Some time in the early 1990s, I acquired an 8-track player, a BSR McDonald unit manufactured in the UK and dating from the early 1970s. BSR were much more well-known for their turntables, ...

I never owned an 8-Track tape, but I remember clearly listening to them — a fact that sets me squarely in the midst of Generation X. Dad’s truck had an 8-Track player, and when it wasn’t ...

My first car, a 50-buck 1969 Toyota Corona sedan, came to me in 1980 with a crappy Sparkomatic 8-track player bolted beneath the dash and playing through the single factory dash speaker.This was ...

Stereo 8 was an 8-track version of the 4-track Muntz Autostereo, the first commercial music player for a car. Stereo 8 allowed two stereo recordings on the same tape providing a similar experience ...

However, there are no 8-track players being produced today. The closest you can get is a refurbished version of the iconic Panasonic RQ-830S Dynamite TNT player, available on eBay for around $250.

It doesn’t really matter whether you’re working with an 8-track player or a regular cassette. Get the magnetic field in the right spot, and it’ll work.

Later on, many manufacturers made a play for 8-track tapes, but Learjet started the craze. This ad shows an underdash Lear Jet Stereo 8 player in what looks like a 1965 Dodge Coronet, complete ...

Say it's 1977 and you're listening to the newest David Bowie song through your girlfriend's portable 8-track player. 8-track tapes typically divided up a two-sided LP into four programs.