Comments on: Cheap Trick 8-Track Not So Cheap

By: Nightly Ramble: The “Bad food, Warm Beer” Edition | BitsBlog

Nightly Ramble: The “Bad food, Warm Beer” Edition | BitsBlog — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:05:50 +0000

[...] 8 track? Speaking of Joyner, he notes something that got by me here… Cheap Trick has issued a new album on 8 track tape. I knew they’d been releasing albums, but this one was interesting. I think I still have a [...]

By: Eric Florack

Eric Florack — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:39:35 +0000

Interesting, I guess, but apart from a few audiophiles who is going to buy something like this ?

Not so much an audiophile item as a collector's item. Trust me when I tell you a cassette, which runs at half the tape to head speed of the 8 track (1 7/8ips vs 3 3/4ips) usually could outperform the 8 track for signal to noise, longevity, frequency response, speed accuracy and a host of other measurements.

Still, I can think of a few places where it works like crazy. Example: I still see a lot of collector cars (A buddy's 71 Malibu leaps to mind) that still have the original am-fm-8 track in them. Such a thing would be perfect for that application, particularly at show and shine events.

By: PD Shaw

PD Shaw — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:01:27 +0000

They still play pretty regularly around Illinois, which is where they're from. A few years ago, the Illinois legislature declared April 1st of each year to be Cheap Trick Day. Senate Resolution 255

By: Doug Mataconis

Doug Mataconis — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:09:55 +0000

Interesting, I guess, but apart from a few audiophiles who is going to buy something like this ?

And I'm surprised as you are that Cheap Trick is still around. I remember seeing them in concern back in 1982 and they seemed to disappear after that

By: Doug Miller

Doug Miller — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:40:07 +0000

Read about how they made those 8tracks here

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/07/ktswe_have_been_selling_and.php