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Today (the day the world will one day look back on as the inaugural #8TrackTuesday) I present you with perhaps the trippiest #8TrackCartridge of all time: Todd Clark & The Stars "A Deathguard Sampler" from 1976.

Hardly any independent/DIY artists took advantage of 8-tracks during their heyday - certainly, none as noisy, electronic, & weirdly downtuned as Todd. Some of these tracks were salvaged for a retrospective 2xCD on the #Anopheles label in 2005 (including his twisted version of #TheRollingStones' "2000 Light Years From Home"). Otherwise we're left guessing as to why the hell Todd chose this format on which to issue his first home recordings. But we're so happy he did! This is the glistening jewel in the melted heap of plastic coating the backseat of your dad's beat-up Chevy Impala.