Fleetwood Mac and ZZ Top come to the audiophile’s format of choice – but you’d better hurry

A reel-to-reel tape of the album Fleetwood Mac with its packaging and a booklet on a white background.

Two landmark rock albums from the 1970s are now available in the reel-to-reel tape format: Fleetwood Mac and ZZ Top’s Tres Hombres.

Each album was meticulously duplicated in real time from a 1:1 copy of the flat analogue master tapes. This means a “master-quality listening experience that captures the full dynamics of the recording without the surface noise or groove wear of vinyl,” according to the albums’ label Rhino, which is the legacy arm of Warner Music.