How did music producers physically cut and glue together audio tapes before digital recorders were invented?

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To my knowledge, before the use of computers in audio recording, to cut out errors etc. producers had to physically cut the tape from the analogue recorder and glue it back together. Especially the last part I can’t really comprehend. How do you glue together two loose ends of a tape without any overlapping exactly at the right place and without hearing any errors, stutters or something on the final recording?

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Vhs tapes, 16mm film, audio tapes. I’ve had to splice them all. Even added metal splices to betamax tapes to have them automatically rewind at the end of the recorded program.

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