All Cautions Made Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 https://www.ebay.com/itm/Guns-N-Roses-Betamax-1987-Tape/174063950319?hash=item28870519ef:g:KUcAAOSwn4tdo0V3 More from Zutaut? I wonder what this is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janrichmond Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 7 minutes ago, All Cautions Made said: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Guns-N-Roses-Betamax-1987-Tape/174063950319?hash=item28870519ef:g:KUcAAOSwn4tdo0V3 More from Zutaut? I wonder what this is... It says it's from Zutaut in the description. Who has a Betamax? Can it be transferred to disc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lio Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 47 minutes ago, janrichmond said: It says it's from Zutaut in the description. Who has a Betamax? Can it be transferred to disc? You should buy it, transfer it and sell it again. It's probably what that Chilean seller did too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendez Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) Who even has a betamax nowadays Ill buy it if it doesn't go over $175 Edit: the run times for each track are the same as whats listed on Wikipedia. Any reason why a potential Betamax AFD album version would be made back in 87? The date is also interesting too. Maybe a mostly complete AFD with less vocal overdubs? Edited October 23, 2019 by Mendez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 (edited) Just some raw info, not sure what to make of any of it. I start to make guesses further down but Im confident about some of this. ***** It lists the engineer as "G.M" so I would bet that is George Marino. Marino is who mastered AFD. https://www.allmusic.com/album/appetite-for-destruction-mw0000192878/credits ***** NTSC = National Television System Committee <--- indicated PAL = Phase Alternation By Line https://www.diffen.com/difference/NTSC_vs_PAL ***** CTC. Just a guess, but this could stand for 'Channel-to-Channel' or possibly 'Cassette to Cassette'. In either case "Out" being indicated could mean that the recording can be copied from but not taped over. ***** As noted the listed date of May 26, 1987 is just two months prior to AFDs release on July 21, 1987 ***** GHS-2-4148-A/B..... Hmmm, its stamped on there right along with Guns and the label. Same stamp as the date, too. First off, A/B is familiar in the audio and video production world (and many other spaces) as a term for comparing two versions of a recording, "a" and "b." It could randomly be part of some storage code though. Wild guess # 1: GHS = Globally Harmonized System (of cataloguing recordings) ?? That term is currently used in the toxic chemical industry, but may have been used in the analog days? "2" = its the second version to A/B ??? Wild guess # 2: GHS is similar to VHS... is GHS one of the names for this medium? Wild guess # 3: The "g" stands for Geffen and its a standard Geffen cataloguing system. Still feeling A/B part in this case. Edited October 23, 2019 by soon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 The recording of Appetite was finished in March 1987. The mixing took place in May. So this fits with the date on the tape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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