rushgoober Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 While 8 Track was a really bad format, if I came across a Rush 8-Track at a yard sale for a dollar or so, I'd snag it in a heartbeat and just use it as a decoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCM Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I first remember Rush on an 8-track; in the player that was bolted to the bottom of the dash of my brother's 1977 Buick Regal. I remember that one and also Destroyer, my favorite 8 track was my AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, it was a brown one and I played it until it finally broke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotRush Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 QUOTE (robertrobyn @ Aug 23 2010, 11:22 PM) Who here also likes 8 tracks. ?? Yea I like em in 1976 - 77 - 78 - 79 - by 1980 I was recording onto cassette's I had many of those "under dash" models, also had a Emerson home All-in-One stereo systems I thought was great until I heard a real high end Hi-Fi amp/reciver. I remember having 2112 Pink Floyd's, Wish You Were Here Beatles Frampton BOC many many more . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maples Oaks and Porcupine Trees Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 QUOTE (Tom Sawyer @ Sep 1 2010, 02:21 PM) I now have boxes of cassettes and plastic tubs of VHS tapes. I don't even know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maples Oaks and Porcupine Trees Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 QUOTE (GotRush @ Sep 2 2010, 11:47 AM) QUOTE (robertrobyn @ Aug 23 2010, 11:22 PM) Who here also likes 8 tracks. ?? Yea I like em in 1976 - 77 - 78 - 79 - by 1980 I was recording onto cassette's I had many of those "under dash" models, also had a Emerson home All-in-One stereo systems I thought was great until I heard a real high end Hi-Fi amp/reciver. I remember having 2112 Pink Floyd's, Wish You Were Here Beatles Frampton BOC many many more . . . . many many more was always my favorite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodys hero Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 I had hundreds of 8-tracks. All my early Rush and so many other bands. I will never forget the day I tossed 'em all because this new fangled thingy called a cassette was the way to listen to music. Now older and wiser I still have cassette's. I never listen to 'em but I'm not tossing them either. I have Archives among them and I'm not tossing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weakly Criminal Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 I first heard RUSH on 8-track. The way it would break up that great epic really sucked. Of course I loved it anyway, and driving a 75 Camaro with no AC didn't bother me either. Once we would take water... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middle Kingdom Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 I currently have Rush and All The World's A Stage on 8 track. I used to have a player on my early 80's record player/dual cassette/8 track cheapo stereo system. My uncle's second car had an 8 track player in it too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdryan Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Has anyone hear sent an 8 track in to be signed by the band? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisibleairwaves Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 8-tracks: the 128kbps mp3's of the 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRod Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 First album I ever bought with my own money was 2112 on 8-track. I was blown away... so much so that I drove straight back to the store and bought the Rush/Fly by Night "collectors set" (2 8-tracks in one package) and Caress of Steel on Vinyl... they didn't have it on 8-track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer_sky Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 QUOTE (fordgt99 @ Aug 25 2010, 10:44 AM)... I acquired a couple of unopened Jim Croce 8-tracks from my grandmother when she passed. I thought they might be worth something so I took them to a local record store. I think they maybe offered $4 at the most so I kept them. ... Jim Croce... what a talent. I'm still sad about the fact that he left this world so soon and at such a young age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summer_sky Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 QUOTE (entmoot @ Aug 25 2010, 09:56 AM)I used to have RUSH - Archives (first three RUSH albums specially packaged) on 8-track...I recall I traded my Ted Nugent Double Live Gonzo 8-Track for it...whew that was a flash back !! ... Double Live Gonzo! yeah, man! ..."Well, listen everybody, to what I got to say There's hope for tomorrow, Ooh, we're workin' on today..." Now, I'm having a flashback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 I just started to collect Rush on 8 track. Who here also likes 8 tracks. Does anyone know how many albums made it to 8 track?? I have Signals, but I've heard they were still making them through the record clubs up to Grace Under Pressure. (Never actually seen one of those myself though.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. JD Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 I remember going to the Akron Civic Theater to see Rush on the Down The Tubes tour in 1975 and listening to the first Rush album on 8-track using a portable Lloyds 8-track player laying in the back window of my 1968 Plymouth Fury III two door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 I remember going to the Akron Civic Theater to see Rush on the Down The Tubes tour in 1975 and listening to the first Rush album on 8-track using a portable Lloyds 8-track player laying in the back window of my 1968 Plymouth Fury III two door. 383 under the hood and it had green seats I bet.. you just painted an awesome picture for me dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasbo Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Eight tracks never really took off here Downunder, however a friend of my father had a Buick Riveria in which he tossed the eight track for cassette player.We ended up with the player and a box of tapes.Among them was Mantovani,Herb Albert,Bob Dylan,Led Zeppelin,CSN,Jethro Tull and Rush first album.This was about 75/6 and I was 15. We never fired it up and i think it went to the tip.However I kept the tapes which are somewhere at mums but Jethro Tull Living in the Past sits on my shelf unplayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 I have Tormato by Yes on 8 track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. JD Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 I remember going to the Akron Civic Theater to see Rush on the Down The Tubes tour in 1975 and listening to the first Rush album on 8-track using a portable Lloyds 8-track player laying in the back window of my 1968 Plymouth Fury III two door. 383 under the hood and it had green seats I bet.. you just painted an awesome picture for me dude! Actually it had a 318, black interior, maroon paint. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 I have Yessongs on 8 track, but I'd gladly trade it for any Rush or ELP 8-track (Even Love Beach...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I remember going to the Akron Civic Theater to see Rush on the Down The Tubes tour in 1975 and listening to the first Rush album on 8-track using a portable Lloyds 8-track player laying in the back window of my 1968 Plymouth Fury III two door. 383 under the hood and it had green seats I bet.. you just painted an awesome picture for me dude! Actually it had a 318, black interior, maroon paint. Aw.. :( Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taurus Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 If there was a worse format for music, I can't think of it. It had 2 advantages initially. Better sound quality than the earliest compact cassette, and portability. That's it, and once compact cassette's SQ improved, it had neither. That format stuck around 10 years longer than it should have. I kept a few random tapes from the old days (Rush CoS, KISS Alive II, Max Webster Live Magnetic Air, Yes Yesterdays, David Bowie Lodger) but have no player and will never bother to acquire one. Still have a couple of cassette decks and many tapes, lots of vinyl, but 8-track has no hold on me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 If there was a worse format for music, I can't think of it. It had 2 advantages initially. Better sound quality than the earliest compact cassette, and portability. That's it, and once compact cassette's SQ improved, it had neither. That format stuck around 10 years longer than it should have. I kept a few random tapes from the old days (Rush CoS, KISS Alive II, Max Webster Live Magnetic Air, Yes Yesterdays, David Bowie Lodger) but have no player and will never bother to acquire one. Still have a couple of cassette decks and many tapes, lots of vinyl, but 8-track has no hold on me. I think I would want a player at some point, but it's not exactly a priority at the moment.(I'd only be listening to Rush on it because I really have no interest in any other 8-tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dude111 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 I didnt see this thread before but I guess it doesnt matter as the thread I POSTED was asking "Do you have any 8 tracks" so i guess its OK :) I have one Rush 8 track: Moving Pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 I didnt see this thread before but I guess it doesnt matter as the thread I POSTED was asking "Do you have any 8 tracks" so i guess its OK :) I have one Rush 8 track: Moving Pictures I'm missing the first three (although I have Archives) and Grace Under Pressure (I'm still not sure if it even exists.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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