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'''8-Track''' tapes were a popular music format in the 1970s, especially for car players. In the most-used configuration, their titular 8 tracks were used to provide 4 stereo programs (taking two tracks each, left and right). A quadraphonic format with four tracks per program was also used. The popularity of this format declined as [[Audio Cassette|cassettes]] improved in audio quality, and it was phased out in the early 1980s.

An 8-track tape consisted of a 1/4"-wide magnetic tape mounted in a continuous loop around a single reel in a plastic cartridge. The tape moved at 3.75 in. per second, and at the end of a track a piece of conductive foil caused the player to change tracks. The single-reel structure could only move forward, so no rewind feature was possible. Another drawback was the fact that albums at the time were typically designed for [[Gramophone record|vinyl records]], which had two sides, and often lacked good break points at the one-quarter and three-quarters marks needed to divide them into the tracks of an 8-track, so sometimes songs were divided between two tracks with a noticeable pause in between, or other rearrangements were done to the album.

== References ==
* [[Wikipedia:8-track tape 8-track tape (Wikipedia)]]
* [http://www.8trackheaven.com/ 8-Track Heaven]
* [http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/02/17/133692586/8-track-tapes-belong-in-a-museum 8-track tapes belong in a museum]

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-'''[[8-Track]]''' tapes were a popular music format in the 1970s, especially for car players. In the most-used configuration, their titular 8 tracks were used to provide 4 stereo programs (taking two tracks each, left and right). A quadraphonic format with four tracks per program was also used. The popularity of this format declined as [[Audio Cassette|cassettes]] improved in audio quality, and it was phased out in the early 1980s. However, after it had faded out as a consumer format, a form known as the [[Jingle Card Cassette]] remained in use for years in the radio industry.
+'''8-Track''' tapes were a popular music format in the 1970s, especially for car players. In the most-used configuration, their titular 8 tracks were used to provide 4 stereo programs (taking two tracks each, left and right). A quadraphonic format with four tracks per program was also used. The popularity of this format declined as [[Audio Cassette|cassettes]] improved in audio quality, and it was phased out in the early 1980s. However, after it had faded out as a consumer format, a form known as the [[Jingle Card Cassette]] remained in use for years in the radio industry.
 An 8-track tape consisted of a 1/4"-wide magnetic tape mounted in a continuous loop around a single reel in a plastic cartridge. The tape moved at 3.75 in. per second, and at the end of a track a piece of conductive foil caused the player to change tracks. The single-reel structure could only move forward, so no rewind feature was possible. Another drawback was the fact that albums at the time were typically designed for [[Gramophone record|vinyl records]], which had two sides, and often lacked good break points at the one-quarter and three-quarters marks needed to divide them into the tracks of an 8-track, so sometimes songs were divided between two tracks with a noticeable pause in between, or other rearrangements were done to the album.

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	* [http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/02/17/133692586/8-track-tapes-belong-in-a-museum 8-track tapes belong in a museum]		* [http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/02/17/133692586/8-track-tapes-belong-in-a-museum 8-track tapes belong in a museum]
	* [http://www.technobuffalo.com/2011/03/11/flashback-friday-8-track-car-stereos-video/ Flashback Friday: 8-Track Car Stereos (video)]		* [http://www.technobuffalo.com/2011/03/11/flashback-friday-8-track-car-stereos-video/ Flashback Friday: 8-Track Car Stereos (video)]
		+	* [http://pinballpal.com/products/tapes/ 8-Track Tapes for Arcade Games]

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+'''[[8-Track]]''' tapes were a popular music format in the 1970s, especially for car players. In the most-used configuration, their titular 8 tracks were used to provide 4 stereo programs (taking two tracks each, left and right). A quadraphonic format with four tracks per program was also used. The popularity of this format declined as [[Audio Cassette|cassettes]] improved in audio quality, and it was phased out in the early 1980s. However, after it had faded out as a consumer format, a form known as the [[Jingle Card Cassette]] remained in use for years in the radio industry.
 '''8-Track''' tapes were a popular music format in the 1970s, especially for car players. In the most-used configuration, their titular 8 tracks were used to provide 4 stereo programs (taking two tracks each, left and right). A quadraphonic format with four tracks per program was also used. The popularity of this format declined as [[Audio Cassette|cassettes]] improved in audio quality, and it was phased out in the early 1980s. However, after it had faded out as a consumer format, a form known as the [[Jingle Card Cassette]] remained in use for years in the radio industry.
 An 8-track tape consisted of a 1/4"-wide magnetic tape mounted in a continuous loop around a single reel in a plastic cartridge. The tape moved at 3.75 in. per second, and at the end of a track a piece of conductive foil caused the player to change tracks. The single-reel structure could only move forward, so no rewind feature was possible. Another drawback was the fact that albums at the time were typically designed for [[Gramophone record|vinyl records]], which had two sides, and often lacked good break points at the one-quarter and three-quarters marks needed to divide them into the tracks of an 8-track, so sometimes songs were divided between two tracks with a noticeable pause in between, or other rearrangements were done to the album.

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	* [http://www.8trackheaven.com/ 8-Track Heaven]		* [http://www.8trackheaven.com/ 8-Track Heaven]
	* [http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/02/17/133692586/8-track-tapes-belong-in-a-museum 8-track tapes belong in a museum]		* [http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/02/17/133692586/8-track-tapes-belong-in-a-museum 8-track tapes belong in a museum]
		+	* [http://www.technobuffalo.com/2011/03/11/flashback-friday-8-track-car-stereos-video/ Flashback Friday: 8-Track Car Stereos (video)]

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	An 8-track tape consisted of a 1/4"-wide magnetic tape mounted in a continuous loop around a single reel in a plastic cartridge. The tape moved at 3.75 in. per second, and at the end of a track a piece of conductive foil caused the player to change tracks. The single-reel structure could only move forward, so no rewind feature was possible. Another drawback was the fact that albums at the time were typically designed for [[Gramophone record\|vinyl records]], which had two sides, and often lacked good break points at the one-quarter and three-quarters marks needed to divide them into the tracks of an 8-track, so sometimes songs were divided between two tracks with a noticeable pause in between, or other rearrangements were done to the album.		An 8-track tape consisted of a 1/4"-wide magnetic tape mounted in a continuous loop around a single reel in a plastic cartridge. The tape moved at 3.75 in. per second, and at the end of a track a piece of conductive foil caused the player to change tracks. The single-reel structure could only move forward, so no rewind feature was possible. Another drawback was the fact that albums at the time were typically designed for [[Gramophone record\|vinyl records]], which had two sides, and often lacked good break points at the one-quarter and three-quarters marks needed to divide them into the tracks of an 8-track, so sometimes songs were divided between two tracks with a noticeable pause in between, or other rearrangements were done to the album.
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		+	There was also some use of 8-track tapes as a data storage medium, as with the original Compucolor computer (though the later and more popular Compucolor II had a disk drive instead).
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		+	* [[Compucolor data tape]]

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 == References ==
-* [[Wikipedia:8-track tape 8-track tape (Wikipedia)]]
+* [[Wikipedia:8-track tape|8-track tape (Wikipedia)]]
 * [http://www.8trackheaven.com/ 8-Track Heaven]
 * [http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/02/17/133692586/8-track-tapes-belong-in-a-museum 8-track tapes belong in a museum]