8 Track Cartridge Player
8 Track Cartridge Player Stereo 8 , commonly known as the eight-track cartridge , eight-track tape , or simply eight-track , is a magnetic tape sound recording technology. It was popular in the United States from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s, but was relatively unknown in many European countries. Stereo 8 was created in 1964 by a consortium led by Bill Lear of Le a r Je t Corporation, along with ampe x , Ford Motor Company, General Motors , Motorola , and RCA Victor Records (RCA). It was a further development of the similar Stereo-Pak four-track cartridge created by Earl "Madman" Muntz . A later quadraphonic version of the format was announced by RCA in April 1970 and first known as Quad-8 , then later changed to just Q8 8 Track Cartridge Player 8 Track Cartridge Player 8 Track Cartridge Player 8 Track Cartridge Player 8 Track Cartridge P...