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8-track
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Technology
The aircraft builder Bill Lear designed the Stereo 8 in 1964: a cartridge with an endless loop of magnetic tape and eight tracks, four stereo programmes side by side. From the 1966 models, Ford offered the player in its cars, and for the first time you chose for yourself what you heard on the road. In the United States, the 8-track was enormously popular in the 1970s, especially in the car. Because an album was divided over four programmes, there was sometimes a click in the middle of a song, after which the song carried on. Around 1980, the compact cassette displaced the format.
Listening
Listening tip. This is what you heard from the car speakers in the 1970s: why does this music work so well on the motorway?
Take It Easy · Eagles, 1972
Sweet Home Alabama · Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1974
Go Your Own Way · Fleetwood Mac, 1977
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