A tape recording is a recording of sounds that has been made on tape.
tape recording in British English
noun
1.
the act or process of recording on magnetic tape
2.
the speech, music, etc, so recorded
Examples of 'tape recording' in a sentence
tape recording
He was'playing about with happenings and performances which involved music and tape recordings '.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Again, neither judge nor defence was informed that this evidence was undermined, this time by covert tape recordings of conversations between the witness and the brother.