How many albums were released on eight track?

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And was this technology used for more than just country and classic rock? Did indie labels release eight tracks?

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 21:55 (twenty years ago)

Easy listening, too. Some smaller labels released eight tracks - Blue Thumb, for example.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 21:57 (twenty years ago)

What about lo fi experimental stuff? spoken word? classical?

― phantasy bear (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 21:59 (twenty years ago)

www.8trackheaven.com has all the answers.

― everything, Wednesday, 25 January 2006 22:05 (twenty years ago)

George Harrison "Electronic Sound"

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 26 January 2006 10:07 (twenty years ago)

"Indie labels" in the DIY punk/postpunk sense didn't really exist in the heyday of 8tracks (just before punk). Tim is right, many small labels did 8 trax but the format was already fading by 1977.

But in 1975, the peak year of 8 track popularity, this clunky format accounted for 25% of all recorded music sales in the USA. It never caught on outside the US and the best (only?) explanation is that 8 Trax were very easy to use in the car.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Thursday, 26 January 2006 11:00 (twenty years ago)

There's a Harry Partch 8-Track going on ebay...

― Mestema (davidcorp), Thursday, 26 January 2006 11:05 (twenty years ago)

Three tracks, hardly qualifies as being Harry Partch's "world" but I digress.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 26 January 2006 14:27 (twenty years ago)

six years pass...

Anyone been to this guy's eight-track museum?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDueID5krPY

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/god-save-the-eight-track/

― a panda, Malmö (a passing spacecadet), Saturday, 15 December 2012 21:12 (thirteen years ago)

It's always closed when I'm down there. Should make a concerted effort one of these days.

― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 15 December 2012 21:15 (thirteen years ago)

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