8-Track Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

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

As far as anyone can tell, the last major-label album to be released on 8-track was Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits

For the first several decades of car audio, the only option was the radio. There was a brief dalliance with

I’m currently working on a children’s book for Kids Can Press which traces the evolution of the gadgets we’ve used