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. 8-Track Players Car & Truck Seats Other Car & Truck Parts & Accessories Other Car & Truck Interior Parts & Accessories USED OEM GM 8 Track Tape Player serviced/tested/works 1971-1977 Pontiac (695/O Pre-Owned 424.96 wolvesstamps (33,702) 99.5 Was: 499. This Madonna “Like A Virgin” tape is yours now for $499.
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Amazon's Choice Victrola 8-in-1 Bluetooth Record Player & Multimedia Center, Built-in Stereo Speakers - Turntable, Wireless Music Streaming, Real Wood Mahogany 8,184 13999 List: 199. A few eBay highlights: This Genesis Trespass tape is not $9,000. : 8 Track Player 1-16 of over 2,000 results for '8 track player' Results Price and other details may vary based on product size and color. 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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