However, the material available did not include rock for some time. Its physical characteristics went through a number of permutations before standardizing in fact, stereo reel-to-reel tapes were marketed before the introduction of the stereo LP. The first prerecorded tape format offered to the consumer was reel-to-reel, available as early as the 1950’s. It seems appropriate therefore to first look at the history of prerecorded tape in the U.S.
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The car culture of the United States spawned the notion of tapes as an alternative to popular records, conceived as a means to give the American driver the option of listening to the music of his or her choice while in transit.
Each took its turn in the marketplace, with varying degrees of success. Such was not always the case, as 4-track and 8-track cartridges, reel-to-reel tape, and the all but forgotten PlayTape format all preceded cassettes. controversial digital tape formats, cassettes are the only format of prerecorded audio tapes offered for sale today. Ignoring DAT (Digital Audio Tape) and DCC (digital compact cassettes), both …. Among the treasures I saw at Warrenton last weekend was this 8-Track.Copyright © 1994 by Doug Hinman and Jason Brabazon They have taught me a lot in the last 24 hours, including this link: What’s the story on 8-Track porn? In case you’re at work, I clicked through (it was just business) and, well, the Internet is not in any danger.Ĩ. Among the many fascinating 8-Track enthusiast sites on the web is 8-Track Heaven. Or for $795, you can get a nice David Bowie “The Man Who Sold the World.” On the other hand, you can get this Bee Gees “Spirits Have Flown” tape for less than $3. This Madonna “Like A Virgin” tape is yours now for $499. A few eBay highlights: This Genesis Trespass tape is not $9,000. Sure, your dad’s shoebox of well-used 8-Track tapes aren’t gonna make you rich, but if you have a mint copy of, say, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Texas Flood,” that’s a winner.Ħ.
Did I say no love? It turns out, the 8-Track is a highly collectible item. There was once an Eight Track Museum in Dallas, but - appropriately, I guess - it has closed down. I don’t know if the 8-Tracks or the player are still there - I’ve had a mess of kids since then - but it’s worth checking out.Ĥ. It took everything I had not to call in sick to work right there from the bar. About a dozen years ago, I went into Ginny’s Little Longhorn to buy a T-shirt as a gift one afternoon before work and they had an 8-Track player cranking out Willie and Waylon songs. 1988 “Greatest Hits” album is said to be the last major-label releases on 8-Track.ģ. The format started to decline in the early 1980s, but 8-Track tapes were still available from major labels and through record clubs well toward the end of the decade.
The 8-Track got its first big break when Ford Motors offered 8-Track players in its 1966 models.Ģ. The 8-Track was invented by William Powell Lear, the man behind the Lear Jet - although it was really a refinement of the 4-Track tape, which had existed since 1956 and was itself refined by Earl “Madman” Muntz in the early 1960s. Let’s celebrate this holiday with 8 facts about 8-Tracks …ġ. We’re looking back, because today is National Eight Track Tape Day and my particular mid-life crisis is 1970s nostalgia. (Robert Earl Keen would clear that up for me a decade-and-a-half later.) I recall clearly, hearing the Oak Ridge Boys sing “Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight” and asking the old man if the highway did go on forever. I never owned an 8-Track tape, but I remember clearly listening to them - a fact that sets me squarely in the midst of Generation X.ĭad’s truck had an 8-Track player, and when it wasn’t jammed all to hell (his words), we were jamming to Crystal Gayle and Waylon Jennings.
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