![]() ![]() My compliments to the collector, whoever you were. Now I need to finish the 8 track receiver project and give them all a listen. Several were quad tapes, and all were in great shape. Mott the Hoople? Savoy Brown? There was even a Redbone tape in the pile. Here is a smattering for your viewing pleasure: Maybe his mom made him do it, maybe it was his own unnatural instincts, but whatever. A special collection of music including a tracks never released A beautiful portrait into glimpses of. ![]() Just the other day I discovered that there was at least one person who had a great collection of 8 tracks and, in fact, stored it in an industrial strength suitcase. Professionally manufactured stereo 8 Track Cartridge. ![]() So that killer 8 track collection needed to have been owned by an anal retentive rocker (has one ever existed?) for me to find it all these years later.Įventually all things come to he who waits. Naturally, I wanted a diverse selection of music to play, so I've been collecting 8-track cartridges for many years. And yes, it's one of the few factory 8-track players that still work. So Ray and Karen survived and Pink Floyd went into the trash when the label was no longer legible. 103 Location Bloomington, MN MOPAR Friends: My 1969 Charger came from the factory with the code R22 AM/8-Track radio (see photos). It would seem to me that your average rocker with a beater of a car kept his 8 tracks on the floor or the seat. If you think about it (and although it is pathetic and sad, I do), the 8 track question really is one of survival. Were all those Camaro and Cutless drivers that focused on staying in the middle of the road? Didn't anyone have a really killer 8 track collection back then? This question has not exactly haunted my every waking hour for the last 20 odd years, but I have wondered. Not that I am sneering at Ray, Karen and that guy playing the piano. They were serious yard sale fodder of a generation ago, but they are getting a bit rare these days.Ī disproportionate number of surviving 8 tracks are by artists like Ray Conniff or the Carpenters. That opens up a whole new affordable world of possibilities regarding 8-track tape decks. One of the technological miracles of the '70s was an 8 track tape that would play long after the label had the color sun-blasted from it. Ahh, 8 Track tapes: anachronistic, clunky, low-fi and heat damaged from all those hours in cars sitting outside in the screaming Texas sun. Trackin down my heroes to bless my 8-track tape collection Skynyrds profile picture. ![]()
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