8-Tracks: My pick for really dumb inventions

[yvr girl]

You can get close to the song you want, but not right to it.

[WCGreen]

1. Stairway to Heaven was .....

cut off in the middle for the track change....

Good Times....

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. Not on my bootleg version

Had a Lear 8-track in my '72 VW camper. Played the hell out of it. Stopped in some town in CO one day, and found one of those cool music and poster stores that used to be around... Anyway, bought a bunch of bootleg 8-tracks..Clapton, Dylan, and more.

Then, one night went to a concert. Came back out and the 8-track player was gone, but the thieves left all the tapes.

What thsy didn't know was that that player HAD JUST DIED (the rubber-like band driver had snapped).
:rofl: Fools!

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. Wasn't dumb at the time

What was there before 8-track tapes? Records. :shrug:

There was another kind of tape system that looked similar to 8-track, but it never caught on with the masses. But radio stations everywhere used it for years before CDs.