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The Largest Multitrack Music Collection Ever- -... [ 90% OFFICIAL ]

has 3 million recordings, but only 40,000 are commercial music multitracks.

And thanks to a handful of archivists who refused to let history erase, the largest multitrack collection will outlive us all—provided the tape doesn't melt first. Word Count: ~1,550 The Largest Multitrack Music Collection Ever- -...

The machines themselves are dying. The world’s supply of working Studer A80 and A820 tape decks is finite. The archive has a "parts organ donor" program: whenever a studio closes, they buy their broken tape machine just to strip it for pinch rollers and capstan motors. has 3 million recordings, but only 40,000 are

(Boyers, Pennsylvania) claims to house over 20 million assets, including the masters for Sony Music, Universal, and Warner. However, those are storage clients —they do not own the collection. ABKCO owns theirs. has 3 million recordings