I had a couple of small reel-to-reel recorders when I was a kid but never recorded any music with them. I did record a Heart concert in Huntsville, Ala., in the mid to late 1970s with a single mic cassette recorder that's still lying around somewhere. The recording was not that good but I'd love to find the tape. I taped a local punk band with it as well, then didn't get truly into "taping" until 2007 when I bought an R-09, which I still use. I primarily use the Fostex FR-2LE now.
MSTaper