All About 8 Track Tapes: What are they? How do they work? Why?

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  @sentinel3504 · 3 years ago

  For a second I was like what the hell is going on with the fade out  / fade in with the video. Well done!

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  @gregnewman2512 · 3 years ago

  I have a great documentary from 1999, called &quot;So Wrong, They&apos;re Right,&quot; about people who collect and obsess about 8-Track tapes. It&apos;s great. These geeks make vinyl collectors look cool.<br>Tid-bit, same folks that built Lear Jets brought us the 8-Track system.

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  @briggscharleton6139 · 3 years ago

  Master class from Robert. Thanks

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• JE

  @jeffrondeau2306 · 3 years ago

  Wonderfully creative and fun video, Robert! Thanks for putting this together.

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  @YoStabbaStabba · 3 years ago

  haha - what an edit at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyjk5Pspaog&amp;t=393">6:33</a>

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  @andrewmcgee1001 · 3 years ago

  Thanks Robert for the stroll down memory lane....ahhh the 8-trks..they definitely had their place in time between LP&apos;s and cassettes. One recurring memory I always have was my oldest brother (he was about 6 yrs older) taking me to elementary school before he went to high school and most mornings he was blasting Deep Purple &apos;Made in Japan&apos; from his car&apos;s 8-trk...really helped prepare me academically. LOL Thanks again for a great trip!

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  @tendraftsdeep · 3 years ago

  I used to have a Realistic Radio Shack stereo player, and bought blank 8 track tapes, recorded off radio. &nbsp;Back in the 90&apos;s an ex wife sold it at a yard sale while I was at work. Ughhhhh! Great video Sir!

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  @martymajewski6177 · 3 years ago

  Remember growing up in 70s, I would listen to my dad&apos;s 8 tracks, lits of great stuff..Jim Croce, &nbsp;Rod Stewart, &nbsp;Journey, Boston, etc.. the track would change right in the middle of a song, and then pick it up again on the next track. Later, when I bought these albums on vinyl or cassette, &nbsp;it seemed weird to me that there wasn&apos;t a &quot;space&quot; in the middle of certain songs!!

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  @Grunge_Hole · 3 years ago

  Still playing them today ! I Mix playing them in my media rotation.

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  @williamgoodsene6048 · 3 years ago

  Oh yeah!! Riding with my friend to lunch in high school in his Mercury Cougar listening to 8 tracks of Foghat, Edgar Winter&apos;s White Trash, &nbsp;Allman Brothers live at Fillmore East..thanks for bringing back some memories😊

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  @reillyhamer · 3 years ago

  Great trip down memory lane, Robert. I had a Pioneer 8-track player in my 1974 Chevy Vega (great car-burned more oil than gas), and it sounded great! Just that fade-out, fade-in feature that made the experience a little frustrating. When I switched to cassette , I used an old 8-track or two as ice scrapers. But I still have 12 or so from back then, and a fully functional Pioneer Home 8-track player I recently acquired. Thanks again, Robert.

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  @dholen1 · 2 years ago

  Great video. As a 72 year old music lover I have collected all the music formats. Got my first car 8 track player in 1968 and fell in love with 8 tracks since. I have to mention that if you play a quality 8 track tape in a high end 8 track player like Pioneer in a decent home system, the sound is amazing dispite all its faults. When I play some of them its just as good as listening on both cassette or lp. Prices for used 8 track players keep climbing every year and will continue as people want to relive or get a taste of music systems from the past. Pioneer made some great players like H-R99 and H-R100. These machines in nice shape can go for $300 to over $400. One thing I&apos;ve learned is that before you even play a used 8 track for the first time, change the sensing foil. Good chance it will break the first time you play it and that can be one hell of headache to fix.

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