This is reel 1 / side A of what became LK 134 Love Is Dead. If there were a Nobel Prize for Labelling (and there definitely should be) there would be no better candidate than Bernd Burgdorf, who was an in-house engineer at Hyde Street when we did the Love Is Dead mix. All the tapes, masters, out-take reels, automation floppies are meticulously, clearly, comprehensively, and unequivocally labelled, dated, and organized: it even appears that he he went back and retroactively labeled the multi-track reels as well (which were recorded elsewhere.) This is mainly why the Love Is Dead archive is so complete (and how you can tell) while much of the rest of the MTX tape archive is utter confusion and chaos. e.g., here's something from my inventory notes on LK 232, Alcatraz: "MTX REEL 2 [written in sharpie on spine, no indication of contents]: Quantegy 499 2" reel, no other info. This was in a bin next to (likely) Alcatraz masters and is the same brand of tape and box with similar sharpie writing, so this may well be an Alcatraz master as well. If so, that means there are in fact two Reel 2s. Confusion." This whole thing makes me want to purchase one of those embossing tape label makers (do they still make those?) and label absolutely everything there is to label, just in case. Anyway, god bless Bernd. #music #tapes #archiving #records #minds