MrowsterApr 7

#8TrackTuesday #DeadFormats

Unused labels from long gone - or possibly never materialised? - bootleg #GratefulDead #8track cartridges. Now I'm wondering if there was a live GD 8-track trading underground that paralleled their early cassette trading scene . . .

Show threadLee from Colorado
@mrowster We went from cassette to DAT to CD. I never saw 8 tracks in the trading world. Maybe because 20 minutes for a cut was too short? Maybe there weren't any quality decks for copying?
Apr 7 at 7:43pmWeb
Show threadMrowsterApr 7
@colo_lee Cassette to DAT to CD - this makes sense. Though longer blank 8-tracks did exist; Capitol produced a 120 min. cartridge for a while.
Show thread*_jߍyropeApr 7
@Mrowster Didn't know that. Was that a 30 mins 2 track times 4?
Show threadMrowster6d ago
@jrp yep - 4 programs, each running 30 minutes. Long enough to hold even a lengthy version of "Dark Star" :)