DCC Archive Speaking of 8-Tracks...

Ya gotta check out the packaging for this 6 CD box set from Rhino titled "Can You Dig It? The 70's Soul Experience":


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005Q469/qid=1005718836/sr=1 -1/ref=sr_1_14_1/104-8522490-0434307


Ok, ok... so sometimes their mastering sucks, but you gotta give their art and packaging department kudos!



[ November 14, 2001: Message edited by: Holy Zoo ]

 

Now that's totally cool Zoo.

[ November 14, 2001: Message edited by: Dave ]

 

Hey rub it in, I used to be into 8-tracks. They were designed to self-destruct. Ouch! And the best was when they went click to change track and the song would fade back in at a point a few seconds earlier.

[ November 14, 2001: Message edited by: pigmode ]

 

Aaaaahhhhhhh.........The teenage years

 

Hey all...
I loved 8-tracks too. Back when I used to play "radio DJ" at my house, I played songs on record and 8-track pretending my 8-tracks were my "carts" like the two-track cartridges stations used to use for commercials (most are on computer now).
I had a great laugh when K puts in an ELVIS 8-track and cranks up "Burnin' Love" in the movie "Men In Black" as they fly through the tunnel upside down...
Doug

 

My uncle was into 8-tracks big time and still has his 8-track recorder but not hooked up. Check out this site at www.8trackheaven.com

 

The 8 track is the backbone to how a lot of us remember the music the 1st time we heard it (or radio).

I still remember those huge yard sales done in the middle of Drive In Theatres, and the vendors made some pretty impressive counterfit 8's. That was my first listen into "Cheech & Chong; Big Bamboo". Nope, no glamour shot or rolling papers! Just a weird, colourful label that looked yellow and trippy, like you see in the above link @ 8 track heaven, under Bootleg 8 Tracks

 

Till this day whenever I listen to Boston's More Than A Feeling I get thrown off a little when half way through it doesn't stop-skip-retrace.

I used 8-tracks strictly for the van since the early cassette players had lousy shock resistance. Plus they were easier to manipulate when, uh, having a good time.

Any comments on that boxed set?

[ November 14, 2001: Message edited by: pigmode ]

 

I went to a gathering of audio DIY geeks one time and a guy brought his 8-track machine, which he had modified to use all vacuum-tubes in the audio circuit. No lie. Sounded great!

-j

 

Just a quick message to mention that this box was discussed in a thread a week or two ago, and IMHO is a very worthy purchase, especially if you don't have much of this material. Picked it up on sale for about $78 or $79, with the list price being around $100. The packaging is indeed really cool and is a nice complement to the related "Beg Scream and Shout! the Big Ol' Box of Sixties Soul", although it doesn't have the artist trading cards that the Big Ol' Box had.

 

Aw man, I saw that new soul box in the record store last week from a distance and I think everyone stopped and looked when I let out a big, sarcastic groan, "OH NO! 8-tracks are back!"