8 Track Tapes

[The Chairman]

Remember 8-track tapes? Borrowing your older brother's Boston 8-track and the annoying way the song faded out, stopped, and track switched during "Hitch a Ride"? Or maybe you hated having to suffer listening to your grandmother's Ray Conniff Singers 8-track during the holidays.

Who buys 90% of all used 8-tracks in the US? You guessed it - truckers. Some truck stops even have 8-track swap booths. I saw a lot of them in the Midwest.

What was your favorite 8-track moment?

[Zipgun]

What was your favorite 8-track moment?


KISS - The song 100,000 years, had parts 1 & 2 because it couldn't fit on the one track.

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[TooCute]

I'm not old enough to
remember 8 track tapes but
how many do you think it
would take to do "Mountain
Jam"?


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[flipper21]

Unfortunately I am old enough to remember them. Two that I had come to mind: The Bay City Rollers and Convoy. The latter was purchased "through a special TV offer." I too remember the obnoxious delay and click between tracks that usually occured in the middle of a song.

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[billyio]

I remember my sister busting out with Led Zep on 8-track. That was a great memory...

See Ya!

[SoccerMom]

When I was 8 my family moved from NJ to Ohio. The whole trip out we kids were subjected to my father's 8 track collection. Captain and Teneille, Neil Sedacka,Freddie Fender*shudder*. Ray Charles was the only bright spot on the trip.



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[furie]

my father had a stack of Wolftones 8-tracks. I still have his old player somewhere around here...

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[Death Metal Moe]

When around the house, my Mother would often play her "OKLAHOMA!" 8 track.

showtunes..........hmmmmmm...

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[DarkHippie]

I'm not old enough to
remember 8 track tapes but
how many do you think it
would take to do "Mountain
Jam"?
this is the last reference I ever expected from Too Cute. Shows how little I know.

I think Mountain Jam is about 24 minutes long, so it'd fade out more than a crappy bootleg

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[Gvac]

The God awful "ka-chunk" in the middle of the jam on "Freebird" when it changed tracks is what led me to switch to cassettes.

On a side note, I wore out an 8-Track and two cassettes of "Some Girls" by the Stones before buying it on CD, making it the one album I've purchased 4 times in my life.

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[yarpwizard]

I remember the 8 track tape and still have some. My favorite memory is trying to win bootleg 8 tracks at the Jersey shore. The quality was awful...thank God for technology. I still have a working 8 track player ( at least I think it still works). <P>

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[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

I wore out an 8-Track and two cassettes of "Some Girls"


HEH HEH! You're old.

Guess what, so AM I!

I had The Police's Zenyatta Mondatta and Outlandos D'Amour on 8-track. I'M OLD!

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[Gvac]

HEH HEH! You're old.
I much prefer "experienced." :)

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[ThePointer]

Hey hey hey You two Ms Fuzzy and Mr G are youngsters.
I still have 8 tracks as well as two functioning players. Remember having to hang it below your dashboard and the bracket to hold it? I also have the home adapter for it and both still work.

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