And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I can still hear my dad's 8-tracks of Marty Robbins and John Denver (not that it was terrible music, just the repetition). He ordered a 1984 Blazer from the factory with an 8-track. Ugh.
First cassette players date from the late 1960s. Had one at military school in '69-70. Bought an 8-track for my Ford Torino, mounted it on the hump & wired it to the fuse box under the dash. As it didn't have FM, that was a must.
I had John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic on an 8-track. Halfway through the song Freedom Rider it switched from the first quarter to the second quarter of the track, but AFTER over a minute of quiet space on the tape at the end of the first quarter. The second half of Freedom Rider resumed on the second quarter. The editor, or engineer, whoever, should have been hanged on a short rope for that piece of editing.
If you are going to argue like that screaming in each other's faces like you are enemies, then you really don't have much of a relationship to begin with.
Damn, I went from 4 track to 8 track in the late 60s. Cassettes weren't even a thing yet.
ReplyDeleteShe was wrong; he was right. 8-Tracks were terrible. They were huge, didn't sound that good, and frequently self-destructed.
ReplyDeleteI can still hear my dad's 8-tracks of Marty Robbins and John Denver (not that it was terrible music, just the repetition). He ordered a 1984 Blazer from the factory with an 8-track. Ugh.
ReplyDeleteFirst cassette players date from the late 1960s. Had one at military school in '69-70. Bought an 8-track for my Ford Torino, mounted it on the hump & wired it to the fuse box under the dash. As it didn't have FM, that was a must.
ReplyDeleteI remember using the eraser end of a pencil to rewind the slack or pulled out tape from a tape player malfunction.
ReplyDeletestill have my carry-case full of 8 tracks. no player though.
ReplyDeleteI have a vintage Pioneer HR-100 8-track player recorder for sale, will throw in a few blank tapes too.
DeleteI had John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic on an 8-track. Halfway through the song Freedom Rider it switched from the first quarter to the second quarter of the track, but AFTER over a minute of quiet space on the tape at the end of the first quarter. The second half of Freedom Rider resumed on the second quarter. The editor, or engineer, whoever, should have been hanged on a short rope for that piece of editing.
ReplyDeleteMy first car, a 69 Torino had an 8 track. Thanks a million Percy and Barry. Sledge and White.
ReplyDeleteIf you are going to argue like that screaming in each other's faces like you are enemies, then you really don't have much of a relationship to begin with.
ReplyDeleteThey're both wrong.
ReplyDeleteProblem solved.
Everything older isn't always better.
We don't use wax drums to record sound anymore, either.