John do you have any suggestions where else to look to find more info regarding playing a Sony CD on a CD player and recording that to analogue tape, then taking that tape and burning it to a new CD? I still can't figure out any way that a tape recording of a CD will record or transfer anything but sound, but perhaps I'm missing something here as my knowledge of such stuff is limited.

There are not too many Sony recording artists that I'm interested in, but for the very few that I might want, I wouldn't hesitate to take a few extra steps if it is effective.