Short Stuff: 8 Track Cartridges

短篇:8轨卡式磁带

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2025-07-09

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8 tracks were during vinyl, but preceded cassettes. Why? So people could listen to their music on the go. Check out this antiquated medium today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  • I want to thank NPR Capture.com a website called PS Audio a website called Ever Present and more for the research that went into the 8-trek cassette player or 8-track cartridge itself.

  • April 11th is National 8-track tape day, so we've missed that.

  • But if you don't know what an 8-track is,

  • it preceded the cassette tape and we're gonna get into what this thing was.

  • Yeah,

  • usually wedged in between LP record albums and cassettes