Marc Sendik has seen many a music format rise and fall and rise again: the vinyl album, the compact disc, even the humble cassette. But the 8-track cartridge? When Sendik, who owns High Fidelity ...

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when magnetic tape was the primary way of listening to and recording audio. Most of us are familiar with the cassette tape, a four-track system that plays ...

CORRECTION, Dec. 31: This story originally misidentified the band that released Business as Usual. For Jason Niebaum, who’s known as “The 8-Track Guy,” getting musicians to sign 8-track tapes is less ...

What was the worst thing about the 70s? Some might say the oil crisis, inflation, or even disco. Others might tell you it was 8-track tapes, no matter what was on them. I’ve heard that the side of the ...

Ah, the eight-track. Is there any music format that's more dated? Vinyl is on its way back, albeit with a select crowd, and the CD is still holding on for dear life, but it's not likely that ...

From eight-tracks to iPods, these once-popular ways to listen to music eventually disappeared. Each format had its moment, but advances in technology—like streaming and smartphones—led to their ...

A small town, an old car and a box of eight-track tapes from a pawn shop led to a love of Johnny Cash and a chance to perform his music around the country. Eric Hofmanis is a guitarist and singer for ...

When news broke that satanic words could be heard on selected rock songs if they were played backward, it caused a minor shock wave among those of us who listened to music on eight-track tapes blaring ...

Rock 'n' roll and hot rods just naturally fit together. Today's car stereo techno explosion is viewed as some kind of recent phenomenon, but my buddies and I were into car stereos back in the Stone ...

This Pink Floyd song (and its album of the same name) was far from their only release on 8-track. Still, it’s a fine release, and it was one you could find easily on this old-school medium. Some of ...