Kraco stereo cassette adapter 8 track cassette tape adapter put cassette in 8 track adapter and cassette will play in 8 track player 3. Important notes 8 track cassettes are approaching 50 years old. Some players would play both the 4track and 8track tapes. The compact cassette is a plastic case containing a spool of 3. It quickly became one of the most popular options for new cars in the united states, and became the first truly successful portable tape product. A essentially cassette tape but older and larger, of course, that plays only 8 tracks. It was popular in the united states from the mid1960s. The 8tracks narrower tape tracks had poorer fidelity than stereopak, and the tape transport mechanism was more jamprone. What we know of as the cassette tape first hit the market in 1963 in europe and 1964 in the united states under the trademark name compact cassette. Unfollow 8 track tapes to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. But when it comes to car audio, the cassette blew them all away.
Long time, close as pages in a book, macnamaras band, got plenty o nuttin. The first factory indash 8track player, installed in a 1966 ford mustang. The compact cassette technology was originally designed for dictation machines, but improvements in fidelity led the compact cassette to supplant the stereo 8 track cartridge and reeltoreel tape recording in most nonprofessional applications. Apr 11, 2014 8 track tapes were originated as a plugin medium for prerecorded music mostly for car indash or aftermarket underdash players. After the end of the second world war, german multitrack technology found its way to the america, where john t. Although 8 tracks are still in circulation today, many are not playable, only acting as collectibles for those interested in a portable music past.
In 1964, a team led by nobutoshi kihara developed the cv2000, the worlds first vcr intended for home use. Betamax digital audio dolby stereo cinema surround sound. William powell lear, the man behind learjet, was also the inventor of the 8 track cartridge tape system. The 8track is a music format which first appeared in the 1960s. Later the wheel was manufactured in each cassette housing. They automatically started playing as soon as they were inserted, and when they hit a metal strip, they would a. Apr 12, 2017 yes, the cassette was better tan 8 track, but 8 track was incredibly popular.
The amazing thing is that, unlike records and stereopak and 8 track tape cartridges, the development of the cassette had very little to do with playing prerecorded music, and certainly nothing to do with incar audio. An 8track tape is a hard plastic cartridge about the size of an external modem that houses a continuous loop of nondigital analog audio data stored on magnetic tape. Popular audio cassette books meet your next favorite book. As late as 2010, thomann still offered c10, c20, c30 and c40 iec type ii tape cassettes for use with 4 and 8track portastudios. This may seem like somewhat of an odd group, but bill lear of lear jet corporation, along with his employee richard kraus, were responsible for designing the cartridge for 8 track tapes. When eighttrack tapes hit the shelves in the latter part of the sixties, it was seen as a godsend. Yes, the cassette was better tan 8track, but 8track was incredibly popular. These days tapes certainly arent our main mode of listening, but the industry is still activein 2016, cassette sales grew by 74% from the previous year. This would cause the part of the player that read the tape the head to start reading the next track. During the early 1960s, a number of shellencased continuousloop audiotape systems coexisted. Whats the difference between a cassette and an eight track.
The consumer stereo 8track was invented by the lear jet corporation, who also pioneered the private jet industry. Before the 8 track was the 4 track that when placed in the player had a cassette wheel raise up into a opening against the capstan. Aw classic bluetooth record player system w 2 speakers 3speed stereo turntable system cd cassette player amfm. Eight track tapes were with us for quite a long time. The audio cassette, also called the compact cassette or simply the tape, is a recording format that was first introduced in 1963 to fill a need in the then available audio recording media options.
Inventor george eash invented a cartridge design in 1953, called the fidelipac cartridge. This is an offthecuff look back at the use and anatomy of the iconic 1970s era, 8track tape player. A tape head in the tape player or deck, in contact with an exposed portion of the tape, interprets an analog signal from the tapes magnetic surface. A tape head in the tape player or deck, in contact with an exposed portion of the tape, interprets an analog signal from the tape s magnetic surface. Unlike cassettes, 8 tracks are a continuous loop of tape. Mullin managed to adapt tape recorder and showcase it to the hollywood movie executives. See more ideas about 8 track tapes, childhood memories and the good old days. Stereo 8, commonly known as the eighttrack cartridge, eighttrack tape, or simply eighttrack, is a magnetic tape sound recording technology. Its uses ranged from portable audio to home recording to data storage for early microcomputers. Before the 8track was the 4track that when placed in the player had a cassette wheel raise up into a opening against the capstan. Bulky homeradio conversions, record players, and 8track tapes. But what the 8track could do well, the cassette could do better, and by the middle 1970s it was catching up. However, the 8track worked well enough that it was.
William powell lear, founder of learjet, invented and patented the 8track tape and its corresponding player in 1963, when he was looking for a simple. He displays between 500 and 1,000 tapes, as well as an example of every. The 8track wasnt better than the muntz 4track stereopak. Kts productions is the 8track production company for kates track shack. When eight track tapes hit the shelves in the latter part of the sixties, it was seen as a godsend. The record the muchmaligned 8track tape is a thing of beauty for a new museum devoted to the format. History of the 8track tape the following is quoted from the rise and fall of the 8track excerpted from you really got me, a comprehensive history of the kinks, by doug hinman and jason brabazon.
Stereo 8, commonly known as the eight track cartridge, eight track tape, or simply eight track, is a magnetic tape sound recording technology. The 4 track cartridge format had had a head start over 8 tracks. Stories are played on a multitrack cassette tape, much like the 8 track tapes from the 70s. Their mission is to bring the 8track into the 21st century. The format is obsolete and was relatively unknown outside. All of a sudden, you could listen to your music collection in your car, or outandabout with the new boomboxes. As a teenager in the 90s i wanted an 8track recorder and player. Depending on the size of the tape, the play time could range from 15 minutes to 4 hours. When music went mobile with 8track tapes best classic bands. Unlike the 4track stereo openreel format, the two stereo tracks of each side lie adjacent to each other, rather than being interleaved with the tracks of the other side. It was a popular format for commercial audio recordings such as music albums from the mid1960s to the late 1970s, but eventually came to be considered obsolete, being replaced by the smaller, easiertouse cassette tape which, in turn, was replaced by the compact disc. The tapes were read with a stylus and amplified pickup in the players transport below are examples of the 15 minute, 1 hour and 4 hour tapes. They did not need to be turned over to keep playing.
It is a tape format which was created so people could play music in their cars. Unfollow 8 track cassette player to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Lears 8track was by no means the first such system, in fact, the lear cartridge is in most. The existing reeltoreel recorders were expensive and cumbersome to use. Bulky homeradio conversions, record players, and 8 track tapes. But it wasnt the first magnetic tape for sound recordingthat was developed by german engineer fritz pfleumer in 1928. The 8track tape was a collaborative invention between the unlikely trio of rca records, lear jet company, and ampex magnetic tape company. A brief history of 8 track tapes and the automobile. Obsolete 1970s technology for music, an old eight track tape music cassette with blank label for custom copy vintage vinyl player with plates, video cassette, audio cassette on a blue wooden background. Learn how the cassette tapes were linked to private jets, the birth of karaoke, fleetwood mac and ford mustangs.
Tusk by fleetwood mac 1979 vintage 8 track cassette etsy. Record clubs like columbia house offered 8 track tapes well into the 1980s madonnas early albums, for example, as well as michael jacksons thriller, were offered to club members on 8 track. There are parts inside the cartridge that may need to b. As a teenager in the 90s i wanted an 8 track recorder and player. Which came first the 8 track tape or audio cassette tape. Audio cassette, headphones on a brown background, music lover, minimalism purple eight track music cassette tape. Accordingly, both 4 track and 8 track prerecorded tape cartridges were originallysold only in such outlets as auto parts stores and roadside truck stops. The invention of the cassette tape allowed people to make recordings without having the. Yet, just over a decade later, the humble cassette tape was able to drive it to extinction. Cassette player cassette tape to mp3 cd converter powered by battery or usb,convert walkman tape cassette to mp3, compatible with laptop and pc, usb cable,software cd,3. While there really isnt a current value guide for 8 track cassettes, i have sold them in the past and i can offer some advice. Make offer rare 8track 8 track tape cassette decca head cleaner cartridge boxed 8 track cartridge tape creedence clearwater cosmos factory. This format became wildly popular in its day and was used by the masses to listen to music.
Vintage 8 track tusk by fleetwood mac, 1979 warner brothers records 8 track stereo tape cartridge 2x8 3350 good vintage condition. Vintage hanimex hrc 5010 eight 8 track cassette elton john lady samantha 8 track cassette cartridge tape w slip cover tracklist. The 8track tape is a magnetictape soundrecording technology that was popular in the united states from the mid1960s to the early 1980s, when the compact cassette, which predated 8track, surpassed it in popularity for. Fourtrack and 8track cartridges coexisted on themarketplace for some time, with the 8track formateventually. William powell lear, the man behind learjet, was also the inventor of the 8track cartridge tape system.
At first, 4 track and 8 track tape players were just car accessories. The invention of the cassette tape allowed people to make recordings. Oct 25, 2008 an eight track tape is just that, a 8 track tape. Home players were notintroduced for another year or so. The 8track tape collectors club public group facebook. The cassette player would quickly replace the record player, and 8 track, as the preferred audio medium in the 1970s before being replaced in the publics eye by the cd in the 1990s. The record the muchmaligned 8 track tape is a thing of beauty for a new museum devoted to the format.
Some players would play both the 4 track and 8 track tapes. Article by jason brabazon, on the 8track heaven web site. A modern cassette plays has more space and plays more tracks like 16 or whatever. The 8track tape formally stereo 8, commonly known as the.
Maxell magnetic sound recording tape reeltoreel maxell open reel cassettes 8 track. May 12, 20 2xl introduces himself in this short video about a robot that helped me through my teenage years and actually taught me some cool stuff. This was the first step toward realizing masaru ibukas dream of creating a video player that would be suitable for home use in. William powell lear, founder of learjet, invented and patented the 8 track tape and its corresponding player in 1963, when he was looking for a simple. This was early 90s so no cheap fleabay to fill that need yet.
Dec 25, 2017 the first factory indash 8track player, installed in a 1966 ford mustang. That was the draw for the cassette tape and the downfall for the 8 track tape. Madmen, king lear, tv dynamite, kurt cobain, and the 8track mystery. Sony global sony history chapter1 the video cassette tape. The amazing thing is that, unlike records and stereopak and 8track tape cartridges, the development of the cassette had very little to do with playing prerecorded music, and certainly nothing to do with incar audio. The cassette was a great step forward in convenience from reeltoreel audio tape recording, although, because of the limitations of the cassettes size and speed, it initially compared poorly in quality. There were even rumors it would completely replace the vinyl record. The cassette was loaded with an endlessly looped reel similar to the 8 track tape of plastic tape. Endless low end stereos with players, lots of car audio that played them. From there on, popularity of the magnetic tapes started soaring, but it was efforts of the famous composer and technician les paul in early 1950s enabled the most. Apr 23, 2014 when eight track tapes hit the shelves in the latter part of the sixties, it was seen as a godsend.
An 8 track tape is a hard plastic cartridge about the size of an external modem that houses a continuous loop of nondigital analog audio data stored on magnetic tape. History cassette players were designed by the phillips corporation in 1963 and sold to the public in 1965. There were four programs of music on each tape with two tracks on each program to create stereo sound. To play music in stereo on any tape format requires two tracks u001a one track plays through the left speaker and the other plays through the right. A brief history of 8 track tapes and the automobile hi folks i never had an 8 track player maybe just too poor when they came out, or maybe not interested in tunes at the time, or maybe i went directly to the cassette, but in any case i certainly missed a major cultural event. Maxell magnetic sound recording tape reeltoreel maxell open reel cassettes 8track.
By acting as a bridge from the vinyl record to the cassette tape, the 8 track servess as not only a historical marker in music and technological history, but also a cultural landmark. In 1965 william lear introduced an 8track tape player, a new tape cartridge to use in cars. Vintage playskool talk n play sold on ebay circuit. Large selection of rockfolkpop, soul, disco, jazz, reggae and soundtracks. When the track was over, a very thin piece of metal in the tape would be sensed. Cassette tapes engineering and technology history wiki. Cassette tape music killed the 8track tape player youtube. Malcolm rivieras 8track tapes for tradesale page is located here.