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Nah -real world gen xer here. We had to do all that yes. I personally converted all my tapes and 8-tracks using the pc to mp3 back 20 years ago. Albums too .. those days you could use Adobe audition to remove all clicks and pops, scratches etc. I kept the droputs in my favorite cassettes as after playing them for years because I'd expect them. We're pissed because in a very short span of 40 years the world got 100 percent shittier for us. I did personally have Dark Side of the Moon on Quadrophonic 8 track, cassette, LP, and Cd. If you're wondering if Quadrophonic sound was better than modern sound, it was not.
There's a Bluray that includes the quadraphonic mix re-taken from the masters.
It's how it should have been and is well worth a listen if you've got 4 matching speakers and are willing to fiddle with an audio interface to get it to play right.