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

[Lumpy1106]

I guess I skipped the rather short-lived 8-track time, like Kitty above, going from records to cassettes. And like Kitty, still have my LP's, several hundred, many classics from the 50's-early 70's.

You say "short-lived", but how long did CD's stick around? As far as that goes, how long did we listen to digital music that we actually owned (like on an iPod vs. subscribing to Apple Music)?

 

[fla4fun]

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

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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.

My childhood player was similar to this except I remember it being all beige, not blue and white, and it plugged into the wall,

You say "short-lived", but how long did CD's stick around? As far as that goes, how long did we listen to digital music that we actually owned (like on an iPod vs. subscribing to Apple Music)?

I do not listen to music streaming now. It’s either the radio, vinyl, CD, or the few items I purchased for my iPod which are now on my phone. I still purchase CDs and vinyl of new releases. My car has a CD player (one of the last models to have one). I feel subscription services are a waste of money and don’t like being at the mercy of whether they will remove the artists I like to listen to, nor do I want to listen to artists I am not interested in at all (which happens when I ride in my sister’s car which has a subscription service). I won’t tell anyone not to subscribe because that is an individual choice, but it’s not for me at all. I even prefer DVDs to subscription streaming services.

 

[Kitty 34]

Now I just turn on my Youtube for music!!

 

[wabbott]

Off the top of my head, I recall having The Best of Three Dog Night, Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and The Grass Roots - Their 16 Greatest Hits, and many more.

I had two cases about this size, both chock full.



I want to say a new 8-track album was about $8.00 along about that time. Back when that was serious money. Us oldsters will recall that this was the very first auto sound system that was practical and affordable. The LP record system was very expensive, IIRC. FM radio was good, but you listened to what the station played, instead of what you wanted.

Crank it up!!

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

My Dad had at least two cars in the early to mid 70s with 8 track players. I remember listening to Linda Rondstadt and Jim Croce with him. My Mom had some Carpenters 8 tracks. I’m not sure I had any of my own though.

 

[HopperFan]

My Dad had at least two cars in the early to mid 70s with 8 track players. I remember listening to Linda Rondstadt and Jim Croce with him. My Mom had some Carpenters 8 tracks. I’m not sure I had any of my own though.

Jim Croce "Time in a Bottle" was my first record album!!! Still have it.

 

[tvguy]

You say "short-lived", but how long did CD's stick around? As far as that goes, how long did we listen to digital music that we actually owned (like on an iPod vs. subscribing to Apple Music)?

CDs are still around. Introduced in 1982 and are still readily available new. So 44+ years and continuing. 8 tracks came out in 1965 and went out of production in 1982, so about 17 years. True, most of the music I listen to is Satellite radio, not music I own. But we still listen our music on our MP3 player about once a week.

 

[disneychrista]

You say "short-lived", but how long did CD's stick around? As far as that goes, how long did we listen to digital music that we actually owned (like on an iPod vs. subscribing to Apple Music)?

I "own"80% of the music I listen to, with the other 10% being via YouTube and the car radio since my Car Play is faulty and doesn't always connect.

I also still have most all of the physical media as well. 45's, Albums, cassettes and CD's.

 

[Genie+]

Jim Croce "Time in a Bottle" was my first record album!!! Still have it.

A couple of years before I ‘inherited’ my 8 track/record stereo, someone had given my family a used set of 45s from a bar jukebox. My favorites were Time in a Bottle, We’ve got Tonight (Seger), Hot Stuff (Summer), Logical Song (Supertramp).

 

[GAN]

I never had an 8-Track player but had friends that did. Cassettes started coming out when I was a teenager so that’s the route I followed primarily(along with vinyl).

 

[wabbott]

A couple of years before I ‘inherited’ my 8 track/record stereo, someone had given my family a used set of 45s from a bar jukebox. My favorites were Time in a Bottle, We’ve got Tonight (Seger), Hot Stuff (Summer), Logical Song (Supertramp).

Don't get me going on music videos!! "It's Raining Again"