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We are providing the following information to give some perspective to the development of open reel or analog reel to reel tape recording, their manufacturers and references back to the specific equipment where we have data available. We will correct and add information as we receive additional information. Also included is a time line for Martin and Phantom Productions. Pictures may be clicked for larger view. We have attempted to be as accurate as possible and always appreciate receiving information that will help us update and maintain this page. Contact
1960 to 1979 PLEASE NOTE: Price listings by items reflect the original "list/retail" price (from best sources available).
1960
Ampex 601-2 $995
Sony 300 $399.95
Calrad 500C $4.95
Electro Voice 623 $57.00
Electro Voice 644 (gray)$110
Electro Voice 664 Gray Chrome$49.98
• Scully tape recorders
Lunch counter sit-ins
Soviet Union shoots down U-2 reconnaissance plane
Kennedy defeated Nixon
Martin's first recordings for Alpine, Texas band using the new Sony 300
1961
Ampex 601-2 $995
Roberts Duet 191 $289.50
Sony 300 $399.95
Sony TC-777S-4 $725
Tandberg Model 6 $498
Calrad 500C $4.95
Electro Voice 623 $57.00
Electro Voice 630 $52.50
Electro Voice 636 (Slimair)$42.63
Electro Voice 644 (gray)$110
Electro Voice 647A$48.51
Electro Voice 664 Gray Chrome $49.98
Electro Voice 665 $88.20
Electro Voice 666 $288
Electro Voice 911 $19.11
Ampex purchases 40 acres in Redwood City, CA for future HQ
3M demonstrates the first 2-track closed-loop capstan-drive recorder, the M-23
U.S. severs diplomatic relations with Cuba
Bay of Pigs
Peace Corps created
Alan B. Shepard Jr. was rocketed from Cape Canaveral
Freedom Rides
Selectric Typewriter IBM
Recordings for Alpine, Texas band using the new Sony 300
Martin plays trumpet in the Dixieland Devils dance band
1962
Nagra III
Norelco Continental "300" $199.50
Sony 300 $399.95
Sony TC-777S-4 $725
Sony SSA-777 Amplifier & Speaker system
Tandberg Model 6 $498
Calrad DM-15 $9.95
Calrad 500C $5.85
Electro Voice 623 $57.00
Electro Voice 630 $52.50
Electro Voice 644 (gray)$110
Electro Voice 647A$48.51
Electro Voice 664 Gray Chrome$49.98
Electro Voice 665 $88.20
Electro Voice 666 $288
Electro Voice 911 $19.11
Sony SRA-2 recording amp $97.75
Sony SRA-464 $97.75
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) sets the standard for the time code format.
John H. Glenn Jr. became first American in orbit
Cuban Missile Crisis
James Meredith first black student Mississippi
Silent Spring launched environmentalist movement
SABRE Americn Airlines computer reservation system - IBM
Recordings for Alpine, Texas band using the new Sony 300
• Martin - Cable TV installer (Alpine, Texas) one of first wireless cable television systems in Texas
1963
Norelco Continental "300" $199.50
Roberts S903B Speakers $199.95
Sony 300 $399.95
Sony TC-777S-4 $595
Calrad 500C $4.95
Electro Voice 623 $57.00
Electro Voice 630 $52.50
Electro Voice 644 (gray)$110
Electro Voice 647A$48.51
Electro Voice 664 Gray Chrome$49.98
Electro Voice 665 $88.20
Electro Voice 666 $288
Electro Voice 676 $58.80
Electro Voice 911 $19.11
Sony SRA-2 recording amp $97.75
Sony SRA-464 $97.75
Ampex Moves to Redwood City, CA
Philips introduces the Compact Cassette tape format, and offers licenses worldwide.
University of Alabama desegregated
Medgar Evers assassinated
Kennedy West Berlin speech
March on Washington, DC led by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr
Kennedy Assinated
Lee Harvey Oswald shot
Recordings for Alpine, Texas band using the new Sony 300. Martin also began recording with Lloyds and Crowncorder portables.
First 7" reel recorder was a Monarch bought from the Western Auto Store in Alpine.
1964
Ampex MR-70 mastering recorder
Ampex F-44 4460 cat
Concertone 801 "Reverse-O-Matic" $397.46
Norelco Continental "300" $199.50
Roberts 330 $349.50 ad
Sony 263-D $117.50
Sony 500A $391
Sony 600 $449.95
Sony TC-777S-4 $595
Calrad 500C $4.95
Electro Voice 623 $57.00
Electro Voice 630 $52.50
Electro Voice 644 (gray)$110
Electro Voice 647A$48.51
Electro Voice 664 Gray Chrome$49.98
Electro Voice 665 $88.20
Electro Voice 666 $288
Electro Voice 676 $58.80
Electro Voice 911 $19.11
Garrard Lab 80 $99.50, base$6.50
Sony SRA-2 recording amp $97.75
Sony SRA-464 $97.75
• Scully tape recorders 2 & 4tr
3M delivers the first M-23 closed loop recorder to Capitol Records on 11/25/64. The M23 was actually a second-generation machine that was first shown publicly as a mockup at AES NYC in the Fall of 1965, and first delivered to customers in mid 1966
the first 3M low-noise tape - 201,202,203 - which had a greatly improved "weighted" signal to noise ratio, probably in 1964 or earlier. Scotch 206 was just 3 dB better than 201.Dale Manquen,3M M23 and M56 design engineer at 3M from 1965 to 1969
Beatles arrived in U.S.
US military planes to Laos
War on Poverty
Warren Commission
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opened
Phantom's Recording history
Martin started Highland Sound Company - Alpine
• Grainger Hunt & the Believers
• Alpine High School Band
• Sul Ross State University Band, Choir & recital recordings (including tour albums)
1965
Technics
Ampex 602 $625
Magnecord 1024 $643
Concertone 801 "Reverse-O-Matic" $468.47
Norelco Continental "300" $199.50
Roberts 400X $799.95
Roberts 770X $359.95
Roberts 5000X $699.95
Roberts 6000X $299.50
Sony 500A $391
Sony 600 $449.95
Sony TC-777S-4 $595
Calrad 500C $4.95
Electro Voice 623 $57.00
Electro Voice 630 $52.50
Electro Voice 644 (gray)$110
Electro Voice 647A $48.51
Electro Voice 664 Gray Chrome$49.98
Electro Voice 665 $88.20
Electro Voice 666 $288
Electro Voice 676 $58.80
Electro Voice 911 $19.11
Garrard Lab 80 $99.50, base$6.50
Sony SSA-777 Amplifier & Speaker system
The Dolby Type A noise reduction system is introduced.
March from Selma to Montgomery
Pres. Johnson outlined plans for his “Great Society.”
continuous bombing of North Vietnam below 20th parallel
Medicare signed by Pres. Johnson
Watts riots
National immigration quota system abolished
Electric power failure blacked out most of northeastern U.S.
Highland Sound Company - Alpine
• Sul Ross State University Band, Choir & recital recordings (including tour albums)
• Used multiple Shure 556 and EV 665 on 20 foot custom made collapsible mike stands
• Martin - Produced weekly radio broadcast for the Alpine Ind. School District (1965) from recording studio built into parent's home
1966
Ampex PR-10 $1,045
Ampex 602 $625
Ampex 602-2 $875
Crown SS 700 $895
Magnecord 1024 $643
Magnecord 1028 $1,075
Newcomb TX10 $750
ReVox G-36 $500
Teac A-4010S $450
Ampex 2000 $499
Concertone 801 "Reverse-O-Matic" $359.50
Concertone 804 "Reverse-O-Matic" $439.95
Eico RP-100 $450
Knight KG-415 $249
Lafayette Criterion 1000B $189
Norelco Continental 401 $219.50
Rheem 3200 $269.95
Roberts 400X $799.95
Roberts 770X $359.95
Roberts 770XSS $349.95
Roberts 5000X $699.95
Roberts 6000X $299.50
Sony 260 $239.5
Sony 263-D $129.50
Sony 500A $391
Sony 600 $449.95
Sony TC-777S-4 $595
Tandberg 8 $449.50
Viking 87 Super Pro with 2 amps 382.35
American D4 $18.60
Calrad 500C $4.95
Electro Voice 623/Ampex H-1390 $57.00
Electro Voice 635 $82
Electro Voice 636 $72.50
Electro Voice 644 (gray)$110
Electro Voice 647A $48.51
Electro Voice 664 Gray Chrome$49.98
Electro Voice 665 $88.20
Electro Voice 666 $288
Electro Voice 676 $58.80
Electro Voice 911 $19.11
Electro Voice 623 $29.50
Garrard Lab 80 $99.50, base$6.50
Shure 300 $89.50
Sony MX 6S Mixer $27.75
Sony SRA-3 $109.50
Sony MX-777 Mixer $175
U.S. forces began firing into Cambodia
Bombing of Hanoi
Miranda warning
Medicare began
Charles Whitman, 25, killed 13 students from a tower at the Univ. of Texas, Austin
Highland Sound Company - Alpine
• Audio for film (1966) edited sound track (sync natural sounds) for Big Thicket film - enabled it to become Nat'l Preserve
• Sul Ross State University Band, Choir & recital recordings (including tour albums)
Used multiple Shure 556 and EV 665 on 20 foot custom made collapsible mike stands
1967
Ampex AG-500 $1,581
Ampex 600-2 (solid state) $1,010
Ampex AG 602 $625
Ampex 960 $399
Ampex PR-10 $1,045
Teac A-4010S $450
Teac A-4020
Altec Lansing Seville $213.30
Concertone 804 "Reverse-O-Matic" $349.95
Norelco Continental "300" $199.50Roberts 400X $799.95
Roberts 770X $359.95
Roberts 770XSS $349.95
Roberts 5000X $699.95
Roberts 6000X $299.50
Telmar Martel 5" recorder $89.95
Electro Voice 623 $57.00
Electro Voice 644 (gray)$110
Electro Voice 664 Gray Chrome$49.98
Electro Voice 665 $88.20
Electro Voice 666 $288
Electro Voice 676 $58.80
Electro Voice 911 $19.11
Teac AX-10
25th Amendment, providing for presidential succession
Riots in Newark, NJ
Antiwar march on Washington - 50,000 participants
Highland Sound Company - Alpine
• Sul Ross State University Band, Choir & recital recordings (including tour albums)
Used multiple Shure 556 and EV 665 on 20 foot custom made collapsible mike stands
1968
Ampex 600-2 (solid state) $1,010 Ampex 960 $399
Revox A77, Series I
Teac TCA-40
Norelco Continental "300" $199.50
Roberts 192 FT $349.95
Roberts 400X $799.95
Roberts 770X $349.95
Roberts 770XSS $399.95
Roberts 5000X $699.95
Telmar Martel 5" recorder $79.95
Electro Voice 664 Gray Chrome$49.98
Electro Voice 665 $88.20
Electro Voice 676 $58.80
CBS releases "Switched-On Bach," Walter (Wendy) Carlos's polyphonic multitracking of Moog's early music synthesizer.
USS Pueblo
Tet offensive
MLK assassinated
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy shot
Apollo 8 orbited moon
Highland Sound Company - Alpine
• Sul Ross State University Band, Choir & recital recordings (including tour albums)
Used multiple Shure 556 and EV 665 on 20 foot custom made collapsible mike stands
Sony 3501969
Ampex 600-2 (solid state) $1,010
Ampex AG500 $1,537
Ampex 761 $329
Ampex 960 $399
Roberts 770XSS $399.95
Roberts 5000X $699.95
Sony 630 w/speakers $379.50)
Sony 772 $750
$49.98
Electro Voice 665 $88.20
Electro Voice 676 $58.80
Dr. Thomas Stockham begins to experiment with digital tape recording
3M introduces Scotch 206 and 207 magnetic tape, with a s/n ratio 7 dB better than Scotch 111.
Vietnam peace talks
Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon
Woodstock music festival
My Lai, South Vietnam
Sesame Street launched
First magnetic strips on credit cards - IBM
Highland Sound Company - Alpine
1970
Ampex AG500 $1,537
Ampex 600-2 (solid state) $1,010
Ampex 761 $329
Ampex 960 $399
Sony 630 w/speakers $379.50)
Sony 772 $750
Ampex introduces 406 mastering tape.
Chicago 7
first Earth Day
Kent State
clean air bill
Doonesbury
Jimi Hendrix dies
Janis Joplin dies
Highland Sound Company - Odessa
1971
Nagra IV-S Ampex AG440 $2,649
Teac A-3300 $790
Teac A-3340$1,290
Teac TCA-40
Teac TCA-42
Roberts 333X $559.00
Shure Pro Mixer
Charles Manson
voting age lowered to 18
Jim Morrison dies
First floppy disk - IBM
Highland Sound Company - Odessa
1972
Teac A-2340R $799.50
Teac A-3300 $790
Teac A-3340 $1,290
Sony TC-854-4 $1,695
Teac Model 10 intro AES
Nixon in Beijing
Equal Rights Amendment banning discrimination on the basis of sex
George C. Wallace shot
Nixon is first US President to visit Moscow
Watergate breakin
Highland Sound Company - Odessa
1973
Revox A77 MKIII $749
ReVox A77 MKIII Dolby B $969
Tapesonic70A $675
Teac 70H &L
Teac 3300 $499.
Teac 4010S $599.
Teac 6010S $799.
Teac 7010S $899.
Teac A-2340R $799.50
Teac A-3300 $790
Teac A-3340 $1,290
Akai GX-260D $474.95
Akai GX-400D $895.95
Akai X-2000SD $549.95
Dokorder 9100 $699.95
JVC RD-1555 $499.95
Pioneer T-8800 $549.95
Roberts 333X $549.95
Sony 580 $499.95
Sony 630 $449.95
Sony TC-850-4 $895
Sony TC-854-4 $1,695
StellaVox Sp 7 $1,692
Tandberg Series 11 $449
Tandberg Series 4000X $469
Tandberg Series 9000X $649
Technics RS-1030US $899.95
Telex LS 2001 $799.95
Roe v. Wade
Wounded Knee
End of the military draft
Skylab, 1st U.S. space station
Secretariat became first Triple Crown winner since Citation in 1948
Agnew resigned re tax evasion
Gerald R. Ford became first appointed vice president under the 25th Amendment;
First bar code - IBM
Highland Sound Company - Odessa
More info about Phantom in the '70's
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Willie Nelson's first Forth of July concertsx
1974
Otari TD7500 with two AF-206 recording amplifiers
ReVox A700 $2,049
Teac A-2340R $799.50
Teac A-3300 $790
Teac A-3340 $1,290
Tascam Corp acquired by Teac
Tascam Series 70H8 the world's first 1/2" 8 track tape recorder
Teac Model 10 1st shipped
Tascam Model 10 mixer$2,350
3M introduces Scotch 250 mastering tape with an increase in output level of over 10 dB compared to Scotch 111.
Impeachment hearings opened against Pres. Nixon
White House “plumbers” found guilty
Pres. Nixon announced his resignation, Aug. 8
pardon of Nixon issued by Pres. Ford
Highland Sound Company - Odessa
1975
Dolby Stereo introduced
Tascam 8 $4,j600
Teac 25-2 $1,850
Teac A-2340R $799.50
Teac A-3300 $790
Teac A-3340 $1,290
Teac AX-20
Teac Model 2 mixer & MB20 meter bridge
Tascam Model 10 mixer$2,350
Digital tape recording begins to take hold in professional audio studios.
Ampex introduces 456 high-output mastering tape.
Mitchell and ex-presidential advisers H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman found guilty of Watergate cover-up charges
evacuation of Saigon
South Vietnam refugees
Patricia (Patty) Hearst, kidnapped
Highland Sound Company - Odessa, Texas
1976
Ampex ATR-100 $5,450 Rev
Dokorder 1140 $1,199.95
ReVox A700 $2,049
Teac 25-2 $1,850
Teac A-2340R $799.50
Teac A-3300 $795
Teac A-3340 $1,199
Teac 80-8 $3,500
Teac Model 2 mixer & MB20 meter bridge
Tascam Model 10 mixer$2,350
Dr. Stockham of Soundstream makes the first 16-bit digital recording in the U.S. at the Santa Fe Opera.
Karen Ann Quinlan “right to die” case
Supreme Court reinstated death penalty
200th anniversary of independence
Legionnaire's disease
Viking II set down on Mars
World's worst earthquake Tanghan, China
Highland Sound Company - Odessa, Texas
•Old Friends
More info about Phantom in the '70's
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Austin City Limits airs first show on PBS
1977
Tascam 8 $4,j600
Teac 25-2 $1,850
Teac A-3300 $795
Teac A-3340 $1,199
Teac 40-4
Teac 80-8 $3,500
Teac 90-16
Teac Model 2 mixer & MB20 meter bridge
Tascam Model 10 mixer$2,350
Carter pardoned most Vietnam War draft evaders
Energy Department created after natural gas shortage
Elvis Presley died
George Lucas's first Star Wars film
Highland Sound Company - Odessa
• New Birth Baptist Church album
Teac Model 2 mixer & MB20 meter bridge
1978
Akai GX-650D $995
Dokorder 7140 $629
Dokorder 1120 $649.94
Dokorder 1140 $1,299.95
Dokorder 8100 $549.50
Dokorder 8140 $749.50
Otari 5050Q $2,050
Pioneer RT-2022 $1,250
Pioneer RT-1011L $600
Pioneer RT-909 $900
ReVox A700 $2,049
ReVox A77 MKIV $959
ReVox B77 $1,195
Sony 880-2 $2,495
Sony 788-4 $1,450
Tandberg 10XD $1,399
Tandberg 3500X $599
Tascam 8 $4,j600
Teac A-2340 $850
Teac 25-2 $2,000
Teac A-3300 $750
Teac A-3340 $1,300
Teac A-6300 2T $1.100
Teac A-7300 2T $1,449.50
Teac 80-8 $3,500
Teac 90-16 $12,500
Technics RS-1500 $1,500
Telex 1400 $1,535
Toshiba PT-884D $309.95
Uher SG-630 $1,279.5
Shure M67 $268
Sony MX-20 $1,095
Teac Model 2 $299
Teac Model 5 mixer $1,500
Tascam Model 10 mixer$2,350
Teac Model 15 mixer
A patent is issued to Blackmer for an adaptive filter (the basis of dbx Types I and II noise reduction).
US turned over Panama Canal to Panama
Proposition 13 California
Anwar al-Sadat and Israeli Prem. Menachem Begin reached accord on “framework for peace”
prime interest rate 11.75%
Highland Sound Company - Odessa/El Paso
•3/1/78 Odessa Club - first use of van as external control room van interior
•Crestwood Baptist Church Midland
• UT El Paso recital
• 11/19/78 Viscount Club - The Cowpokes
Teac Model 2 mixer & MB20 meter bridge
1979
Pioneer RT-909 $900
ReVox B77 $1,195
Teac A-3300 $795
Teac A-3440 $1,199
Teac 80-8 $3,500
Teac VS-88 80-8 Variable speed control
Teac 90-16
Three Mile Island
DC-10 jetliner crashed May 25 after takeoff from Chicago, killing 275 persons
Carter proposed reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil
$1.5 bil loan-guarantee plan to aid the ailing Chrysler Corp
Iranian Hostage Crises
Sid Vicious died
HSC/Phantom Productions - Austin Yellow page ad
• St. David's Episcopal Church - Elijah
• 9/79 flautist Megan Meisenbach
• Crestview Baptist Church
• 10/02/79 Houston Gospel Festival album recording and mastering at Austin Custom Records
• Kade I Man at Antone's (then in North Austin).
• Phantom produced an album for Clifford Zirkel's Big Band Sounds of Austin. It was recorded at Symphony Square in Austin.
• Videotaped disaster scene from State Police helicopter immediately following the Wichita Falls tornado in April of 1979
Teac Model 2 mixer & MB20 meter bridge
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