How to make mono recording play both left and right channels

I have an old mono recording that plays only on the left channel. How can I copy it to play on the right so I'll hear it on both channels? I put it on itunes and then tranferred it to Garageband in hope I could finally get it to play on both channels. I've tried everything in Garageband and nothing works. It seems simple to me, just duplicate the one channel to the other. Garageband says if you use the compressor it will play in both channels, but it won't. Any ideas? It's a recording from a band I was in back in 1966. We used state of the art reel to reel but it was mono! All these years I've tried to figure how to fix it. Thanks

I already recorded it from the tape to CD Spin Doctor through the line in and as I said it only comes out on the left channel. So then it's on itunes and I then transfer it to Garageband but it still is only on the left channel.I guess I could do this the old fashion way and get a mono plug to re-record to Spin doctor but in this day and age of sophisticated computer software I thought there may be an easier way. I guess I wasted my money thinking Garage band would help me edit this recording. Oh well, such is life!!!!

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