Ep048: A Brief History of the 8 Track Tape
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2016
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
You've seen them at yard sales, you've noticed them in 2nd hand shops, you may have actually owned or listened to them in the past, but do you know the history of the 8 track tape? It's pretty fascinating and it's thanks to innovators and businessmen like Earl 'Madman' Muntz and Bill Lear that started the personal music craze. Hear the story along with some secrets various artists his within the tracks of the 8 track tapes!
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | My fellow music lovers, my music machines, the Panasonic Dynamite 8 that plays eight-track |
| 0:07.8 | cartridges. It's a blast. They're terrific colors, play on batteries and electricity. But what makes |
| 0:14.7 | the Panasonic take-in tape and dynamite 8 so right is that they both sound like dynamite! |
| 0:22.6 | Well, hello everyone, welcome to another episode of The Vinyl Guide, |
| 0:26.6 | the podcast for fans and collectors of vinyl records. |
| 0:29.6 | Today we're taking a trip down memory lane with another music format. |
| 0:34.6 | One many of you may be familiar with with but don't know the whole story. |
| 0:37.8 | Today we're sharing the history of the eight-track tape. The invention, the engineering, the |
| 0:43.3 | problems it was trying to solve, the problems it created, and some of the music we have |
| 0:47.7 | as a response to the constraints of this format. Many artists customized their music to fit into |
| 0:53.0 | the eight-track format, including Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, and more. |
| 0:57.0 | And today, we're going to share some of those details with you. |
| 1:00.0 | And it's thanks to show sponsors groove washer.com. |
| 1:03.0 | If your records aren't clean, you're not getting the full sound. |
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| 1:10.0 | And we're also sponsored |
| 1:11.8 | by Thorin's Turntables. Quality turntables made to last a lifetime. Ask your high-fi |
| 1:16.8 | dealer today about which Thorin's turntable is right for you. And now with that, let's change |
| 1:22.0 | tracks and talk about the invention of the eight-track tape. Do you listen to and collect vinyl records? |
| 1:29.1 | Well, you're in luck. |
| 1:30.7 | Welcome to the Vinyl Guide, the podcast made for record nerds like yourself. |
| 1:34.9 | Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. |
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