Back in the hayday of 8 track tape players, I actually had a quadraphonic tape player in my car. "Quad" tapes were hard to come by, and I only had 2...one of them by Arlo Gunthrie.
Remember how after awhile, they started dragging and you had to shove a matchbook under the tape to get it to play?
2006-12-22 16:03:03 · 17 answers · asked by opjames 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
remember "Grand Funk"
2006-12-22 16:05:06 · answer #1 · answered by sllyjo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. Cool memory. I liked the different colors. Remember how, if the tape got loose or pulled out, you could give it a slight yank and it would retract back into the shell? My least favorite memory was hearing "part one" of a song, and then when the track switched, "part two". The 8-track came from the Lear Jet people if memory serves me correctly. (Jeez, I think I was released from a drop of dried amber!)
2006-12-22 16:09:38 · answer #2 · answered by Lost Panda 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My grandfather in the 70's had a great type of 8 music tape and performed them in his truck. I enjoyed listening to Johnny funds and Merle Haggard. whilst going for a trip with my Grandfather and sister.
2016-12-15 06:36:31 · answer #3 · answered by pfarr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We had Neil Diamond and Elvis on 8 track...Elton John too.
Better yet, remember 8 track to cassette adapters!
2006-12-22 16:07:29 · answer #4 · answered by JustLynn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes many of the highlights of my younger life revolved around the blaring of a 8-trak tape player.
2006-12-22 16:06:36 · answer #5 · answered by dr_mark_a_horn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup, I like Alice's Restaurant ... ... my first 8 track tape was Double Platinum
Then, I had to use tooth picks to stop the drag.
2006-12-22 16:13:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not that old haha, but my parents still have them they have a ton and we also have two 8 track players. One still works. Those things are pretty ugly.
2006-12-22 16:05:57 · answer #7 · answered by mtoWCS09 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you just made me remember how old I am!!!!!!!
your name reminded me of something I saw at Knott's Berry Farm when I was a kid, there was a stable with a purple cow (moo) under a sign with the following bad poem:
I've never seen a purple cow
I hope to never see one
But I can tell you this right now
I'd rather see one than be one
2006-12-22 16:13:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we had an 8 track tape player in house and in our motor home as a kid. we had ABBA, Anne Murry and Herb Alpert.
2006-12-22 16:08:37 · answer #9 · answered by Jezabel the annoyed cat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it was a bad design that never got any better and went out faster than it came in.
2006-12-22 16:10:10 · answer #10 · answered by trojan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i barely remember 8 tracks, my mom used to listen to them when i was very small
2006-12-22 16:05:39 · answer #11 · answered by â?¥sarah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋