Your welcome, Steve. My luck with the Command Classics has been iffy as well, not so much damaged tapes as just not good sounding, it seems to me that the Steinberg/Pittsburg recordings are "boxy" and not that great, not bad, but not super either, although I have found that the hiss level is pretty low. Cheap Thrills is a recording that I am trying to get my bandmates to cover some of, the recording is from live material, it just seems to have a nice sound, probably pulled from the soundboard during the performance. While my in-process upgrades to the Otari have made substantial leaps in the sound quality from many tapes, I wonder just how much better that tape would sound thru your Bottlehead ; )