who remembers 8-tracks?
 

When I was a kid my dad had an 8-track of Sandy Nelson one of the best rock drummers. I don't know why I thought about this today but here's a youtube vid for those who don't know who he is.

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Ah 8 track players.... We had one in the house and another one in the car.
They actually had superior sound to the cassettes that were to come.

I listened to Led Zeppelin 4 for the first time on an 8 track player.

I remember my folks having eight track in the car. We used to listen to the beach boys. But man, those eight track tapes were fucking huge.

By the time I got my first car, eight track was gone and we all used cassette.

It's really not fair to make a lady show her age.....

Growing up we had one in our RV, and my stereo in my room had one. I had a big old box of 8 tracks, but the one I remember the most was Aerosmith's Toys in the attic. I don't know what ever happened to my collection, but I'm betting one day they could be worth something, if nothing more than nostalgic reasons.

I listened to The Beatles Revolver and Let It Be on 8-track when I was a kid.

found one in a box once at my grandparents' house as a kid=/

Wow now there's a journey in the way back machine.

My parents had a huge 8 track collection and a big ol' hi fi stereo that they played them in.
The sound was really good on them.

my brother had a supertramp 8 track. i loved that band. :)

I use to play my parents 8tracks as a kid. hahaha they had some good ones, beach boys and other cool stuff. those were the days

i have heard of these things..

I certainly do. I specifically remember my parents John Denver Greatest Hits and Bob Seger Nine Tonight 8-tracks.

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Yeah I remember listening to an AC/DC - Back In Black 8-track and the bass was super thick yet you still got the high's then I heard a cassette of it on the same system and it was thin and tinny. Had to crank up the bass on it.

That's the one thing I remember about them. They usually sounded way better than cassettes.

Ah 8-track pictures!
Now that brings back some memories.

I remember having one in our house when I was like 5-6 years old. My dad was more into records and jumped to cassettes, never had a big 8 track collection.

those pics are hilarious! "take me home, country roads" by J.Denver. my uncle used to sing that when i was a weeeeeeeeee little girl.