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The 8-track tape (formally Stereo 8; commonly called eight-track cartridge, eight-track tape, and eight-track) is a magnetic-tape sound recording technology that was popular [2] from the mid-1960s until the early 1980s, when the compact cassette, which pre-dated the 8-track system, surpassed it in popularity for pre-recorded music. [3] [4] [5]
As tapes and CDs supplanted LPs, the mechanisms for indicating a cut-out changed. On cassettes, a hole tended to be punched or burned through the case and through its printed insert. On CDs (a practice that continues today), a section of varying size is taken out of the spine of the jewel case and its paper track listing.
The earliest known tape of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards rehearsing fetched £50,250 at auction. [13] Tapes of The Jimi Hendrix Experience's 1968 Woburn Music Festival performance sold for £48,050 at Christie's. [16] The Beatles - "Love Me Do" (EMI) one-sided acetate, the only unedited version with count-in - estimated at $50,000–$100,000. [17]
You may not realize it, but those outdated tapes you probably have stored in your attic or storage unit could potentially be worth thousands. On sites like eBay and LoveAntiques, collectible VHS ...
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After the major record labels discontinued the reel-to-reel tape format in the mid 1970s, Columbia continued to offer select new titles available on reel tape until 1984. The 8-track tape had mostly disappeared by 1982, yet Columbia continued to release new titles in the format until 1988, and finally, after the major record labels abandoned ...
8-track or eight-track may refer to: 8-track cartridge, an analog magnetic tape format used for consumer audio distribution from the late 1960s to the early 1980s; 8-track, an eight-track reel-to-reel magnetic tape format used for multitrack recording in professional recording studios; 8tracks, an online site for user-generated mixtapes
Equal to 8-track tape and Stereo-Pak, the tape runs at a standard speed of 3.75 inches per second (IPS). [5] This is double the speed of the Compact Cassette and half of the top speed of consumer reel-to-reel tape recorders, which usually offer both 3.75 IPS and 7.5 IPS speeds.