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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The electronics from the cassette adapter are simply placed inside an old 8-track tape, with holes cut in the chassis for the charge port and on switch. Then, all you need to do is pop the adapter ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Snowy White laid down a guitar solo for Pink Floyd's 1977 album Animals, he didn't suspect it would go unheard by most fans. His contribution to "Pigs on the Wing" only appeared on the 8-track ...

Michael Pipe bought a box of old eight-track tapes mostly for the case they came in. The Northamptonshire resident had recently bought a vintage eight-track player on eBay and was amassing a ...