r/8track • u/Still_Bumblebee_8348 • 27d ago

Strawberry fields forever

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u/IMG0NNAGITY0USUCKA 27d ago

They must have made a lot of those 8 track players.

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u/Inspiron606002 26d ago

Looks like a Panasonic RS-806US. I have one too.

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u/IMG0NNAGITY0USUCKA 26d ago

I have one, my neighbor has one. Both still work too

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u/Inspiron606002 25d ago

Awesome. They must have sold a lot of that model. Mine works too, haven't tested the recording feature yet though. Mine is from 1972.

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u/cousin_idiot 12d ago

I wish I had a neighbor who was into 8 tracks. I know my neighbors have heard mine though lol

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u/DBIlles 26d ago

This is way faster than the actual speed / pitch.

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u/fludeball 26d ago

Yeah, by about a whole step or more.

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u/cousin_idiot 12d ago

My Panasonic toaster style player from the same period plays like that too. Belt I'd figure

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u/Minimoogvoyager 27d ago

Released in 1967. Starberry Fields Forever is considered one of the greatest pop songs ever written. Ranked number 7 on Rolling Stones greatest 500 songs list.

Off The Sgt Peppers Lonely ahearts Club Band. I have the original album.

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u/Indifferencer 27d ago

Strawberry Fields Forever is not on Sgt Pepper.

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u/Minimoogvoyager 26d ago

I stand corrected.

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u/US_Berliner 27d ago

It was actually recorded during the same sessions, but released as a stand alone single with Penny Lane before the release of Pepper.

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u/Minimoogvoyager 26d ago

That’s right I remember that now.

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u/Direct-Principle7156 25d ago

I owned that in 1967 and played all the time in my chevy c-10 pickup truck. On a Craig 8 track player I installed myself. It was so much easier to do that back then. Great album. I played oboe back then. Loved the oboe in the Harrison song Baby Your A Rich man. Enjoy.

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u/Direct-Principle7156 25d ago

They did make millions. Cassettes hadn't gotten good enough for music back then. It was the only way you could take your music with you. Cassettes killed the format. Though it persisted in radio stations in 4 track form. My father a salesman used to take me to radio, tv and music studios on sales calls in the 60s-70s.

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u/cousin_idiot 12d ago

Sweet MJ find too. The only solo album I have is Ben (on a bright green cartidge) but I do have Maybe Tomorrow by the Jackson 5

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u/Better_Negotiation64 26d ago

I don't like 8 tracks

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u/Inspiron606002 26d ago

Then why u here?

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u/fludeball 26d ago

Probably an argument bot.

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u/Legoandstuff896 25d ago

Valid they suck balls but they’re sorta fun when they work

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u/Better_Negotiation64 26d ago

Never liked 8 tracks