I...feel...old!!!

[BMWCCA]

Eight Tracks are very collectible in some circles...

And you can apparently buy new ones, still:
http://cheaptrick.shop.musictoday.co...1036&pc=CTAM64

[JeffW]

Had an 8-track in my '67 Beetle back in '69. The technology was far superior to the state of cassettes at the time (double the speed) and a real step up from 4-tracks. Easy install in the Beetle, just cut a hole in the fiberboard glove box and let it hang out into the trunk.

Egads! My sister inherited a '68 Beetle from my folks and I installed an 8 track player in it. It was on a bracket just under the glove box, with some 6X9 coaxial speakers mounted in the compartment behind the rear seat.

I had to drive that thing one winter, still remember having to keep an ice scraper handy to scrape the ice off the inside of the windshield. It was also about the time 8 tracks were pretty much history, cassettes were the thing, and I only had about two 8 tracks to listen to.

[BMWCCA]

I had to drive that thing one winter, still remember having to keep an ice scraper handy to scrape the ice off the inside of the windshield.

You weren't supposed to be breathing while you drove! Didn't you read the manual?

[MikeBrewster77]

And you can apparently buy new ones, still:
http://cheaptrick.shop.musictoday.co...1036&pc=CTAM64

$30!!!!!!!!!

[briang]

I too now realize my age.

[Krunchy]

And you can apparently buy new ones, still:

I cant believe they actually make new ones, thats amzing!
you're killing me!

Egads! My sister inherited a '68 Beetle from my folks and I installed an 8 track player in it.
I had to drive that thing one winter, still remember having to keep an ice scraper handy to scrape the ice off the inside of the windshield. It was also about the time 8 tracks were pretty much history, cassettes were the thing, and I only had about two 8 tracks to listen to.

Classic! on all accounts

[Akira]

Music was a thing to be shared and phone conversations were private.
Today's youth want the whole world to hear their phone calls but, music is best listened to alone????

[jcrobso]

When I was a young boy all our records were 78 RPM. I remember one day my dad had this BIG console delivered to the house. It had a two speed turntable, for 78s and 33 1/3 RPM records. It had a 15" woofer with a coaxial 5" tweeter, 30 watts of tube power. My introduction to high quality sound had begun.

[Akira]

When I was a young boy all our records were 78 RPM.

Wow...you must be even older than me!

[BMWCCA]

Okay, we're all old . . . well, most of us. But who other that me remember these from when you were a kid?

http://www.wfmu.org/MACrec/raven.html

[BMWCCA]

Wow, you must be REALLY old for stuff like that -

Well, I did have an older brother . . . two-and-a-half-years older. I suppose it could have been a hand-me-down. Though I am older than Michael Jackson (and always will be), but not as old as Farah Fawcett (but hope to be!).

[Krunchy]

Now That is CooL mr.BeeMR

[jcrobso]

Okay, we're all old . . . well, most of us. But who other that me remember these from when you were a kid?

http://www.wfmu.org/MACrec/raven.html

I guess that I'm just an old fart!
One of the 78 records we had was Gene Artery singing Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer. I remember when Eisenhower was elected in 1952.

[Uncle Paul]

Try doin' THAT with your iPod!

[BMWCCA]

One of the 78 records we had was Gene Artery singing Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer.

We had that one, too.

Remember the Bozo the Clown records with the books? The record would give out a little "toot" when it was time to turn the page: