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HOW DOES AN 8-TRACK TAPE WORK? The 8-track cartridge contains a length of 1/4 inch tape which runs in a continuous loop at 3 and 3/4 inches per second (ips). The tape is wound around a hub in the middle of the cartridge. It pulls out from the center and follows a path which brings it across the front edge of the cartridge where it makes contact with the playback head. WHERE CAN I BUY (OR SELL) 8-TRACK TAPES AND PLAYERS? 8-Track Heaven Classifieds : Here you can browse the ads or place one of your own: free! 8-track Selllers: A listing of 8-track dealers bothon and off the web
4-TRACK TAPES
The 4-track tape cartridge format had a head start over 8-tracks. Developed in 1956, the 4-track format was originally forsaken as unmarketable. It lay dormant until the early '60s, when enterprising Earl Muntz saw its potential. He acquired rights to the format and began marketing both players and prerecorded tapes, licensing music from major record labels. TROUBLE SHOOTING PLAYER PROBLEMS No pilot light, no tape motion, and no amplifier hiss Defective power supply cords Poor power connections Defective ac-dc selector switch defective auto-boat jack Defective cartridge switch No operation with dc power source Defective ac-dc selector Open auto-boat jack Broken or open dc power cord Defective batteries Improper seating of Continuereading →
RAREST 8-TRACK EVER? The Beatles – 20 Greatest Hits (Capitol Records 8XL-8336, 1982) This tape is widely known as one of the Top 3 of the World’s Rarest 8 Track Cartridges. Shortly before it’s release in 1982, Capitol Records decided at the last minute that the tape would NOT be released, and all copies were ordered destroyed. TAPE AND PLAYER REPAIR Places That Will Repair Your Tapes or Players Kate’s Track Shack: Player & tape repair; they also sell repair supplies if you want to D.I.Y. They’ve been on the Internet since 1998! Good people, too. Network Sound & Video Located in Longwood, FL Fix/Repair 8-Track Tape Service Free shipping! Do-it-yourself Instructions 8-track repair on YouTube.com Fixing Continue reading → 8-TRACK LABEL TEMPLATES 8-Track Label Templates. Here are some 8-track label templates if you want to attempt to make your own: 1. Here is a Microsoft Word file of a Jimi Hendrix Ampex 8-track label that has editable text boxes. Just replace the text in the boxes, and insert your own album artwork in place of the Hendrix image. Ampex Hendrix Label (Microsoft Word) 2. WHERE TO BUY OR SELL TAPES & PLAYERS The following is a list of individuals or businesses that buy or sell tapes and equipment. All business is conducted at your own risk. The following are reliable sellers, but 8-track Heaven assumes no liability for transactions conducted. Kate’s Track Shack – Your One Stop Internet Home For Inexpensive 8-Tracks Continue reading → 8-TRACK TAPE, 4-TRACK TAPE, AND PLAYTAPE HISTORY Frank Daniels’ The Beatles on 8 track and 4 track and Playtape pages have been around for years now. The 8-track page and is believed to have been the first 8-track article on the web, although it currently exists in a slightly different (vastly improved) format. In fact, Frank’s list of Beatles 8 tracks was just about the only thing going LIST OF KNOWN QUAD TAPES This is a list of all known rock, pop and country quadraphonic 8-track tapes. (Note: this list does not include Classical, Soundtrack, Anthology, Sampler, Demonstration, Test, Set Up, or Sound Effectstapes).
HOW DOES AN 8-TRACK TAPE WORK? The 8-track cartridge contains a length of 1/4 inch tape which runs in a continuous loop at 3 and 3/4 inches per second (ips). The tape is wound around a hub in the middle of the cartridge. It pulls out from the center and follows a path which brings it across the front edge of the cartridge where it makes contact with the playback head. WHERE CAN I BUY (OR SELL) 8-TRACK TAPES AND PLAYERS? 8-Track Heaven Classifieds : Here you can browse the ads or place one of your own: free! 8-track Selllers: A listing of 8-track dealers bothon and off the web
4-TRACK TAPES
The 4-track tape cartridge format had a head start over 8-tracks. Developed in 1956, the 4-track format was originally forsaken as unmarketable. It lay dormant until the early '60s, when enterprising Earl Muntz saw its potential. He acquired rights to the format and began marketing both players and prerecorded tapes, licensing music from major record labels. TROUBLE SHOOTING PLAYER PROBLEMS No pilot light, no tape motion, and no amplifier hiss Defective power supply cords Poor power connections Defective ac-dc selector switch defective auto-boat jack Defective cartridge switch No operation with dc power source Defective ac-dc selector Open auto-boat jack Broken or open dc power cord Defective batteries Improper seating of Continuereading →
HOME - 8-TRACK HEAVEN 8-track Collecting. Tape Repair, 8-track Web Pages, 8-track manufacturers, The 80’s: Record Club Only 8-tracks, 8-tracks on eBay . 8-Track Heaven is the oldest site on the Internet focusing on 8-Track Tapes. We went online in 1995 and have been operating continuously since then. This site provides information for on 8-tracktape repair
NEW 8-TRACK RELEASES Thee Oh Sees – 8-Track Collection (2019) by 5Seven Records. 12 selected albums from John Dwyer’s band Thee Oh Sees. Only 100 hand numbered boxsets were made, with only 60 going up for sale to the public. It took over a year to make these sets, so this is the 1st and final edition of this massive boxset.4-TRACK TAPES
The 4-track tape cartridge format had a head start over 8-tracks. Developed in 1956, the 4-track format was originally forsaken as unmarketable. It lay dormant until the early '60s, when enterprising Earl Muntz saw its potential. He acquired rights to the format and began marketing both players and prerecorded tapes, licensing music from major record labels. HOW DOES AN 8-TRACK TAPE WORK? The 8-track cartridge contains a length of 1/4 inch tape which runs in a continuous loop at 3 and 3/4 inches per second (ips). The tape is wound around a hub in the middle of the cartridge. It pulls out from the center and follows a path which brings it across the front edge of the cartridge where it makes contact with the playback head. WHERE CAN I BUY (OR SELL) 8-TRACK TAPES AND PLAYERS? 8-Track Heaven Classifieds : Here you can browse the ads or place one of your own: free! 8-track Selllers: A listing of 8-track dealers bothon and off the web
THE 8-TRACK FAQ
Nonetheless, Quatron, Inc., a. Maryland firm, shone brightly for a few years making the now highly. desirable Model 48 automatic 8 track changer, but its star soon faded. By the time the major record labels stopped offering new releases on. 8-track, there were no PLAYTAPE - THE 2-TRACK ALTERNATIVE - 8-TRACK HEAVEN PlayTape – The 2-Track Alternative. by Lynn Fuller. In early 1967 the four-track cartridge was controlling the industry with Bill Lear and his 8-track format waiting in the wings to become the “format of choice” for the next decade of pre-recorded taped music. Enter Frank Stanton, the innovator of HOW DOES 8-TRACK NOT WORK? (CARTRIDGE) Although 8-track has always been a somewhat, shall we say challenging format, certain aspects of it become more difficult with the passage of time. Many of the frequently-encountered malfunctions of 8-track tapes and players are caused by time and repeated use. For example, the dreaded 8-track tar, a horrible mess which fills your player with goo, is caused by decaying rubber pinch rollers. HOW TO ADJUST THE TENSION ON AN 8-TRACK TAPE How to reset the tension on an 8-track tape by Kenneth Newman kenneth.newman@oln.com. The way to reset tension on a tape is: 1. Open the cart 2. With a razor, cut the tape about one inch from where it coes out of thecentere of the spool. THE MELVINS "LIVE AT SLIMS" One of my favorite things in the whole wide world is a “new” 8-track tape release. This one was sent to me by Matt Parrillo of Life is Abuse records and is an official live 8-track by the world’s heaviest band, THE MELVINS. It was recorded live at Slim’s in San Francisco in 1999, and was released in a limited numbered edition of100 copies.
HOME - 8-TRACK HEAVEN8-TRACK MIND MAGAZINETHE 8-TRACK STORYTHE BIG QUESTIONS8-TRACK COLLECTINGCONTACT 8-track Collecting. Tape Repair, 8-track Web Pages, 8-track manufacturers, The 80’s: Record Club Only 8-tracks, 8-tracks on eBay . 8-Track Heaven is the oldest site on the Internet focusing on 8-Track Tapes. We went online in 1995 and have been operating continuously since then. This site provides information for on 8-tracktape repair
TAPE AND PLAYER REPAIR Places That Will Repair Your Tapes or Players Kate’s Track Shack: Player & tape repair; they also sell repair supplies if you want to D.I.Y. They’ve been on the Internet since 1998! Good people, too. Network Sound & Video Located in Longwood, FL Fix/Repair 8-Track Tape Service Free shipping! Do-it-yourself Instructions 8-track repair on YouTube.com Fixing Continue reading → RAREST 8-TRACK EVER? The Beatles – 20 Greatest Hits (Capitol Records 8XL-8336, 1982) This tape is widely known as one of the Top 3 of the World’s Rarest 8 Track Cartridges. Shortly before it’s release in 1982, Capitol Records decided at the last minute that the tape would NOT be released, and all copies were ordered destroyed. QUADRAPHONIC 8-TRACK TAPE & PLAYERS Quadraphonic 8-track Tape & Players. A typical quadraphonic 8-track tape with a notch in the upper left corner. This notch tells a quadraphonic player to use 4-channel mode instead of regular stereo mode. List of All Known Quad 8-Track Tapes. “Quad Reflections” by Dan Jobin. The Quad FAQ. 8-TRACK LABEL TEMPLATES 8-Track Label Templates. Here are some 8-track label templates if you want to attempt to make your own: 1. Here is a Microsoft Word file of a Jimi Hendrix Ampex 8-track label that has editable text boxes. Just replace the text in the boxes, and insert your own album artwork in place of the Hendrix image. Ampex Hendrix Label (Microsoft Word) 2. NEW 8-TRACK RELEASES Thee Oh Sees – 8-Track Collection (2019) by 5Seven Records. 12 selected albums from John Dwyer’s band Thee Oh Sees. Only 100 hand numbered boxsets were made, with only 60 going up for sale to the public. It took over a year to make these sets, so this is the 1st and final edition of this massive boxset. WHERE TO BUY OR SELL TAPES & PLAYERS The following is a list of individuals or businesses that buy or sell tapes and equipment. All business is conducted at your own risk. The following are reliable sellers, but 8-track Heaven assumes no liability for transactions conducted. Kate’s Track Shack – Your One Stop Internet Home For Inexpensive 8-Tracks Continue reading →4-TRACK TAPES
The 4-track tape cartridge format had a head start over 8-tracks. Developed in 1956, the 4-track format was originally forsaken as unmarketable. It lay dormant until the early '60s, when enterprising Earl Muntz saw its potential. He acquired rights to the format and began marketing both players and prerecorded tapes, licensing music from major record labels.THE 8-TRACK FAQ
Nonetheless, Quatron, Inc., a. Maryland firm, shone brightly for a few years making the now highly. desirable Model 48 automatic 8 track changer, but its star soon faded. By the time the major record labels stopped offering new releases on. 8-track, there were no domesticmanufacturers of
HOW DOES AN 8-TRACK TAPE WORK? The 8-track cartridge contains a length of 1/4 inch tape which runs in a continuous loop at 3 and 3/4 inches per second (ips). The tape is wound around a hub in the middle of the cartridge. It pulls out from the center and follows a path which brings it across the front edge of the cartridge where it makes contact with the playback head. HOME - 8-TRACK HEAVEN8-TRACK MIND MAGAZINETHE 8-TRACK STORYTHE BIG QUESTIONS8-TRACK COLLECTINGCONTACT 8-track Collecting. Tape Repair, 8-track Web Pages, 8-track manufacturers, The 80’s: Record Club Only 8-tracks, 8-tracks on eBay . 8-Track Heaven is the oldest site on the Internet focusing on 8-Track Tapes. We went online in 1995 and have been operating continuously since then. This site provides information for on 8-tracktape repair
TAPE AND PLAYER REPAIR Places That Will Repair Your Tapes or Players Kate’s Track Shack: Player & tape repair; they also sell repair supplies if you want to D.I.Y. They’ve been on the Internet since 1998! Good people, too. Network Sound & Video Located in Longwood, FL Fix/Repair 8-Track Tape Service Free shipping! Do-it-yourself Instructions 8-track repair on YouTube.com Fixing Continue reading → RAREST 8-TRACK EVER? The Beatles – 20 Greatest Hits (Capitol Records 8XL-8336, 1982) This tape is widely known as one of the Top 3 of the World’s Rarest 8 Track Cartridges. Shortly before it’s release in 1982, Capitol Records decided at the last minute that the tape would NOT be released, and all copies were ordered destroyed. QUADRAPHONIC 8-TRACK TAPE & PLAYERS Quadraphonic 8-track Tape & Players. A typical quadraphonic 8-track tape with a notch in the upper left corner. This notch tells a quadraphonic player to use 4-channel mode instead of regular stereo mode. List of All Known Quad 8-Track Tapes. “Quad Reflections” by Dan Jobin. The Quad FAQ. 8-TRACK LABEL TEMPLATES 8-Track Label Templates. Here are some 8-track label templates if you want to attempt to make your own: 1. Here is a Microsoft Word file of a Jimi Hendrix Ampex 8-track label that has editable text boxes. Just replace the text in the boxes, and insert your own album artwork in place of the Hendrix image. Ampex Hendrix Label (Microsoft Word) 2. NEW 8-TRACK RELEASES Thee Oh Sees – 8-Track Collection (2019) by 5Seven Records. 12 selected albums from John Dwyer’s band Thee Oh Sees. Only 100 hand numbered boxsets were made, with only 60 going up for sale to the public. It took over a year to make these sets, so this is the 1st and final edition of this massive boxset. WHERE TO BUY OR SELL TAPES & PLAYERS The following is a list of individuals or businesses that buy or sell tapes and equipment. All business is conducted at your own risk. The following are reliable sellers, but 8-track Heaven assumes no liability for transactions conducted. Kate’s Track Shack – Your One Stop Internet Home For Inexpensive 8-Tracks Continue reading →4-TRACK TAPES
The 4-track tape cartridge format had a head start over 8-tracks. Developed in 1956, the 4-track format was originally forsaken as unmarketable. It lay dormant until the early '60s, when enterprising Earl Muntz saw its potential. He acquired rights to the format and began marketing both players and prerecorded tapes, licensing music from major record labels.THE 8-TRACK FAQ
Nonetheless, Quatron, Inc., a. Maryland firm, shone brightly for a few years making the now highly. desirable Model 48 automatic 8 track changer, but its star soon faded. By the time the major record labels stopped offering new releases on. 8-track, there were no domesticmanufacturers of
HOW DOES AN 8-TRACK TAPE WORK? The 8-track cartridge contains a length of 1/4 inch tape which runs in a continuous loop at 3 and 3/4 inches per second (ips). The tape is wound around a hub in the middle of the cartridge. It pulls out from the center and follows a path which brings it across the front edge of the cartridge where it makes contact with the playback head.8-TRACK COLLECTING
8-Track Collecting. Bucks Burnett’s 8-Track Museum in Dallas, TX. 8-Track Blank Labels & Templates. 8-track Groups on Facebook. Where to buy or sell 8-Track tapes and players. 8-Track Tape & Player Repair. 8-track Web Pages. 8-track manufacturers, 8-track books, and 8 EARLY HISTORY OF THE 8-TRACK TAPE by Abigail Lavine William Powell Lear, the man behind LearJet, was also the inventor of the 8-track cartridge tape system. During the early 1960s, a number of shell-encased continuous-loop audiotape systems coexisted. Lear’s 8-track was by no means the first such system, in fact, the Lear cartridge is in most Continue reading → CONTACT - 8-TRACK HEAVEN Before submitting this form, please read: 1. We cannot tell you how much your tapes or players are worth. 2. We cannot tell you where to go to find our how much your tapes or players are worth. 3. We cannot tell you how to fix your broken tapes or Continue reading → 8-TRACK TAPE, 4-TRACK TAPE, AND PLAYTAPE HISTORY Frank Daniels’ The Beatles on 8 track and 4 track and Playtape pages have been around for years now. The 8-track page and is believed to have been the first 8-track article on the web, although it currently exists in a slightly different (vastly improved) format. In fact, Frank’s list of Beatles 8 tracks was just about the only thing going LIST OF KNOWN QUAD TAPES This is a list of all known rock, pop and country quadraphonic 8-track tapes. (Note: this list does not include Classical, Soundtrack, Anthology, Sampler, Demonstration, Test, Set Up, or Sound Effectstapes).
QUAD REFLECTIONS BY DAN JOBIN Quad Reflections by Dan Jobin. Dan Jobin DJobin@kicker.com. The Discrete Quad format as used in the 8-track cartridge was a natural extension of other things going on at that time. It was the early 70’s: the 8-track tape was king, the EPA was making sure that we were not going to buy factory muscle cars, and the home stereo marketwas
TROUBLE SHOOTING CARTRIDGE PROBLEMS Although 8-track has always been a somewhat, shall we say challenging format, certain aspects of it become more difficult with the passage of time. Many of the frequently-encountered malfunctions of 8-track tapes and players are caused by time and repeated use. For example, the dreaded 8-track tar, a horrible mess that fills your player Continue reading → PLAYTAPE - THE 2-TRACK ALTERNATIVE - 8-TRACK HEAVEN PlayTape – The 2-Track Alternative. by Lynn Fuller. In early 1967 the four-track cartridge was controlling the industry with Bill Lear and his 8-track format waiting in the wings to become the “format of choice” for the next decade of pre-recorded taped music. Enter Frank Stanton, the innovator of RECORD CLUB ONLY 8-TRACKS Record Club Only 8-tracks. Back to 8-Track Heaven. Huey Lews & the News. Small World - September 1988. The 1980's: Record Club Only. As a member of the Columbia or RCA record clubs you could still buy new releases on 8-track through 1988. Although the selection had been severely curtailed, it was, and is still possible, to listen to U-2 on8-track.
EVER SEEN ONE OF THESE? COMMPAK 8-TRACK/16MM FILM CARTRIDGE This amazing item was sent to me by Brian Monaco. It's a cartridge that has a 16mm color film loop merged with an 8-track tape. "I don't know what is exactly on the film," sez Brian, "but they are American Motors Corporation Service films for technicians . HOME - 8-TRACK HEAVEN8-TRACK MIND MAGAZINETHE 8-TRACK STORYTHE BIG QUESTIONS8-TRACK COLLECTINGCONTACT 8-track Collecting. Tape Repair, 8-track Web Pages, 8-track manufacturers, The 80’s: Record Club Only 8-tracks, 8-tracks on eBay . 8-Track Heaven is the oldest site on the Internet focusing on 8-Track Tapes. We went online in 1995 and have been operating continuously since then. This site provides information for on 8-tracktape repair
RAREST 8-TRACK EVER? The Beatles – 20 Greatest Hits (Capitol Records 8XL-8336, 1982) This tape is widely known as one of the Top 3 of the World’s Rarest 8 Track Cartridges. Shortly before it’s release in 1982, Capitol Records decided at the last minute that the tape would NOT be released, and all copies were ordered destroyed. TAPE AND PLAYER REPAIR Places That Will Repair Your Tapes or Players Kate’s Track Shack: Player & tape repair; they also sell repair supplies if you want to D.I.Y. They’ve been on the Internet since 1998! Good people, too. Network Sound & Video Located in Longwood, FL Fix/Repair 8-Track Tape Service Free shipping! Do-it-yourself Instructions 8-track repair on YouTube.com Fixing Continue reading → QUADRAPHONIC 8-TRACK TAPE & PLAYERS Quadraphonic 8-track Tape & Players. A typical quadraphonic 8-track tape with a notch in the upper left corner. This notch tells a quadraphonic player to use 4-channel mode instead of regular stereo mode. List of All Known Quad 8-Track Tapes. “Quad Reflections” by Dan Jobin. The Quad FAQ. 8-TRACK LABEL TEMPLATES 8-Track Label Templates. Here are some 8-track label templates if you want to attempt to make your own: 1. Here is a Microsoft Word file of a Jimi Hendrix Ampex 8-track label that has editable text boxes. Just replace the text in the boxes, and insert your own album artwork in place of the Hendrix image. Ampex Hendrix Label (Microsoft Word) 2. NEW 8-TRACK RELEASES Thee Oh Sees – 8-Track Collection (2019) by 5Seven Records. 12 selected albums from John Dwyer’s band Thee Oh Sees. Only 100 hand numbered boxsets were made, with only 60 going up for sale to the public. It took over a year to make these sets, so this is the 1st and final edition of this massive boxset. WHERE TO BUY OR SELL TAPES & PLAYERS The following is a list of individuals or businesses that buy or sell tapes and equipment. All business is conducted at your own risk. The following are reliable sellers, but 8-track Heaven assumes no liability for transactions conducted. Kate’s Track Shack – Your One Stop Internet Home For Inexpensive 8-Tracks Continue reading →4-TRACK TAPES
The 4-track tape cartridge format had a head start over 8-tracks. Developed in 1956, the 4-track format was originally forsaken as unmarketable. It lay dormant until the early '60s, when enterprising Earl Muntz saw its potential. He acquired rights to the format and began marketing both players and prerecorded tapes, licensing music from major record labels.THE 8-TRACK FAQ
Nonetheless, Quatron, Inc., a. Maryland firm, shone brightly for a few years making the now highly. desirable Model 48 automatic 8 track changer, but its star soon faded. By the time the major record labels stopped offering new releases on. 8-track, there were no domesticmanufacturers of
HOW DOES AN 8-TRACK TAPE WORK? The 8-track cartridge contains a length of 1/4 inch tape which runs in a continuous loop at 3 and 3/4 inches per second (ips). The tape is wound around a hub in the middle of the cartridge. It pulls out from the center and follows a path which brings it across the front edge of the cartridge where it makes contact with the playback head. HOME - 8-TRACK HEAVEN8-TRACK MIND MAGAZINETHE 8-TRACK STORYTHE BIG QUESTIONS8-TRACK COLLECTINGCONTACT 8-track Collecting. Tape Repair, 8-track Web Pages, 8-track manufacturers, The 80’s: Record Club Only 8-tracks, 8-tracks on eBay . 8-Track Heaven is the oldest site on the Internet focusing on 8-Track Tapes. We went online in 1995 and have been operating continuously since then. This site provides information for on 8-tracktape repair
RAREST 8-TRACK EVER? The Beatles – 20 Greatest Hits (Capitol Records 8XL-8336, 1982) This tape is widely known as one of the Top 3 of the World’s Rarest 8 Track Cartridges. Shortly before it’s release in 1982, Capitol Records decided at the last minute that the tape would NOT be released, and all copies were ordered destroyed. TAPE AND PLAYER REPAIR Places That Will Repair Your Tapes or Players Kate’s Track Shack: Player & tape repair; they also sell repair supplies if you want to D.I.Y. They’ve been on the Internet since 1998! Good people, too. Network Sound & Video Located in Longwood, FL Fix/Repair 8-Track Tape Service Free shipping! Do-it-yourself Instructions 8-track repair on YouTube.com Fixing Continue reading → QUADRAPHONIC 8-TRACK TAPE & PLAYERS Quadraphonic 8-track Tape & Players. A typical quadraphonic 8-track tape with a notch in the upper left corner. This notch tells a quadraphonic player to use 4-channel mode instead of regular stereo mode. List of All Known Quad 8-Track Tapes. “Quad Reflections” by Dan Jobin. The Quad FAQ. 8-TRACK LABEL TEMPLATES 8-Track Label Templates. Here are some 8-track label templates if you want to attempt to make your own: 1. Here is a Microsoft Word file of a Jimi Hendrix Ampex 8-track label that has editable text boxes. Just replace the text in the boxes, and insert your own album artwork in place of the Hendrix image. Ampex Hendrix Label (Microsoft Word) 2. NEW 8-TRACK RELEASES Thee Oh Sees – 8-Track Collection (2019) by 5Seven Records. 12 selected albums from John Dwyer’s band Thee Oh Sees. Only 100 hand numbered boxsets were made, with only 60 going up for sale to the public. It took over a year to make these sets, so this is the 1st and final edition of this massive boxset. WHERE TO BUY OR SELL TAPES & PLAYERS The following is a list of individuals or businesses that buy or sell tapes and equipment. All business is conducted at your own risk. The following are reliable sellers, but 8-track Heaven assumes no liability for transactions conducted. Kate’s Track Shack – Your One Stop Internet Home For Inexpensive 8-Tracks Continue reading →4-TRACK TAPES
The 4-track tape cartridge format had a head start over 8-tracks. Developed in 1956, the 4-track format was originally forsaken as unmarketable. It lay dormant until the early '60s, when enterprising Earl Muntz saw its potential. He acquired rights to the format and began marketing both players and prerecorded tapes, licensing music from major record labels.THE 8-TRACK FAQ
Nonetheless, Quatron, Inc., a. Maryland firm, shone brightly for a few years making the now highly. desirable Model 48 automatic 8 track changer, but its star soon faded. By the time the major record labels stopped offering new releases on. 8-track, there were no domesticmanufacturers of
HOW DOES AN 8-TRACK TAPE WORK? The 8-track cartridge contains a length of 1/4 inch tape which runs in a continuous loop at 3 and 3/4 inches per second (ips). The tape is wound around a hub in the middle of the cartridge. It pulls out from the center and follows a path which brings it across the front edge of the cartridge where it makes contact with the playback head.8-TRACK COLLECTING
8-Track Collecting. Bucks Burnett’s 8-Track Museum in Dallas, TX. 8-Track Blank Labels & Templates. 8-track Groups on Facebook. Where to buy or sell 8-Track tapes and players. 8-Track Tape & Player Repair. 8-track Web Pages. 8-track manufacturers, 8-track books, and 8 EARLY HISTORY OF THE 8-TRACK TAPE by Abigail Lavine William Powell Lear, the man behind LearJet, was also the inventor of the 8-track cartridge tape system. During the early 1960s, a number of shell-encased continuous-loop audiotape systems coexisted. Lear’s 8-track was by no means the first such system, in fact, the Lear cartridge is in most Continue reading → CONTACT - 8-TRACK HEAVEN Before submitting this form, please read: 1. We cannot tell you how much your tapes or players are worth. 2. We cannot tell you where to go to find our how much your tapes or players are worth. 3. We cannot tell you how to fix your broken tapes or Continue reading → 8-TRACK TAPE, 4-TRACK TAPE, AND PLAYTAPE HISTORY Frank Daniels’ The Beatles on 8 track and 4 track and Playtape pages have been around for years now. The 8-track page and is believed to have been the first 8-track article on the web, although it currently exists in a slightly different (vastly improved) format. In fact, Frank’s list of Beatles 8 tracks was just about the only thing going LIST OF KNOWN QUAD TAPES This is a list of all known rock, pop and country quadraphonic 8-track tapes. (Note: this list does not include Classical, Soundtrack, Anthology, Sampler, Demonstration, Test, Set Up, or Sound Effectstapes).
TROUBLE SHOOTING CARTRIDGE PROBLEMS Although 8-track has always been a somewhat, shall we say challenging format, certain aspects of it become more difficult with the passage of time. Many of the frequently-encountered malfunctions of 8-track tapes and players are caused by time and repeated use. For example, the dreaded 8-track tar, a horrible mess that fills your player Continue reading → QUAD REFLECTIONS BY DAN JOBIN Quad Reflections by Dan Jobin. Dan Jobin DJobin@kicker.com. The Discrete Quad format as used in the 8-track cartridge was a natural extension of other things going on at that time. It was the early 70’s: the 8-track tape was king, the EPA was making sure that we were not going to buy factory muscle cars, and the home stereo marketwas
PLAYTAPE - THE 2-TRACK ALTERNATIVE - 8-TRACK HEAVEN PlayTape – The 2-Track Alternative. by Lynn Fuller. In early 1967 the four-track cartridge was controlling the industry with Bill Lear and his 8-track format waiting in the wings to become the “format of choice” for the next decade of pre-recorded taped music. Enter Frank Stanton, the innovator of RECORD CLUB ONLY 8-TRACKS Record Club Only 8-tracks. Back to 8-Track Heaven. Huey Lews & the News. Small World - September 1988. The 1980's: Record Club Only. As a member of the Columbia or RCA record clubs you could still buy new releases on 8-track through 1988. Although the selection had been severely curtailed, it was, and is still possible, to listen to U-2 on8-track.
TROUBLE SHOOTING PLAYER PROBLEMS No pilot light, no tape motion, and no amplifier hiss Defective power supply cords Poor power connections Defective ac-dc selector switch defective auto-boat jack Defective cartridge switch No operation with dc power source Defective ac-dc selector Open auto-boat jack Broken or open dc power cord Defective batteries Improper seating of Continuereading →
HOME - 8-TRACK HEAVEN8-TRACK MIND MAGAZINETHE 8-TRACK STORYTHE BIG QUESTIONS8-TRACK COLLECTINGCONTACT 8-track Collecting. Tape Repair, 8-track Web Pages, 8-track manufacturers, The 80’s: Record Club Only 8-tracks, 8-tracks on eBay . 8-Track Heaven is the oldest site on the Internet focusing on 8-Track Tapes. We went online in 1995 and have been operating continuously since then. This site provides information for on 8-tracktape repair
RAREST 8-TRACK EVER? The Beatles – 20 Greatest Hits (Capitol Records 8XL-8336, 1982) This tape is widely known as one of the Top 3 of the World’s Rarest 8 Track Cartridges. Shortly before it’s release in 1982, Capitol Records decided at the last minute that the tape would NOT be released, and all copies were ordered destroyed. TAPE AND PLAYER REPAIR Places That Will Repair Your Tapes or Players Kate’s Track Shack: Player & tape repair; they also sell repair supplies if you want to D.I.Y. They’ve been on the Internet since 1998! Good people, too. Network Sound & Video Located in Longwood, FL Fix/Repair 8-Track Tape Service Free shipping! Do-it-yourself Instructions 8-track repair on YouTube.com Fixing Continue reading → QUADRAPHONIC 8-TRACK TAPE & PLAYERS Quadraphonic 8-track Tape & Players. A typical quadraphonic 8-track tape with a notch in the upper left corner. This notch tells a quadraphonic player to use 4-channel mode instead of regular stereo mode. List of All Known Quad 8-Track Tapes. “Quad Reflections” by Dan Jobin. The Quad FAQ. 8-TRACK LABEL TEMPLATES 8-Track Label Templates. Here are some 8-track label templates if you want to attempt to make your own: 1. Here is a Microsoft Word file of a Jimi Hendrix Ampex 8-track label that has editable text boxes. Just replace the text in the boxes, and insert your own album artwork in place of the Hendrix image. Ampex Hendrix Label (Microsoft Word) 2. NEW 8-TRACK RELEASES Thee Oh Sees – 8-Track Collection (2019) by 5Seven Records. 12 selected albums from John Dwyer’s band Thee Oh Sees. Only 100 hand numbered boxsets were made, with only 60 going up for sale to the public. It took over a year to make these sets, so this is the 1st and final edition of this massive boxset. WHERE TO BUY OR SELL TAPES & PLAYERS The following is a list of individuals or businesses that buy or sell tapes and equipment. All business is conducted at your own risk. The following are reliable sellers, but 8-track Heaven assumes no liability for transactions conducted. Kate’s Track Shack – Your One Stop Internet Home For Inexpensive 8-Tracks Continue reading →4-TRACK TAPES
The 4-track tape cartridge format had a head start over 8-tracks. Developed in 1956, the 4-track format was originally forsaken as unmarketable. It lay dormant until the early '60s, when enterprising Earl Muntz saw its potential. He acquired rights to the format and began marketing both players and prerecorded tapes, licensing music from major record labels.THE 8-TRACK FAQ
Nonetheless, Quatron, Inc., a. Maryland firm, shone brightly for a few years making the now highly. desirable Model 48 automatic 8 track changer, but its star soon faded. By the time the major record labels stopped offering new releases on. 8-track, there were no domesticmanufacturers of
HOW DOES AN 8-TRACK TAPE WORK? The 8-track cartridge contains a length of 1/4 inch tape which runs in a continuous loop at 3 and 3/4 inches per second (ips). The tape is wound around a hub in the middle of the cartridge. It pulls out from the center and follows a path which brings it across the front edge of the cartridge where it makes contact with the playback head. HOME - 8-TRACK HEAVEN8-TRACK MIND MAGAZINETHE 8-TRACK STORYTHE BIG QUESTIONS8-TRACK COLLECTINGCONTACT 8-track Collecting. Tape Repair, 8-track Web Pages, 8-track manufacturers, The 80’s: Record Club Only 8-tracks, 8-tracks on eBay . 8-Track Heaven is the oldest site on the Internet focusing on 8-Track Tapes. We went online in 1995 and have been operating continuously since then. This site provides information for on 8-tracktape repair
RAREST 8-TRACK EVER? The Beatles – 20 Greatest Hits (Capitol Records 8XL-8336, 1982) This tape is widely known as one of the Top 3 of the World’s Rarest 8 Track Cartridges. Shortly before it’s release in 1982, Capitol Records decided at the last minute that the tape would NOT be released, and all copies were ordered destroyed. TAPE AND PLAYER REPAIR Places That Will Repair Your Tapes or Players Kate’s Track Shack: Player & tape repair; they also sell repair supplies if you want to D.I.Y. They’ve been on the Internet since 1998! Good people, too. Network Sound & Video Located in Longwood, FL Fix/Repair 8-Track Tape Service Free shipping! Do-it-yourself Instructions 8-track repair on YouTube.com Fixing Continue reading → QUADRAPHONIC 8-TRACK TAPE & PLAYERS Quadraphonic 8-track Tape & Players. A typical quadraphonic 8-track tape with a notch in the upper left corner. This notch tells a quadraphonic player to use 4-channel mode instead of regular stereo mode. List of All Known Quad 8-Track Tapes. “Quad Reflections” by Dan Jobin. The Quad FAQ. 8-TRACK LABEL TEMPLATES 8-Track Label Templates. Here are some 8-track label templates if you want to attempt to make your own: 1. Here is a Microsoft Word file of a Jimi Hendrix Ampex 8-track label that has editable text boxes. Just replace the text in the boxes, and insert your own album artwork in place of the Hendrix image. Ampex Hendrix Label (Microsoft Word) 2. NEW 8-TRACK RELEASES Thee Oh Sees – 8-Track Collection (2019) by 5Seven Records. 12 selected albums from John Dwyer’s band Thee Oh Sees. Only 100 hand numbered boxsets were made, with only 60 going up for sale to the public. It took over a year to make these sets, so this is the 1st and final edition of this massive boxset. WHERE TO BUY OR SELL TAPES & PLAYERS The following is a list of individuals or businesses that buy or sell tapes and equipment. All business is conducted at your own risk. The following are reliable sellers, but 8-track Heaven assumes no liability for transactions conducted. Kate’s Track Shack – Your One Stop Internet Home For Inexpensive 8-Tracks Continue reading →4-TRACK TAPES
The 4-track tape cartridge format had a head start over 8-tracks. Developed in 1956, the 4-track format was originally forsaken as unmarketable. It lay dormant until the early '60s, when enterprising Earl Muntz saw its potential. He acquired rights to the format and began marketing both players and prerecorded tapes, licensing music from major record labels.THE 8-TRACK FAQ
Nonetheless, Quatron, Inc., a. Maryland firm, shone brightly for a few years making the now highly. desirable Model 48 automatic 8 track changer, but its star soon faded. By the time the major record labels stopped offering new releases on. 8-track, there were no domesticmanufacturers of
HOW DOES AN 8-TRACK TAPE WORK? The 8-track cartridge contains a length of 1/4 inch tape which runs in a continuous loop at 3 and 3/4 inches per second (ips). The tape is wound around a hub in the middle of the cartridge. It pulls out from the center and follows a path which brings it across the front edge of the cartridge where it makes contact with the playback head.8-TRACK COLLECTING
8-Track Collecting. Bucks Burnett’s 8-Track Museum in Dallas, TX. 8-Track Blank Labels & Templates. 8-track Groups on Facebook. Where to buy or sell 8-Track tapes and players. 8-Track Tape & Player Repair. 8-track Web Pages. 8-track manufacturers, 8-track books, and 8 EARLY HISTORY OF THE 8-TRACK TAPE by Abigail Lavine William Powell Lear, the man behind LearJet, was also the inventor of the 8-track cartridge tape system. During the early 1960s, a number of shell-encased continuous-loop audiotape systems coexisted. Lear’s 8-track was by no means the first such system, in fact, the Lear cartridge is in most Continue reading → CONTACT - 8-TRACK HEAVEN Before submitting this form, please read: 1. We cannot tell you how much your tapes or players are worth. 2. We cannot tell you where to go to find our how much your tapes or players are worth. 3. We cannot tell you how to fix your broken tapes or Continue reading → 8-TRACK TAPE, 4-TRACK TAPE, AND PLAYTAPE HISTORY Frank Daniels’ The Beatles on 8 track and 4 track and Playtape pages have been around for years now. The 8-track page and is believed to have been the first 8-track article on the web, although it currently exists in a slightly different (vastly improved) format. In fact, Frank’s list of Beatles 8 tracks was just about the only thing going LIST OF KNOWN QUAD TAPES This is a list of all known rock, pop and country quadraphonic 8-track tapes. (Note: this list does not include Classical, Soundtrack, Anthology, Sampler, Demonstration, Test, Set Up, or Sound Effectstapes).
TROUBLE SHOOTING CARTRIDGE PROBLEMS Although 8-track has always been a somewhat, shall we say challenging format, certain aspects of it become more difficult with the passage of time. Many of the frequently-encountered malfunctions of 8-track tapes and players are caused by time and repeated use. For example, the dreaded 8-track tar, a horrible mess that fills your player Continue reading → QUAD REFLECTIONS BY DAN JOBIN Quad Reflections by Dan Jobin. Dan Jobin DJobin@kicker.com. The Discrete Quad format as used in the 8-track cartridge was a natural extension of other things going on at that time. It was the early 70’s: the 8-track tape was king, the EPA was making sure that we were not going to buy factory muscle cars, and the home stereo marketwas
PLAYTAPE - THE 2-TRACK ALTERNATIVE - 8-TRACK HEAVEN PlayTape – The 2-Track Alternative. by Lynn Fuller. In early 1967 the four-track cartridge was controlling the industry with Bill Lear and his 8-track format waiting in the wings to become the “format of choice” for the next decade of pre-recorded taped music. Enter Frank Stanton, the innovator of RECORD CLUB ONLY 8-TRACKS Record Club Only 8-tracks. Back to 8-Track Heaven. Huey Lews & the News. Small World - September 1988. The 1980's: Record Club Only. As a member of the Columbia or RCA record clubs you could still buy new releases on 8-track through 1988. Although the selection had been severely curtailed, it was, and is still possible, to listen to U-2 on8-track.
TROUBLE SHOOTING PLAYER PROBLEMS No pilot light, no tape motion, and no amplifier hiss Defective power supply cords Poor power connections Defective ac-dc selector switch defective auto-boat jack Defective cartridge switch No operation with dc power source Defective ac-dc selector Open auto-boat jack Broken or open dc power cord Defective batteries Improper seating of Continuereading →
HOME - 8-TRACK HEAVEN8-TRACK MIND MAGAZINETHE 8-TRACK STORYTHE BIG QUESTIONS8-TRACK COLLECTINGCONTACT 8-Track Heaven is the oldest site on the Internet focusing on 8-Track Tapes. We went online in 1995 and have been operating continuouslysince then.
TAPE AND PLAYER REPAIR Places That Will Repair Your Tapes or Players Kate’s Track Shack: Player & tape repair; they also sell repair supplies if you want to D.I.Y. They’ve been on the Internet since 1998! Good people, too. Network Sound & Video Located in Longwood, FL Fix/Repair 8-Track Tape Service Free shipping! Do-it-yourself Instructions 8-track repair on YouTube.com Fixing Continue reading → RAREST 8-TRACK EVER? The Beatles – 20 Greatest Hits (Capitol Records 8XL-8336, 1982) This tape is widely known as one of the Top 3 of the World’s Rarest 8 Track Cartridges. Shortly before it’s release in 1982, Capitol Records decided at the last minute that the tape would NOT be released, and all copies were ordered destroyed. NEW 8-TRACK RELEASES Vaudeville by Power Salad (Feb. 2021) Power Salad’s Vaudeville album is now available on 8-track tape, with custom slipcase, full front & back labels, and custom 8-track programs. Lovingly handmade by Dead Media Tapes, one at a time in real time, dubbed direct from the digital audio master files prepped especially for 8-track by Power Salad’s Chris Mezzolesta. QUADRAPHONIC 8-TRACK TAPE & PLAYERS A typical quadraphonic 8-track tape with a notch in the upper left corner. This notch tells a quadraphonic player to use 4-channel mode instead of regular stereo mode. 8-TRACK LABEL TEMPLATES Here are some 8-track label templates if you want to attempt to make your own: 1. Here is a Microsoft Word file of a Jimi Hendrix Ampex 8-track label that has editable text boxes. Just replace the text in the boxes, and insert your own album artwork in place of Continuereading →
WHERE TO BUY OR SELL TAPES & PLAYERS The following is a list of individuals or businesses that buy or sell tapes and equipment. All business is conducted at your own risk. The following are reliable sellers, but 8-track Heaven assumes no liability for transactions conducted. Kate’s Track Shack – Your One Stop Internet Home For Inexpensive 8-Tracks Continue reading →4-TRACK TAPES
The 4-track tape cartridge format had a head start over 8-tracks. Developed in 1956, the 4-track format was originally forsaken as unmarketable. It lay dormant until the early '60s, when enterprising Earl Muntz saw its potential. He acquired rights to the format and began marketing both players and prerecorded tapes, licensing music from major record labels.THE 8-TRACK FAQ
Note: This article was written over 20 years ago, so much of it is probably out of date. It’s been left ‘as-is’ for historical purposes. Compiled by Malcolm Riviera in 1996 with excellent assistance from Abigail Lavine, Our Lady of the 8-Tracks, Eric Wilson,Ronald Bensley, and many others. Special thanks HOW DOES AN 8-TRACK TAPE WORK? by Abigail Lavine The 8-track cartridge contains a length of 1/4 inch tape which runs in a continuous loop at 3 and 3/4 inches per second (ips). The tape is wound around a hub in the middle of the cartridge. It pulls out from the center and follows a path Continue reading → HOME - 8-TRACK HEAVEN8-TRACK MIND MAGAZINETHE 8-TRACK STORYTHE BIG QUESTIONS8-TRACK COLLECTINGCONTACT 8-Track Heaven is the oldest site on the Internet focusing on 8-Track Tapes. We went online in 1995 and have been operating continuouslysince then.
TAPE AND PLAYER REPAIR Places That Will Repair Your Tapes or Players Kate’s Track Shack: Player & tape repair; they also sell repair supplies if you want to D.I.Y. They’ve been on the Internet since 1998! Good people, too. Network Sound & Video Located in Longwood, FL Fix/Repair 8-Track Tape Service Free shipping! Do-it-yourself Instructions 8-track repair on YouTube.com Fixing Continue reading → RAREST 8-TRACK EVER? The Beatles – 20 Greatest Hits (Capitol Records 8XL-8336, 1982) This tape is widely known as one of the Top 3 of the World’s Rarest 8 Track Cartridges. Shortly before it’s release in 1982, Capitol Records decided at the last minute that the tape would NOT be released, and all copies were ordered destroyed. NEW 8-TRACK RELEASES Vaudeville by Power Salad (Feb. 2021) Power Salad’s Vaudeville album is now available on 8-track tape, with custom slipcase, full front & back labels, and custom 8-track programs. Lovingly handmade by Dead Media Tapes, one at a time in real time, dubbed direct from the digital audio master files prepped especially for 8-track by Power Salad’s Chris Mezzolesta. QUADRAPHONIC 8-TRACK TAPE & PLAYERS A typical quadraphonic 8-track tape with a notch in the upper left corner. This notch tells a quadraphonic player to use 4-channel mode instead of regular stereo mode. 8-TRACK LABEL TEMPLATES Here are some 8-track label templates if you want to attempt to make your own: 1. Here is a Microsoft Word file of a Jimi Hendrix Ampex 8-track label that has editable text boxes. Just replace the text in the boxes, and insert your own album artwork in place of Continuereading →
WHERE TO BUY OR SELL TAPES & PLAYERS The following is a list of individuals or businesses that buy or sell tapes and equipment. All business is conducted at your own risk. The following are reliable sellers, but 8-track Heaven assumes no liability for transactions conducted. Kate’s Track Shack – Your One Stop Internet Home For Inexpensive 8-Tracks Continue reading →4-TRACK TAPES
The 4-track tape cartridge format had a head start over 8-tracks. Developed in 1956, the 4-track format was originally forsaken as unmarketable. It lay dormant until the early '60s, when enterprising Earl Muntz saw its potential. He acquired rights to the format and began marketing both players and prerecorded tapes, licensing music from major record labels.THE 8-TRACK FAQ
Note: This article was written over 20 years ago, so much of it is probably out of date. It’s been left ‘as-is’ for historical purposes. Compiled by Malcolm Riviera in 1996 with excellent assistance from Abigail Lavine, Our Lady of the 8-Tracks, Eric Wilson,Ronald Bensley, and many others. Special thanks HOW DOES AN 8-TRACK TAPE WORK? by Abigail Lavine The 8-track cartridge contains a length of 1/4 inch tape which runs in a continuous loop at 3 and 3/4 inches per second (ips). The tape is wound around a hub in the middle of the cartridge. It pulls out from the center and follows a path Continue reading →8-TRACK COLLECTING
8-Track Blank Labels & Templates 8-track Groups on Facebook Where to buy or sell 8-Track tapes and players 8-Track Tape & Player Repair 8-track Web Pages 8-track manufacturers, 8-track books, and 8-track zines The 80s: Record-Club Only 8-6tracks Quadraphonic 8-tracks Rarest 8-Track Ever? eBay: 8-track Tapes for Sale eBay: 8-track Continuereading →
CONTACT - 8-TRACK HEAVEN Before submitting this form, please read: 1. We cannot tell you how much your tapes or players are worth. 2. We cannot tell you where to go to find our how much your tapes or players are worth. 3. We cannot tell you how to fix your broken tapes or Continue reading → EARLY HISTORY OF THE 8-TRACK TAPE by Abigail Lavine William Powell Lear, the man behind LearJet, was also the inventor of the 8-track cartridge tape system. During the early 1960s, a number of shell-encased continuous-loop audiotape systems coexisted. Lear’s 8-track was by no means the first such system, in fact, the Lear cartridge is in most Continue reading →4-TRACK TAPES
The 4-track tape cartridge format had a head start over 8-tracks. Developed in 1956, the 4-track format was originally forsaken as unmarketable. It lay dormant until the early '60s, when enterprising Earl Muntz saw its potential. He acquired rights to the format and began marketing both players and prerecorded tapes, licensing music from major record labels. LIST OF KNOWN QUAD TAPES This is a list of all known rock, pop and country quadraphonic 8-track tapes. (Note: this list does not include Classical, Soundtrack, Anthology, Sampler, Demonstration, Test, Set Up, or Sound Effectstapes).
PLAYTAPE - THE 2-TRACK ALTERNATIVE - 8-TRACK HEAVEN by Lynn Fuller In early 1967 the four-track cartridge was controlling the industry with Bill Lear and his 8-track format waiting in the wings to become the “format of choice” for the next decade of pre-recorded taped music. Enter Frank Stanton, the innovator of the 2-track PlayTape system. Stanton conceived Continue reading → QUAD REFLECTIONS BY DAN JOBIN Dan Jobin DJobin@kicker.com The Discrete Quad format as used in the 8-track cartridge was a natural extension of other things going on at that time. It was the early 70’s: the 8-track tape was king, the EPA was making sure that we were not going to buy factory muscle cars, and Continue reading → TROUBLE SHOOTING CARTRIDGE PROBLEMS Although 8-track has always been a somewhat, shall we say challenging format, certain aspects of it become more difficult with the passage of time. Many of the frequently-encountered malfunctions of 8-track tapes and players are caused by time and repeated use. For example, the dreaded 8-track tar, a horrible mess that fills your player Continue reading → RECORD CLUB ONLY 8-TRACKS The 1980's: Record Club Only As a member of the Columbia or RCA record clubs you could still buy new releases on 8-track through 1988. Although the selection had been severely curtailed, it was, and is still possible, to listen to U-2 on 8-track.. How many were produced? TROUBLE SHOOTING PLAYER PROBLEMS No pilot light, no tape motion, and no amplifier hiss Defective power supply cords Poor power connections Defective ac-dc selector switch defective auto-boat jack Defective cartridge switch No operation with dc power source Defective ac-dc selector Open auto-boat jack Broken or open dc power cord Defective batteries Improper seating of Continuereading →
HOME - 8-TRACK HEAVEN8-TRACK MIND MAGAZINETHE 8-TRACK STORYTHE BIG QUESTIONS8-TRACK COLLECTINGCONTACT 8-track Collecting. Tape Repair, 8-track Web Pages, 8-track manufacturers, The 80’s: Record Club Only 8-tracks, 8-tracks on eBay . 8-Track Heaven is the oldest site on the Internet focusing on 8-Track Tapes. We went online in 1995 and have been operating continuously since then. This site provides information for on 8-tracktape repair
RAREST 8-TRACK EVER? The Beatles – 20 Greatest Hits (Capitol Records 8XL-8336, 1982) This tape is widely known as one of the Top 3 of the World’s Rarest 8 Track Cartridges. Shortly before it’s release in 1982, Capitol Records decided at the last minute that the tape would NOT be released, and all copies were ordered destroyed. TAPE AND PLAYER REPAIR Places That Will Repair Your Tapes or Players Kate’s Track Shack: Player & tape repair; they also sell repair supplies if you want to D.I.Y. They’ve been on the Internet since 1998! Good people, too. Network Sound & Video Located in Longwood, FL Fix/Repair 8-Track Tape Service Free shipping! Do-it-yourself Instructions 8-track repair on YouTube.com Fixing Continue reading → QUADRAPHONIC 8-TRACK TAPE & PLAYERS Quadraphonic 8-track Tape & Players. A typical quadraphonic 8-track tape with a notch in the upper left corner. This notch tells a quadraphonic player to use 4-channel mode instead of regular stereo mode. List of All Known Quad 8-Track Tapes. “Quad Reflections” by Dan Jobin. The Quad FAQ. 8-TRACK LABEL TEMPLATES 8-Track Label Templates. Here are some 8-track label templates if you want to attempt to make your own: 1. Here is a Microsoft Word file of a Jimi Hendrix Ampex 8-track label that has editable text boxes. Just replace the text in the boxes, and insert your own album artwork in place of the Hendrix image. Ampex Hendrix Label (Microsoft Word) 2. NEW 8-TRACK RELEASES Thee Oh Sees – 8-Track Collection (2019) by 5Seven Records. 12 selected albums from John Dwyer’s band Thee Oh Sees. Only 100 hand numbered boxsets were made, with only 60 going up for sale to the public. It took over a year to make these sets, so this is the 1st and final edition of this massive boxset. WHERE TO BUY OR SELL TAPES & PLAYERS The following is a list of individuals or businesses that buy or sell tapes and equipment. All business is conducted at your own risk. The following are reliable sellers, but 8-track Heaven assumes no liability for transactions conducted. Kate’s Track Shack – Your One Stop Internet Home For Inexpensive 8-Tracks Continue reading → 8-TRACK TAPE, 4-TRACK TAPE, AND PLAYTAPE HISTORY Frank Daniels’ The Beatles on 8 track and 4 track and Playtape pages have been around for years now. The 8-track page and is believed to have been the first 8-track article on the web, although it currently exists in a slightly different (vastly improved) format. In fact, Frank’s list of Beatles 8 tracks was just about the only thing goingTHE 8-TRACK FAQ
Nonetheless, Quatron, Inc., a. Maryland firm, shone brightly for a few years making the now highly. desirable Model 48 automatic 8 track changer, but its star soon faded. By the time the major record labels stopped offering new releases on. 8-track, there were no domesticmanufacturers of
HOW DOES AN 8-TRACK TAPE WORK? The 8-track cartridge contains a length of 1/4 inch tape which runs in a continuous loop at 3 and 3/4 inches per second (ips). The tape is wound around a hub in the middle of the cartridge. It pulls out from the center and follows a path which brings it across the front edge of the cartridge where it makes contact with the playback head. HOME - 8-TRACK HEAVEN8-TRACK MIND MAGAZINETHE 8-TRACK STORYTHE BIG QUESTIONS8-TRACK COLLECTINGCONTACT 8-track Collecting. Tape Repair, 8-track Web Pages, 8-track manufacturers, The 80’s: Record Club Only 8-tracks, 8-tracks on eBay . 8-Track Heaven is the oldest site on the Internet focusing on 8-Track Tapes. We went online in 1995 and have been operating continuously since then. This site provides information for on 8-tracktape repair
RAREST 8-TRACK EVER? The Beatles – 20 Greatest Hits (Capitol Records 8XL-8336, 1982) This tape is widely known as one of the Top 3 of the World’s Rarest 8 Track Cartridges. Shortly before it’s release in 1982, Capitol Records decided at the last minute that the tape would NOT be released, and all copies were ordered destroyed. TAPE AND PLAYER REPAIR Places That Will Repair Your Tapes or Players Kate’s Track Shack: Player & tape repair; they also sell repair supplies if you want to D.I.Y. They’ve been on the Internet since 1998! Good people, too. Network Sound & Video Located in Longwood, FL Fix/Repair 8-Track Tape Service Free shipping! Do-it-yourself Instructions 8-track repair on YouTube.com Fixing Continue reading → QUADRAPHONIC 8-TRACK TAPE & PLAYERS Quadraphonic 8-track Tape & Players. A typical quadraphonic 8-track tape with a notch in the upper left corner. This notch tells a quadraphonic player to use 4-channel mode instead of regular stereo mode. List of All Known Quad 8-Track Tapes. “Quad Reflections” by Dan Jobin. The Quad FAQ. 8-TRACK LABEL TEMPLATES 8-Track Label Templates. Here are some 8-track label templates if you want to attempt to make your own: 1. Here is a Microsoft Word file of a Jimi Hendrix Ampex 8-track label that has editable text boxes. Just replace the text in the boxes, and insert your own album artwork in place of the Hendrix image. Ampex Hendrix Label (Microsoft Word) 2. NEW 8-TRACK RELEASES Thee Oh Sees – 8-Track Collection (2019) by 5Seven Records. 12 selected albums from John Dwyer’s band Thee Oh Sees. Only 100 hand numbered boxsets were made, with only 60 going up for sale to the public. It took over a year to make these sets, so this is the 1st and final edition of this massive boxset. WHERE TO BUY OR SELL TAPES & PLAYERS The following is a list of individuals or businesses that buy or sell tapes and equipment. All business is conducted at your own risk. The following are reliable sellers, but 8-track Heaven assumes no liability for transactions conducted. Kate’s Track Shack – Your One Stop Internet Home For Inexpensive 8-Tracks Continue reading → 8-TRACK TAPE, 4-TRACK TAPE, AND PLAYTAPE HISTORY Frank Daniels’ The Beatles on 8 track and 4 track and Playtape pages have been around for years now. The 8-track page and is believed to have been the first 8-track article on the web, although it currently exists in a slightly different (vastly improved) format. In fact, Frank’s list of Beatles 8 tracks was just about the only thing goingTHE 8-TRACK FAQ
Nonetheless, Quatron, Inc., a. Maryland firm, shone brightly for a few years making the now highly. desirable Model 48 automatic 8 track changer, but its star soon faded. By the time the major record labels stopped offering new releases on. 8-track, there were no domesticmanufacturers of
HOW DOES AN 8-TRACK TAPE WORK? The 8-track cartridge contains a length of 1/4 inch tape which runs in a continuous loop at 3 and 3/4 inches per second (ips). The tape is wound around a hub in the middle of the cartridge. It pulls out from the center and follows a path which brings it across the front edge of the cartridge where it makes contact with the playback head.8-TRACK COLLECTING
8-Track Collecting. Bucks Burnett’s 8-Track Museum in Dallas, TX. 8-Track Blank Labels & Templates. 8-track Groups on Facebook. Where to buy or sell 8-Track tapes and players. 8-Track Tape & Player Repair. 8-track Web Pages. 8-track manufacturers, 8-track books, and 8 CONTACT - 8-TRACK HEAVEN Before submitting this form, please read: 1. We cannot tell you how much your tapes or players are worth. 2. We cannot tell you where to go to find our how much your tapes or players are worth. 3. We cannot tell you how to fix your broken tapes or Continue reading → EARLY HISTORY OF THE 8-TRACK TAPE by Abigail Lavine William Powell Lear, the man behind LearJet, was also the inventor of the 8-track cartridge tape system. During the early 1960s, a number of shell-encased continuous-loop audiotape systems coexisted. Lear’s 8-track was by no means the first such system, in fact, the Lear cartridge is in most Continue reading →4-TRACK TAPES
The 4-track tape cartridge format had a head start over 8-tracks. Developed in 1956, the 4-track format was originally forsaken as unmarketable. It lay dormant until the early '60s, when enterprising Earl Muntz saw its potential. He acquired rights to the format and began marketing both players and prerecorded tapes, licensing music from major record labels. LIST OF KNOWN QUAD TAPES This is a list of all known rock, pop and country quadraphonic 8-track tapes. (Note: this list does not include Classical, Soundtrack, Anthology, Sampler, Demonstration, Test, Set Up, or Sound Effectstapes).
TROUBLE SHOOTING CARTRIDGE PROBLEMS Although 8-track has always been a somewhat, shall we say challenging format, certain aspects of it become more difficult with the passage of time. Many of the frequently-encountered malfunctions of 8-track tapes and players are caused by time and repeated use. For example, the dreaded 8-track tar, a horrible mess that fills your player Continue reading → PLAYTAPE - THE 2-TRACK ALTERNATIVE - 8-TRACK HEAVEN PlayTape – The 2-Track Alternative. by Lynn Fuller. In early 1967 the four-track cartridge was controlling the industry with Bill Lear and his 8-track format waiting in the wings to become the “format of choice” for the next decade of pre-recorded taped music. Enter Frank Stanton, the innovator of QUAD REFLECTIONS BY DAN JOBIN Quad Reflections by Dan Jobin. Dan Jobin DJobin@kicker.com. The Discrete Quad format as used in the 8-track cartridge was a natural extension of other things going on at that time. It was the early 70’s: the 8-track tape was king, the EPA was making sure that we were not going to buy factory muscle cars, and the home stereo marketwas
RECORD CLUB ONLY 8-TRACKS Record Club Only 8-tracks. Back to 8-Track Heaven. Huey Lews & the News. Small World - September 1988. The 1980's: Record Club Only. As a member of the Columbia or RCA record clubs you could still buy new releases on 8-track through 1988. Although the selection had been severely curtailed, it was, and is still possible, to listen to U-2 on8-track.
TROUBLE SHOOTING PLAYER PROBLEMS No pilot light, no tape motion, and no amplifier hiss Defective power supply cords Poor power connections Defective ac-dc selector switch defective auto-boat jack Defective cartridge switch No operation with dc power source Defective ac-dc selector Open auto-boat jack Broken or open dc power cord Defective batteries Improper seating of Continuereading →
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* 4-Track Tape Players, Ads, and Articles * 8-Track Tape, 4-Track Tape, and Playtape History * Early History of the 8-Track Tape * Gumball’s 25,000 Tape Score * Interview with Frank Schmidt, Member of the Original 8-track TapeDesign Team
* PlayTape – The 2-Track Alternative * TV SHOWS and MOVIES with “8-track Moments”* The Big Questions
* How does an 8-Track Tape Work? * Trouble Shooting Player Problems* Why 8-tracks?
* The 8-Track FAQ
* “New” 8-Track Releases * The Melvins “Live at Slims” * Thee Oh Sees – 8-Track Collection by 5Seven Records * 8-Track Collecting * 8-Track Label Templates * 8-track Groups on Facebook * Where to Buy or Sell Tapes & Players * Facebook 8-Track Groups * Tape and Player Repair * Fixing 8-track Tapes (by George Penfield) * Trouble Shooting Cartridge Problems* 8-track Web Pages
* 8-track manufacturers, books, and zines * The 80’s – Record-Club-Only 8-Tracks * Quadraphonic 8-track Tape & Players * “Discrete Four-Channel Sound on Magnetic Tape” * List of Known Quad Tapes* Quad Reflections
* Quad Reflections by Dan Jobin * Some classic Quad advertising* The Quad F.A.Q.
* The Quad FAQ
* Rarest 8-Track Ever?* Contact
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8-Track Heaven is the oldest site on the Internet focusing on 8-Track Tapes. We went online in 1995 and have been operating continuously since then. This site provides information for on 8-track tape repair, collecting, history, and other resources. There is a section for quadraphonic tape enthusiasts as well a complete (almost!) listing of all Record-Club Only 8-tracks. There's even a section on 8-track porn! Because of a site crash a few years ago, some of the content was lost. You can access the old site here: 8trackheaven.com/archive/ THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ABIGAIL LAVINE, OUR LADY OFTHE 8-TRACKS
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