OK. Fess Up…

[Pea-n-Me]

I still have my portable 8-track player in my closet, along with the few 8-track tapes I accumulated. Did yours separate into the two halves to maximize the stereo sound? I had an 8-track player in my home stereo system also, but by the time I was old enough to buy my first car cassettes were in vogue.

Mine was just like this (might be the exact one, color and all). It was just a speaker, but it had strong sound:


(My son is laughing, haha, he’s jealous)

I wish I still had it but I have no 8 track tapes left.

I was fiddling around with an old stereo in a consignment store recently it was very cool, all knobs with very simple operation. If it wasn’t crazy overpriced I probably would’ve bought it for DH to keep in his workshop (tho he has a Bluetooth speaker to use with his iPhone, I know he still would’ve enjoyed it).

If I had what you have, I would have to break it out occasionally, for old time’s sake!

 

[fla4fun]

Mine was just like this (might be the exact one, color and all). It was just a speaker, but it had strong sound:

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(My son is laughing, haha, he’s jealous)

I wish I still had it but I have no 8 track tapes left.

I was fiddling around with an old stereo in a consignment store recently it was very cool, all knobs with very simple operation. If it wasn’t crazy overpriced I probably would’ve bought it for DH to keep in his workshop (tho he has a Bluetooth speaker to use with his iPhone, I know he still would’ve enjoyed it).

If I had what you have, I would have to break it out occasionally, for old time’s sake!

Mine is blue, but cube shaped when the two speakers are together. Funny to think we thought that was portable considering what we listen to today. I can remember taking it on family road trips, with my huge over the ear headphones plugged in, and carrying a ton of spare batteries so I wouldn’t run out of juice in the car. Dad didn’t like music, and wouldn’t play the radio on road trips.

 

[SM1992]

Joined in the 70s for vinyl, and completed the contract. It was an easy way to build up my then very small collection.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

Who still owes them money?

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I joined twice. Once around 1978 or 79 for albums, probably when this ad was current based on the Boston and Meat Loaf albums she’s holding.

Then around 1994 for CDs.

I’m not sure if I ever completed the contract either time.

I did it with the cassette tapes in the 80s and the CDs in the 90s. LOL And with Disney VHS tapes, haha

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

My mother got those Reader’s Digest condensed abridged books for about 10 years. And my father signed up for the Time-Life series on science/geography.

I hate to admit but....
I have the Time Life series on mysterious happenings, and the ones with the ancient gods.

 

[Lehuaann]

Yes, I confess to filling out those 70’s postcards. Mom wasn’t happy with me, but I just wanted some books.

 

[Mysterian]

Yes! They kept charging me for CD’s, even ones they sent that I never asked for, like a Best of Yes cd, which is actually Ok.

That’s about it.

 

[Mysterian]

I hate to admit but....
I have the Time Life series on mysterious happenings, and the ones with the ancient gods.

Remember the Enchanted World series? (Used to be commercials for these back in the 80’s) I used to check them out at the library repeatedly. Found some of those and Mysterious Happenings at the thrift store for just pennies.

 

[goofyernmost]

It's amazing in my lifetime going from 78's (huge heavy, easily breakable with one song on each side) to long playing records, to 45's (one song a side with funky center hole), to 8 track, to cassettes to CD's to my car system that will play only if I use an SD card. (postage stamp sized card that I currently have 15 albums plus a few extras and have only used 10% of capacity). I live 600 miles from WDW and can start playing my system when I leave home and not hear the same song twice the entire trip. Next will be a chip implant in our ear canal that will start playing if we tug on our ear. I'll be dead by then, but I'm sure it will be wonderful.

 

[princesscinderella]

I was just talking about this with my kids the other day how we would get a Columbia house subscription for cds in the 90s, but you had to remember to send back the monthly cd selection you didn’t want or they would charge you for it. My kids thought it was hilarious, now we just have a Spotify subscription instead with access to almost every song you can think of and it’s lyrics. CD were crazy expensive compared to wages at the time. Remember the Virgin Megastore where you could listen to all the new cds before you bought it

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Yes! They kept charging me for CD’s, even ones they sent that I never asked for, like a Best of Yes cd, which is actually Ok.

That’s about it.

Yes was the first concert I ever went to (with just my friends). Great memories! Several years back I was walking along World Showcase and I heard some Yes music, turned out they were playing on the American Gardens Theater stage at the American Pavilion! I had to stop and listen for a while, and also sent some video to my old friends, lol.

 

[jaybirdsmommy]

I didn't, but my brother did. One of his "friends" told him that if he was under 18 the company couldn't actually hold him to a contract so the cds were basically free. Unfortunately for him, our Dad wasn't willing to play along once he found out and made him pay the entire bill instead.

 

[mrodgers]

Not in the cassette days. I did with Columbia Records and one other one, something with letter abbreviation? A&B records or something, I can't remember. I got my CD's that way in the later 80's.

Prior to CD's and CD quality, I just recorded songs off the radio onto Memorex cassettes.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Oh wow, I remember those ads!

I would look through and pick out what I wanted... then my parents would say NO.

repeat a few times

 

[Babs Johnson]

Yes, I joined in the late 70s. I was a good boy and fulfilled my contactual obligations.

But I quit as soon as the minimum was reached. There was no way I was going to pay $8.99 for an album when Korvettes had them for $4.99.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Prior to CD's and CD quality, I just recorded songs off the radio onto Memorex cassettes.

Gosh, I remember doing that too!

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

Gosh, I remember doing that too!

Same.
I still have some mix tapes in a box somewhere. IDK if they would still work or not...