I have a hard time remembering a tape which had become unusable due to age. I did end up with some that got moldy. I have some beta from the early 80s that could fool you into thinking it was live; I have some paper-backed audio tape that must date from around 1950 or so and it still sounds fine.
Ah, but times they are a changin'...earlier this year I brought home my first-gasp!-CD!
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Bryan
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