gofar99 Messages: 1955 Registered: May 2010 Location: Southern Arizona
Illuminati (5th Degree)
Hi, the way it was sometimes it was done was to use either a full track or half track tape recorder to tape it and then to swap the tracks playing when you reverse the tape. It was also possible to just swap the take up and play reels and play the tape backwards.
Rusty Messages: 1205 Registered: May 2018 Location: Kansas City Missouri
Illuminati (3rd Degree)
I can only wonder at what possible desire it would be to hear songs backwards. I can understand as a gimmick. For a short duration. But a whole backwards album? Gimme some help here?
I think the group Devo was on to something. Their name derived from a perception of society de-evolving.
Wayne Parham Messages: 18793 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
I remember in the 1970s when people observed that spinning a record backward created unusual sounds that resembled words. Some artists even recorded a few minutes of voice and then dubbed it into the final mix backwards purely to capitalize on this little mini-craze. The one I remember best was in the intro of ELO's album "Face the Music," but I know there were others.
I haven't heard a piece like that so far, but it sounds like something you'd encounter in mystery movies. Playing sounds backward may have you finding some hidden messages that can serve as entertainment. You could even end up getting ideas from it.
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