See how well you remember 8-Track tapes
Let's rewind to the era of 8-Tracks! Wait… can you rewind?

8-Track tapes were a big part of 1970s pop culture. But they were around for a while before that.
Now associated with classic rock and bellbottoms, the 8-Track tape made music portable, both in cars and carriable players.
Today, we think of them like lava lamps and the Pet Rock — icons of Seventies life. Let's see how well you remember this funky music format! Try to get 8 or more correct!
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Could you rewind an 8-Track tape?
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What happened at the end of the tape?
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Which MeTV star released this 8-Track tape in 1973?
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In what year was the Stereo 8 cartridge first introduced to the public?
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This record club was known for its "deal" of 13 8-Track tapes for a single penny.
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This band's 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vita' was the best-selling 8-Track tape of 1969.
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This American motor company was the first automobile manufacturer to offer 8-Track players in its cars, beginning in the fall of 1965.
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How many "programs" were on a standard 8-Track tape?
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This band's 'Greatest Hits' released in 1988 is considered to be the last major 8-Track tape commercially released in stores.
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"The Great Gig in the Sky" was the final song on the 8-Track version of this band's classic 1973 album, released on purple "Quadrophonic" 8-Track cartridges.
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His 1969 album with Antônio Carlos Jobim is considered to be the rarest 8-Track of all time. The album was ONLY released on 8-Track and quickly deleted from circulation.

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I hated 8-tracks and never owned one. I do remember listening to "Chicago" on a friend's unit though. REALLY BAD. You're rocking along on a song, and suddenly it stopped, and about 5 seconds later started up again. THAT was the unit changing tracks.
10/11. And everything I remember about 8-tracks comes from one that my older sister owned. I probably haven't even looked at in almost 50 years.
Still have a storage divider full of 8 tracks and a player I took out of my 56 Nomad before I sold it
I got 8 out of 11. I guesed at this. The only reason I got one of them.right is because of The Simpsons episode where Bart Sells His Soul. They were in church and the congregation was singing In The Garden Of Eden by I Ron Butterfly. My mom used to have some of those 8 track tapes when I was a kid. She had one that played a song I loved called Daddy What If. I used to listen to it, but when it played I could also hear Jolene by Dolly Parton at the same time. But it was at a lower volume, like in the background. She also had several albums. One was Creedence Clearwater Revival. She and my late father loved them, and one was some man, name long forgotten that was a country style comedian. He talked about living in some town and talked about how he sang Juanita as Jonjita. He talked about Yazzoo Mississippi.
Had some laying around in the
Garage on a shelf by my 69
Chevelle convert years ago and my young nephews asked me
What kind of video games are those HAHAHAH
Molly Hatch on cover
Garage on a shelf by my 69
Chevelle convert years ago and my young nephews asked me
What kind of video games are those HAHAHAH
Molly Hatch on cover
I work for a freight company and was SHOCKED to see we were shipping some 8-track players for cars in 2003! Needless to say, most of the younger workers were asking what an 8-track was.
I do remember pulling out the cassette and having 3 ft of tape wound up inside the player... ahhh the good old days
I had an 8 track player in my car we would wedge a book of matches under the 8 track to make it sound better....
Also when they were unplayable they were great to throw at cars that cut you off lol
Also when they were unplayable they were great to throw at cars that cut you off lol
I had to buy a new car in 2020 as my 2013 Honda Civic was totaled. I couldn’t believe they don’t put CD players in cars anymore. I’m very sad about that.
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I bet that was a good album! I still have some of my albums but mainly because I just can’t seem to part with them 🙂
Could they be playing alphabetically? Maybe use a track number in the file name like 01 - We Will Rock You 02 - We Are The Champions...etc.
Think of this... if you're (at least) in your sixties, you've lived through 78 rpm, 33 rpm, 45 rpm, cassette, 4 track, 8 track, reel-to-reel, wire recording, compact disc, DVD, Blu-Ray and now streaming! Anyone alive who's made it to 100 or greater would likely also remember Edison cylinders and piano rolls... Technology doesn't march on... it flies!
Does anyone remember the PlayTape 2-track mini-cartridge player or the Philco Hip Pocket records (similar to the EvaTone SoundSheets you used to find in magazines)...?
They were pressings made on thin plastic sheets about 3-1/2 inches in diameter and had 2 songs on them - like a 45. (You had to use the Philco Hip Pocket portable phonograph for best results.
The EvaTone SoundSheets were made to play on standard record players, but often you had to place a penny toward the center to keep them from slipping while turning...
They were pressings made on thin plastic sheets about 3-1/2 inches in diameter and had 2 songs on them - like a 45. (You had to use the Philco Hip Pocket portable phonograph for best results.
The EvaTone SoundSheets were made to play on standard record players, but often you had to place a penny toward the center to keep them from slipping while turning...
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Groovy! You did gr-8!
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Joshua Daniel
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Loida Jordan
dom, 4 de abr. a las 6:27 a. m.
Golly, gosh darn,
tarnation, I amaze myself.
Well, simple explanation, I was there,... been thair, done that!
Way to go, Marcos.
Eleven out of eleven (11/11). Perfect score.
Here's some ways I "educatedly" guessed the correct answers, where I wasn't sure.
My thinking:
1. & 2. You bet! That's their essence. It's like seeing an animal called giraffe, then forgetting that there's something odd or unusual about the animal's neck.
3. Carol B.'s buddy visited at Genesee several years ago. I do remember her big top 40 hit. Carol was never a player (as to pop music), and CW, am not sure who she is. Laverne's sidekick from Milwaukee?
4. Partly wild guess, although last time given was definitely too late.
And, when I was in kinder? Heck, there was no such a thing then.
As a child, I played with a little, reel to reel, one from Dad's office, a German dictaphone. Plus, I used a "toy" at home, strictly for amateurs.
5. I belonged to that record club. I can show you stuff in my collection, obtained from them. I recall very well how that worked.
6. Tim and I saw these guys perform in Kenosha. When? Maybe 8 years ago.
Recall Loidy, previously I had attended alone by myself at concert, Paul McCartney. No one was available to accompany me. Subsequently, T & I attended 6 or 8 other concerts, this one given in Keno (most othrs in Wkgn).
7. Came down to 2 choices and a lucky guess. Cadi ain't gonna do it; it's not high class enough.
8. What I meant about, "4 sides to an album".
9. Bonzo passed in 1980. Eagles were pretty much broken up by early 80's. Thus,...
10. I played "Money" for Poupko @ Northfield. Recall Josh visited a few sessions? Did Owl ever attend? Loidy was there at least once, and Linda was a wee baby.
I learned nearly 100 songs from Mike. So, of course I know this band.
"Money" is ambitious music, has something like three different time signatures, in a brief couple of minutes. That's something rare (and good).
11. Loidy followed me around Hato Rey when our kids attended Colegio Mita. She knows I got into Jobim (Brazil). And, I know something about show biz, who Jobim connected to, a real big-shot, here in USA. Is how his music caught on in our country ("Girl from Ipanema"). Our American singer was his auspiciador, one might say.
Wow! Daddy knows something (about something).
Now, can we all make money off of his talent?
Papi, later Emoji
You got 11 out of 11 (ELEVEN)
Groovy! You did gr-8!
Share
www.MarkDrobnick.com
Mark_H_Drobnick@yahoo.com
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Para:
Joshua Daniel
CC:
Loida Jordan
dom, 4 de abr. a las 6:27 a. m.
Golly, gosh darn,
tarnation, I amaze myself.
Well, simple explanation, I was there,... been thair, done that!
Way to go, Marcos.
Eleven out of eleven (11/11). Perfect score.
Here's some ways I "educatedly" guessed the correct answers, where I wasn't sure.
My thinking:
1. & 2. You bet! That's their essence. It's like seeing an animal called giraffe, then forgetting that there's something odd or unusual about the animal's neck.
3. Carol B.'s buddy visited at Genesee several years ago. I do remember her big top 40 hit. Carol was never a player (as to pop music), and CW, am not sure who she is. Laverne's sidekick from Milwaukee?
4. Partly wild guess, although last time given was definitely too late.
And, when I was in kinder? Heck, there was no such a thing then.
As a child, I played with a little, reel to reel, one from Dad's office, a German dictaphone. Plus, I used a "toy" at home, strictly for amateurs.
5. I belonged to that record club. I can show you stuff in my collection, obtained from them. I recall very well how that worked.
6. Tim and I saw these guys perform in Kenosha. When? Maybe 8 years ago.
Recall Loidy, previously I had attended alone by myself at concert, Paul McCartney. No one was available to accompany me. Subsequently, T & I attended 6 or 8 other concerts, this one given in Keno (most othrs in Wkgn).
7. Came down to 2 choices and a lucky guess. Cadi ain't gonna do it; it's not high class enough.
8. What I meant about, "4 sides to an album".
9. Bonzo passed in 1980. Eagles were pretty much broken up by early 80's. Thus,...
10. I played "Money" for Poupko @ Northfield. Recall Josh visited a few sessions? Did Owl ever attend? Loidy was there at least once, and Linda was a wee baby.
I learned nearly 100 songs from Mike. So, of course I know this band.
"Money" is ambitious music, has something like three different time signatures, in a brief couple of minutes. That's something rare (and good).
11. Loidy followed me around Hato Rey when our kids attended Colegio Mita. She knows I got into Jobim (Brazil). And, I know something about show biz, who Jobim connected to, a real big-shot, here in USA. Is how his music caught on in our country ("Girl from Ipanema"). Our American singer was his auspiciador, one might say.
Wow! Daddy knows something (about something).
Now, can we all make money off of his talent?
Papi, later Emoji
When I was about 9 my mom went to a friend's house. This woman had a pianola, you put the roll inside the piano and this one had to be pedaled at the bottom. I tried playing a song and my look legs and feet were aching about three minutes into the song. I would love to have a pianola that played with a switch.