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Urgent Race to Save Dylan and Springsteen Tapes

12/1/2025

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Story summary

Aging studio tapes threaten the works of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.
Kelly Pribble, an audio preservation expert based in New Jersey, uses unconventional machinery to address adhesion syndrome in tapes from the 1970s and 1980s.
Pribble calls the situation urgent, saying, "It’s a race against time."
Without proper preservation, many original recordings could be lost, jeopardizing music history.

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Story summary

Aging studio tapes threaten the works of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.
Kelly Pribble, an audio preservation expert based in New Jersey, uses unconventional machinery to address adhesion syndrome in tapes from the 1970s and 1980s.
Pribble calls the situation urgent, saying, "It’s a race against time."
Without proper preservation, many original recordings could be lost, jeopardizing music history.