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| 30th Sep 2018, 5:56 PM | #1 REPORT | |
 | Malcyramone SUBS Remember the good old 1980's? Member since Sep 2011 7670 Points | I've recently bought a box full of 8 track cartridges but very few have the release date on them. Is it safe to assume they would have been released in the same year as the vinyl version? |
| 1st Oct 2018, 6:29 PM | #2 REPORT | |
 | TopPopper Member since Mar 2013 2612 Points | I would think so, so long as the cartridge itself was out there as a standard format when the LP came out - off the top of my head, late-1960s to early-1980s? |
| 1st Oct 2018, 9:15 PM | #3 REPORT | |
 | KeithS SUBS Member since Dec 2009 12404 Points Moderator | Billboard article from 1972 1966 seems to be the year a lot of record companies announced they were producing 8 tracks. Edited by moderator on 2nd Oct 2018, 3:41 AM |
| 2nd Oct 2018, 5:48 AM | #4 REPORT | |
 | PhilMH Member since Jan 2012 1050 Points | It might have been a bit later in England, where malcyramone is, and one major English company (Decca) didn't release any tapes - cartridges or cassettes - before October 1970, judging by the listings in the back of their 1974 catalogue. |
| 2nd Oct 2018, 4:32 PM | #5 REPORT | |
| Pridesale Member since Mar 2013 792 Points | Hmm, so that might be a bit tricky if they are UK tapes. Presumably a batch issues of popular selling 1960s items for the in-car entertainment systems. I always found in-car radios in UK flaky for reception and good at mangling Compact Cassettes, never afforded a car that had an 8 track player in it though ! |
| 3rd Oct 2018, 5:24 PM | #6 REPORT | |
 | carryonsidney a happy disposition is an omnious sign.... Member since Feb 2010 1700 Points Moderator | Bunch of info and different links about 8 tracks here |
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