Ongoing History Daily: The 8-track museum
About a million years ago, the 8-track tape changed the way people consumed music in the car. Starting in the middle 60s, these bulky, awkward cartridges allowed people for the first time to
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8-Track
Here’s a trip through some rare and weird media formats
I’ve got a soft spot for failed media formats from the past. Most people know about 8-tracks, reel-to-reel tapes, and a couple of types of floppy discs for computers. But that’s only a
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What does today’s music sound like on 8-track?
As far as anyone can tell, the last major-label album to be released on 8-track was Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits in 1988. The format continued to survive for a few more years as
Read MoreGadget history: The story of the 8-track tape
For the first several decades of car audio, the only option was the radio. There was a brief dalliance with an in-dash turntable in the 50s… …but for many obvious reasons, it was
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Colorful collection of vinyl records, lps, on grey background, top view. The labels can be easily customized, the image is suitable for background use.
A Handy Guide to Which Music Storage Format Sounds Best–and Why
I’m currently working on a children’s book for Kids Can Press which traces the evolution of the gadgets we’ve used to listen to music over the decades. The people at EnjoyTheMusic.com have come
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