reel-to-reel tape

American  

noun

1. open-reel tape.

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Etymology

Origin of reel-to-reel tape

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

He said it was while Rea was working at his family's ice cream parlour and coffee bar opposite the studio in the early 1970s, and he walked across and said: "I've got this reel-to-reel tape - is there any chance you would play it?"

From BBC

For 45 years, Peter Gordon has held onto a reel-to-reel tape of a show he performed in 1979 at the Mudd Club in New York City with a trio called the Blue Horn File.

From New York Times

He kept in touch by sending Ruth reel-to-reel tape recordings, which Ndinda still treasures today.

From BBC

One place his vision is most evident is in his reel-to-reel tape box collages, rarely displayed publicly until now.

From New York Times

Bloomfield was a self-confessed tech geek keen to try out a new reel-to-reel tape recorder.

From BBC