This is not surprising. A great number of 8-tracks rearranged the songs
from the album/cassette order. This is because the 4 stereo tracks (4 x 2 =
8) needed to be about the same length in order for there not to be either a
long pause (or worse a track change in the middle of a song) on one of the
program tracks.
For example, on a 40 minute album there would be 4 10-minute program tracks.
It took quite a bit of rearranging to get 10-minute increments to come out
right. I always refused to buy 8-tracks if a track changed in the middle of
a song.
(Gawd, I'm getting old... I even remember the short-lived 4-track tapes.
My friend had one in his '54 Chevy and had only 2 tapes - both Hendrix.)
Mike, Cinderella's almost-mythical other (and older) half
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From: Noe, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 11:44 AM
To: 'Kerry Krueger'; Torrey G Leininger; DOOBIE BROTHERS FAN CLUB
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Subject: RE: 8-Tracks
Hi everybody, from the Mile High City.
This post about 8-tracks got me thinkin' about an old mystery. I owned
8-tracks of various Doobie Brothers albums until about 1978, when I traded
my entire collection away for vinyl at a tremendous loss (sound familiar?).
Definitely, the 8-track was going the way of the buffalo.
Anyway, I have hazy memories concerning the "Takin' It to the Streets"
album. It seems that the song order was somewhat different on the 8-track
than on the L.P. To tell the truth, I quite preferred the 8-track order,
and to this day I keep wanting to insert the songs differently when I play
my L.P.
Of course, I haven't seen an 8-track tape for T.I.T.T.S. for about 20 years.
Can someone tell me if this indeed is true, or have I completely left some
memory cells beside the road on the way to the new century?
Vroom, vroom,
Dave from Denver
-----Original Message-----
From: Kerry Krueger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 9:36 AM
To: Torrey G Leininger
Cc: Barry Aberle; DOOBIE BROTHERS FAN CLUB MAILING LIST
Subject: Re: LOOK OUT!! HOLD ON!
This may blow your mind but my boss recently gave me an 8-TRACK TAPE of
Toulouse Street. It is sitting on my desk at work. I hope to get some
autographs on it at the Saratoga convention!
Kerry
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