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[Sealed] Greatest Hits, The Association
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Description

Stereo reel compilation featuring The Association’s biggest hits, including “Cherish,” “Windy,” and “Along Comes Mary.” Classic late-’60s sunshine pop and folk-rock on a U.S.-made 7½ IPS, 4-track stereo tape with original box.

Details

Album: Greatest Hits!

Artist:

  • The Association

Label: Warner Bros

Year of Release: 1968

Duplicator: Bell & Howell

Country: United States

Genre:

  • Rock
  • Pop rock

Reel: 7 1/2 IPS 7 inch Tape, 4 Track Tape

Condition Notes:

  • Box: Sealed
  • Sound Quality:
Track List

Side One:
1. Enter the Young
2. Never My Love
3. Cherish
4. Along Comes Mary
5. Everything That Touches You
6. Requiem for the Masses

Side Two:
1. The Time It Is Today
2. Windy
3. No Fair at All
4. Six Man Band
5. Time for Livin’
6. We Love
7. Like Always

Tape Review

Sealed, unplayed copy of Greatest Hits! by The Association on Warner Bros 4-track stereo reel tape (7 1/2 IPS). This tape has been well stored over the years and presents near mint to mint overall, with a couple small breaks in the original shrinkwrap but still clearly factory sealed and unopened. Because it’s sealed, I can’t truthfully grade playback, but based on the format and speed, you can expect the kind of sound that makes 7 1/2 IPS pre-recorded reels so desirable: big, smooth analog tone, excellent vocal presence, wide stereo spread, and low background noise compared to slower consumer tape formats.

Music-wise, this is peak harmony-pop and late-60s studio craft in one essential package—“Windy,” “Never My Love,” “Along Comes Mary,” and more—where layered vocals and tasteful orchestration tend to translate beautifully to tape. In the arc of the consumer tape era, this sits right in the sweet spot: major-label duplication on quality stock at 7 1/2 IPS, aimed at listeners who wanted “better than vinyl” home playback. A sealed example like this is getting harder to find, especially in such clean, well-kept condition.

About Four Track Tapes

Two-track stereo reels grew out of early post-war tape, when consumer releases were mostly mono (often with a “flip the reel” second side). Once in-line two-track (half-track) became standard, big tracks at 7.5 ips made great jazz and classical sound incredibly real. The industry eventually moved to 4-track because it was cheaper and offered more playing time- learn more here.

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