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40. 8-Track Heaven

Wed Oct 7, 2015, 10:08 AM

Oct 2015

8-Track Heaven

The last update seems to have been in 2013.

I found some 8-tracks thrown out in the trash last spring. I can't get everything, so I grabbed Dark Side of the Moon and a few others and left the rest. There's one version of DSOTM on 8-track that's worth something, but that's not the one that I found.

Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon quadraphonic eight-track sells for $676

The one I got was the Capitol two-track, which is worth pretty much nothing.

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Cassette Tapes Make Comeback as Consumers Yearn for Antique Sounds [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 OP

I feel old now nt Lee-Lee Oct 2015 #1

I have a cassette player... Archae Oct 2015 #2

Round-Up, Happy Trails, and that type stuff? Didn't Telarc record them back in the Elwood P Dowd Oct 2015 #3

Not sure. Archae Oct 2015 #16

I have one, also Warpy Oct 2015 #31

Vintage gear is fun to tinker with. HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #4

I would LOVE to have a wire recorder. Dr Hobbitstein Oct 2015 #8

I have two Nakamichi decks and an Akai. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 #21

I like the sound and reliability of analog. HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #24

Three hipsters does not equal "consumers" NightWatcher Oct 2015 #5

If they're paying $10 for a PBR tallboy, hifiguy Oct 2015 #11

Cassette tape in an 8-track converter underpants Oct 2015 #27

Ugh...the 8 track. So many good memories.... Liberal Veteran Oct 2015 #48

After reading the title of this post, my first impulse was to jump off a bridge. Vinca Oct 2015 #6

Ugh. No. Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #7

You needed one of the sets that looked for audio gaps jberryhill Oct 2015 #9

This one did Go Vols Oct 2015 #44

Some of the fancier walkman-type things had a button where you could jump to the next song oberliner Oct 2015 #10

Yup Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #14

Yup. And using a pencil to wind it up after the player ate it. Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #30

Oh, that was fun, too. Arugula Latte Oct 2015 #35

Or using a pencil to rewind it in order to save batteries Cal Carpenter Oct 2015 #46

Not to mention that over time, the tape warps or cracks. HughBeaumont Oct 2015 #51

I remember trying to "glue" the broken tapes darkangel218 Oct 2015 #12

A tiny piece of scotch tape Go Vols Oct 2015 #45

I miss hearing the other side bleed through... lindysalsagal Oct 2015 #13

"I'm looking for muddy sound, preferably in a plastic case that gathers gunk and dust, & turns into Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #15

I agree, but Dark Side of the Moon is like a perfect digital remaster Zorra Oct 2015 #52

I would agree with all of that. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #53

Perfect timing gratuitous Oct 2015 #17

I get vinyl, but cassette tape nostalgia is nuts nt geek tragedy Oct 2015 #18

I know a couple people who collect 8-tracks. HooptieWagon Oct 2015 #22

blank cassettes were the original ipod reddread Oct 2015 #34

8-Track Heaven mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 #40

Exactly what I was thinking. n/t lumberjack_jeff Oct 2015 #26

Except Maybe In The Car ProfessorGAC Oct 2015 #42

The worst thing about cassette tapes was having to get them back after a breakup NightWatcher Oct 2015 #19

Car vacuum ate my copy of Game Theory's Lolita Nation underpants Oct 2015 #28

I lulz'd KG Oct 2015 #20

So help me, I thought this was going to be from The Onion! KamaAina Oct 2015 #23

"this iTunes-driven age" melman Oct 2015 #25

The good old days DJ13 Oct 2015 #29

My 23 year old son loves cassette tapes and looks for them at the flea market all the time. kimbutgar Oct 2015 #32

My 1991 Volvo wagon had a cassette player as part of fits MineralMan Oct 2015 #33

ALL of my music is on cassettes KentuckyWoman Oct 2015 #36

Guess some people like the background noise all tape has YabaDabaNoDinoNo Oct 2015 #37

compression verses fidelety olddots Oct 2015 #38

I wonder how much the movie edhopper Oct 2015 #39

Now, I did love the mix tape. I loved painstakingly putting it together and giving it to a Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #47

I guess edhopper Oct 2015 #50

I'm a tad of an audiophile and always look for oddities. raouldukelives Oct 2015 #41

maybe music shpuldn't be so convenient olddots Oct 2015 #43

I prefer having 50000 pieces of music at the touch of button to all the high fidelity of vinyl. Liberal Veteran Oct 2015 #49

If they built a 10 terabyte ipod, i would buy it. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #54

Can Ella for Memorex be far behind? tishaLA Oct 2015 #55

Cassette tapes had inferior sound to vinyl Gormy Cuss Oct 2015 #56

Cassette tapes were crap. They were a technological step backwards LeftinOH Oct 2015 #57