BING CROSBY AND THE TAPE REVOLUTION - The Audiophile Man
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Not many people realise that Bing Crosby was at the heart of the introduction of recordable master tape which revolutionised radio entertainment, studio facilities, vinyl recordings and, later, TV and video recording. Engineer, Bob Phillips – who was there while it happened – tells the story that has been extracted from his article published on
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