slo’s MONDAY 3/2 poll - 8 Track Player

[sarahann77]

Growing up I never had an 8 track player nor tapes. Very aware of them at garage sales etc, Recently I found out one of my dad's radios is also an 8 track player. So I now have a player but no tapes. Maybe there's still a box somewhere I haven't found yet though.

 

[amcnj]

No 8 track for me. Went from records to cassettes to cds. Car path was similar, but subbing a radio for records!

 

[BrianL]

The ol' 8-Tracks kind of predate me. They were still around some when I was little - my dad had a player and some tapes in his stereo unit. I can't remember using them though. Really, the compact cassette had taken over. We did still use records though and had a turntable with dual tape-deck and would copy the record to a tape for the car.

 

[BrianL]

No 8 track for me. Went from records to cassettes to cds. Car path was similar, but subbing a radio for records!

What, never had one of these baby's?



Honestly, I have no idea how these would ever even work, but they did exist.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

We never owned one. We went straight from vinyl albums to cassettes.

 

[fla4fun]

What, never had one of these baby's?

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Honestly, I have no idea how these would ever even work, but they did exist.

It might have been similar to the record player I had as a child. You slid the single in to it and it played and then when it was done you pushed a button and it popped out like a CD might these days. It was perfect for kids too young to deal with putting the needle on and off the record.

I bet that would skip when you hit a pothole though. . .

 

[BrianL]

It might have been similar to the record player I had as a child. You slid the single in to it and it played and then when it was done you pushed a button and it popped out like a CD might these days. It was perfect for kids too young to deal with putting the needle on and off the record.

I bet that would skip when you hit a pothole though. . .

There were a few different versions of this. Here's one that is more like a traditional turntable.



Yeah, I can't imagine it wouldn't skip and couldn't be good for your records either! I think this is why they were short-lived and not popular.

 

[HopperFan]

DH & I each had our own 8 Track Player as part of our stereo systems.
DH still has his 8 Track Player.
We both had LOTS of 8 Track Tapes.
We still have LOTS of them.
DH had an 8 Track Player in his car.
I had a cassette player in my car.

I don't recall my parents ever having 8-track tapes, but they might have. My parents did have one of those huge stereo cabinets with the turntable and radio under the lift up top.

Something like this:

I have my parents!!! It has been gutted of all electronics. I refinished the top and painted the base. I removed the fabric from front of speaker system and built shelf in it. Now is a TV stand on top with DVDs etc underneath. Love having something that was special to them, repurposed.

 

[MIGrandma]

I’m sure our 8-track player and all our tapes are in the storage room upstairs.

 

[DaisyDuck001]

Couldn't find a poll option for never having had one of those.

 

[CynBeth]

I never had an 8-track. I went from record players (which I still own) to cassettes.

Same here.