Yes, Mike, and in theory a reissue vinyl should use an old master (acetate I believe) or original tape as source. Lord knows how some of the flood of reissue vinyls are really created....
I know for a fact studios threw out / erased valuable tapes "from the day" and worse, junked the reel to reel decks. A guy I know who rebuilds decks told me of a studio having tapes and no deck. They spec'd him the deck they wanted, he rebuilt one instantly, and personally flew it on an airplane to them, as they had tape they couldn't play!
__________________
72 Bird
|