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Older music is often slightly flat or sharp .... mainly because things used to be recorded to tape and the RPM of the tape machine dictates the speed. Move the multitrack to another machine and the pitch could change. Then ofcourse the mastering 2 track tape machine could alter the pitch. The machines also had verispeed so sometimes a slight increase to create more energy was done intentionally by the producer
Go to a verse, tune the bottom E of you guitar so it is intune with the verse start when you an F# (2nd fret) or load in into Reaper and use the verispeed control on that to tune the song to your guitar
By the eighties tuners were common but a songs tuning was still at the mercy of some things ... some analog synths wouldn't get to concert pitch spot on due to component drift and temperature. Tape machines didn't all spin at the same speed.
Some of the Van Halen stuff is slightly off because Eddie just tuned by ear a lot of the time and then Michael Anthony tuned to him. I mean years it's tuned down a half step but not a prefect semitone.
The Thin Lizzy stuff is all over the shop, like half way between a semi tone down and concert on some studio stuff, down a semi ish on Live & Dangerous near concert pitch on other stuff.
Some stuff on YT was originally on VHS tape so pitch will vary ... the later nicam players were better but none were prefect.
The trick is to listen to the song without a guitar and quite often you will hear something that tells you what positions they are playing in.
Sometimes it's good to tune down yourself and play the song in a different key from the rest of the band. A lot of Kate Bush's stuff is in Bb, Eb, Db etc .... piano friendly keys I guess. I do half the songs on a guitar tuned down a semitone and I just play the song in a key that's half a semitone up. Mainly because it allows me to use harmonics and open strings easier.
Very annoying too!