that was the job of the 45's.
To a point. 45s developed for Jukebox were considerably tougher than the typical pop song on a 45 for .99 cents. There was a difference and some
of those records still sound great and SELL for a fortune. Monos of The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones, 10s to hundreds of thousands of dollars for
Jukebox sets of mono pulls. 500.00 dollar records and 1,000.00 dollar 1/4 15 ips tape. It was 5-10.00 for a record and 10-15.00 dollars for a tape
and it came with a new aluminum 10.5" spool.
One fact that a lot of people forget is a few reel to reels had remotes. I can't think of any reason to have one on a record player. Most of the people I
knew (including my parents), NEVER stacked their precious records. That was a No, NO! A remote in one hand and a doobie in the other was a
different story DUDE! You forgot you played it, so you just repeat it.
Reel to Reel had their place in a practical world. LOL
I worked as a kid at a radio station. I usually got stuck with holiday duty, but it forced me to learn something. Two large spools at 3.5 ips and a whole
side of a record was a little over 4 hours. I could get my turkey dinner if I planned it right. Otaris were bulletproof back then. Studer and EMTs were
too expensive. Russcos TT and Sparta preamps.
I don't remember a lot of 45s either. What a station used was different than what most people bought, too. Many were labeled, "broadcast,"
and heavier material. They wash them in Ivory soap and used a vacuum. Everybody smoked like a freight train. I didn't smoke tobacco. It was
LA in a broadcast room. The LPs would get sticky, with tar. I'm glad it was a part-time. I prefered diesel smoke anyway. It was the 70s