Cassette tapes existed before cars adopted them, but automakers stuck with 8-tracks until one key improvement made cassette ...

“8-Track: The Sounds of the ’70s” is a musical review that brings the colorful and varied song styles of the 1970s to life with a lot of love, musicality, and full of good-time summer vibes. While ...

This Pink Floyd song (and its album of the same name) was far from their only release on 8-track. Still, it’s a fine release, and it was one you could find easily on this old-school medium. Some of ...

Winter Park Playhouse audiences love musicals that celebrate a particular decade. I’ve seen patriotic salutes to the 1940s, chipper trips to the ’50s, swinging looks at the ’60s and now here we are at ...

During the 1960s and 1970s, the 8-track player became a symbol of modernity and innovation in the automobile industry. Detroit automakers, synonymous with the American car revolution, embraced this ...

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when magnetic tape was the primary way of listening to and recording audio. Most of us are familiar with the cassette tape, a four-track system that plays ...

Marc Sendik has seen many a music format rise and fall and rise again: the vinyl album, the compact disc, even the humble cassette. But the 8-track cartridge? When Sendik, who owns High Fidelity ...

8-TRACK: THE SOUNDS OF THE ‘70S IN CONCERT is a time machine transporting audiences back to the vibrant soundscape of the 1970s. A musical revue, the show doesn’t follow a narrative, but instead ...

CORRECTION, Dec. 31: This story originally misidentified the band that released Business as Usual. For Jason Niebaum, who’s known as “The 8-Track Guy,” getting musicians to sign 8-track tapes is less ...

What was the worst thing about the 70s? Some might say the oil crisis, inflation, or even disco. Others might tell you it was 8-track tapes, no matter what was on them. I’ve heard that the side of the ...

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