Let’s face it Billy the first thing you shoved into your player was the Hall and Oats Got any Leif Erickson????
In the 50s n early 60s,my tunes came out of a transistor radio the size of a pack of cigarettes,with one ear plug<that worked when driving hotrod. Local rock n roll from WQAM Rick Shaw DJ. 8 tracks were going to come out,but no room for that fanzy high $ stuff in my hotrod,,
That's wild. I was rummaging around in the basement the other day looking for something and came across my old 8-tracks! I had forgotten all about them. I have nothing to play them on now. Too bad.
Hello, The 8 tracks were popular and we had our share of those large cassettes. The mechanism was terrible, but a very unique way to thread the tape for playing. At the time we had our 7.5 inch reel to reel tape recorder/player and could record the sounds of our youth. Mellow rhythm and blues, rock and roll and even jazz from our dad’s collection of music. We had an 8 track, but could not record any sounds as the design prevented anyone one from doing so. The 7.5 reel to reel tape allow us to listen non stop, all of the recorded music we could get from our records, the radio and albums. The only problem was, how to play them in our cars. Yes, a reel to reel portable tape player was available, but the hook up and securing the large box was a hassle, except in the flathead sedan delivery. Even then, it was a hassle of being in the way. So, we tried placing it behind the driver’s seat on the floor and again, it took up too much room. How about the trunk, you say? The trunk had tons of room, but it was not accessible manually to start and stop the reel to reel tape to play or rewind. Jnaki Having a stereo radio/record player and built in reel to reel unit helped us create a ton of continous musie without commercials and with any play list we created for long hours of play… homework music was as easy as hitting the “play” button on the tape recorder/player. Our dad liked listening to his jazz record music and our mom also had her own LP albums. He bought the unit for his own music LP listening. But, as young teens, we had access to the combination stereo player with our 45’s at the time and did not start getting LP albums until later. It just so happened that the unit was too big for our small living room. So, it got placed in the teen study den along side of our desks and bookshelf. The good thing was all of the units built in were connected. If we wanted to just listen to a 45, we could with the center pole attachment. Or, turn on the am/fm radio for music or for our dad, a big listening area for his baseball/football games on the radio. They started out with the tape player built in, but the whole three units were all connected to each other. That made hooking up our 45’s and record them on a tape. Then a long line of music followed. So, at least we had uninterrupted music during our study times. And late into our magazine reading and relaxing times. Later, in our backyard garage, we took a portable tape player and now, we could listen to the music coming out of the built in speakers or hook them up to the dual drive-in speakers in the ceiling rafters. Note: A lot of the original 7.5 inch tapes were transferred to the new smaller cassette recorders for access tape playing in the new car devices. And, the hits kept coming… and the 8 track tapes were history… YRMV
OK, There are 60 or so 8 Tracks here that I need to get rid of. Takers? Just the postage. There are some Streisand, Freddie Fender, Daryl Hall/John Oats, Kenny Rogers, etc. There are even some mixes...you know you want to hear those. I need to get rid of them, yours for the asking. Send me a penny, I'll send you 14 tapes just like Columbia House. Nothing more to buy, just pay postage. Deals like this don't last! Operators are standing by. Call now!
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