box. Put the empty reel on the right spindle, and the full reel on the left spindle. Wind the tape through the mechanisms - including the pinch rollers, the capstan and the rest. The tape is pressed against the heads and moves at a certain number of inches per second. Start the machine. And sometimes... if you're lucky... magic comes spilling out of the speakers. That magic is what I hope to share here.

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

More Baseball For All Star Week, A Few Short Speeches, Songs by Mike and Songs at Home, More Supreme Court and ALVIN!

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It's All Star Week. And what better time of year to share yet another tape of early 1960's baseball, including part of an All Star g...
Monday, June 30, 2025

Some Possibly Rare and Definitely Awful Johnny Carson, Beautiful Army Music, More Phone Training

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Hellooooo,  For the first offering today, I'm going to share something I believe to be quite rare. At least, I've been unable to fin...
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Thursday, June 19, 2025

The Young Sound of '68, Bishop Sheen Talks to Teenagers, The Supreme Court in 1963, a Combo in 1966, TV School, and THE RETURN OF PETE!

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Greetings!  It's been almost a month since my last posting - again due to stuff here at home - and I may not get another post out this m...
Saturday, May 24, 2025

Toastmistresses, A Fairly Generic Rock Band, Pete and his Musical Limitations, The End of the Broadcast Day, and MR. PERSONALITY

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Hi, everyone,  Well, I said things might slow down here and, as I wrote in my most recent post on my other blog, they sure enough have. I w...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Even More Baseball, The "Do You Remember" Dance, The Country Music Story, and "Don't Sit On My Mother's Violin"

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As I alluded to in my last post, I don't have a lot of time to write as much as I often do, or to get an acetate of the month ready, eit...
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Friday, April 18, 2025

A Whole Lotta Hard-To-Hear Baseball, Some Cello Music and THE LAND OF OZ

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First, I want to thank all of the people who wrote in, asking for more baseball, regardless of the sound quality. Your wish is my command. S...
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Sunday, March 30, 2025

A Tragic Industry, Some Funny Recipes, Children at Home, The Summer of '64 and More

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First off, I'd like to than Eric Patton - yet again - for identifying details that I didn't have the resources (or, in this case, di...
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Bob Purse
I'm the father of two amazing young adults, married to the most wonderful woman in the world, and I work in the mental health field. I play several instruments and record my own music. I'm a long time record collector, hoarder of unusual, rare or unique recorded sound, musical, spoken word or other, and am glad to have found this outlet to share some of my favorite parts of it with others.
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