[Jim] had a working 8-track deck in his Corvette, and didn’t want to swap it out. Thus, he set about building himself a simple Bluetooth to 8-track adapter. The hack is straightforward, with [Jim] ...

If any cassette ever belonged in an 8-track adapter, it's Led Zeppelin II. Here's where the magic happened. This device was pretty clever. There was a motor driving the cassette mechanism and a ...

An earlier magnetic tape cartridge technology introduced by Lear Jet in 1964 as Stereo 8, although widely known by its 8-track moniker. Stereo 8 was an 8-track version of the 4-track Muntz Autostereo, ...

On the outside chance that we ever encounter a space probe from an alien civilization, the degree to which the world will change cannot be overestimated. Not only will it prove that we’re not alone, ...

What exactly was the 8-Track tape? Gather round youngsters! As the old(er) staffer at Loudwire, when we recently saw National 8-Track Tape Day coming up on the calendar, it sparked some moments of ...

It was during the late 1970s that 8-track players started being replaced with cassette decks in the automobile industry. Major American automakers like General Motors had started pivoting away from ...

Today — when you can literally take your music anywhere — it's hard to imagine a time when that wasn't possible. So, if you're old enough, cast your mind back 40 years or so. Remember 8-track tapes?

Sync isn't Ford's only pioneering automotive entertainment technology. On this day in 1965, Ford first offered factory-installed 8-track tape players with tapes initially only available in auto parts ...

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 jammed all to ...

The limitations of the long-gone 8-track cartridge format caused headaches for artists and engineers. While the platform offered the first big chance for mobile record listening and stereo sound to ...

QUINCY, Ill. — In 1964 a durable cassette called the 8-track was introduced to America. Millions were sold over the next two decades with most of them landing in yard sales and the trash can. Bob ...

The 8-track cartridge, aka the Stereo 8, first appeared at trade shows in 1964, just 18 months after the cassette, and it did initially seem to have it all: it was comparatively small, portable, and ...