What is National Eight Track Tape Day?
On April 11th, the National Eight Track Tape Day commemorates an era that has come and gone in a matter of fewer than 20 years. However, on eight-track tapes, it is a day to recall listening to great music from the sixties and seventies.
Eight-track tapes have been popular from the mid-1960s to early 1980s, and they have become a common recording method.
Bill Lear, founder of Lear Jet Corporation, along with Ampex, Ford Motor Company, GM, Motorola, Motorola, and RCA, created the eight-track tape in 1964. Stereo 8, the first player to be released in 1965, also known as Stereo 8, was released in 1965.
Ford Motor Company began factory-installed and dealer installed eight-track tape players as an option to buyers on three of its 1966 models – the Thunderbird, Mustang, and Lincoln – in September of 1965. In addition,, Ford also included an eight-track tape player in all of its cars as an upgrade to the 1967 model. Many automobiles and trucks were available in many cars and trucks through the 1980s. Optional eight-track players were also available in many automobiles and trucks.
By late 1982, eight track cartridges were phased out in the United States' grocery stores. Until late 1988, however, some games were still available as eight-track tapes through various mail-order clubs.
