Magnecord

Magnecord History: The Book: circa 1950

Magnecord, along with Ampex, was one of the first manufacturers of professional 15ips hi-fidelity tape machines in the world.  While…

9 years ago

Magnecord Tape Machines of the Early 1960s

There is a lot of Magnecord material on PS dot com...  I didn't plan it, it just kinda happened.  Which…

11 years ago

Magnecord-Specified Album Circa 1955

If you've been following this website for some time, you'll know that I've written a lot about the Magnecord Company…

11 years ago

Audio Ephemera Alert

From the Boyers family archive: a charming mid-50's 8-sided Christmas Card celebrating the holiday season and the 'Magnecord Gang.'  The…

12 years ago

Tape!

I have an upcoming session with an artist who wants to keep the album all live, very raw.  I am…

12 years ago

Magnecord Tape Machines used for early stereo experimentation

Above: an unpublished photo from the collection of David Hall, courtesy T. Fine. T. Fine: "Bert Whyte was an early…

12 years ago

UPDATED: The Very Early Magnecord SD-1 Wire Recorder

Courtesy of PS dot com reader H. Layer come these images of his Magnecord SD-1 wire recorder.  Magnecord ran a…

12 years ago

Magnecord PT6 c.1950 used in contemporary music production

It never ceases to amaze me how many people navigate to this website as a result of searching for Magnecord…

12 years ago

Magnecord Tape Machine from Film Sound Studio circa 1955

Trolling eBay today in the wake of 'tropical storm' irene...   came across this very serious-looking gentleman at-work with a pretty…

13 years ago

Magnecord Historical Archive Material Part VI

Today we'll wrap up our series of original-source documents pertaining to Magnecord corporation, one of the pioneers of high-fidelity recording.…

13 years ago