| Artist: Cart |
Nominated by: | Excerpts from Nomination Speech: |
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| Doobie Brothers Greatest Hits |
"jgs" jgs@ipa.net | Well, well, well, how forgetful we've become in our old age, if you've truly partied in the mobile dimension during the 70's, then surely you have grooved to The Doobie Brothers Greatest Hits, (just try and find it on ebay, I dare ya!). |
| Elvis Presley What Now My Love |
CPZemba@aol.com | According to an Elvis encyclopedia called 'Elvis: From A to Z', RCA or Pickwick released an album called "What Now My Love." circa 1973. This 8 track sold over 1 million copies and Elvis became the first recipient of the Golden Cartridge Award! |
| Touch | "Vincent P. Guytan" vpg1@airmail.net | "a quad tape...very advanced synthesized sound effects for
the early 70's...very hard to find and a classic." |
| Elvis Presley Recorded Live at Madison Square Garden |
l.falk@frw.uva.nl | "Elvis was at his best in the seventies and live. I likethe screaming audience. And his easy listening songs fit perfectly with 8-tracks." |
| Elvis Presley Aloha from Hawaii via Sattelite |
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| Eagles Hotel California |
Optimus Prime autobotprime@yahoo.com | I think my personal copy of "Eagles: Hotel California" should be in your Hall of Fame not just because it is a great album, but it has broken, by far, more than any other of my 8-tracks. I have popped the case open atleast 20 times to fix it...it still works fine in my car, on my Craig underdash player. |
| THE MAGIC GARDEN THE 5th DIMENSION |
RCHRSTIE@aol.com | The sound quality of that cartridge is far more superior than any CD I've EVER heard. The tape was released on Liberty Records (1968) with a feature called SONIC SPECTRUM + (exclusivly on Liberty) This is explained by saying the tape was recorded with "expanded frequency response (efr) and that lower distortion was made possible by major advancements in duplication techniques and a superior new tape." Well I guess all of that jargon worked because the songs come out with crisp and clear stereo separation, the best sound I have ever heard. and thats pretty amazing considering i am 20 years old and grew up in the era of the cassette and compact disc. |
| Starcastle Fountains of Light |
TODDY3@prodigy.net | " In 1977 when this was released everyone I knew couldn't stand the blatant YES-ripoff qualities of this highly under-rated Prog Rock band. I didn't take the tape out of my player for what seemed like about two years. The synthesizer work still sends shivers down my spine and the horrible editing of the title track remains etched in my mind. " |
| Genesis Nursery Cryme |
Victor Snow midiwiz@swbell.net |
"True masterpiece of early Genesis prog-rock, before they became the striped-down pop outfit. The 8-track version actually brings out the raw power and genius of the group better than the over processed CD version now available. This is also the first Genesis recording with Phil Collins, primarily on drums. He also sings lead on one track, "For Absent Friends". Nursery Cryme is the one that brought me into early Genesis, and is a must for all early '70s Prog-Rock fans. Its nearly impossible to find on 8-track anymore. |
| Buckingham Nicks | Ned Harkey ned213@ccs.logicsouth.com | The best 8-Track I ever owned. I can't believe that Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Polydor Records have not released this album on CD. |
| Van Halen Van Halen 1 |
dshockley@webtv.net | The sheer power of the music and dynamic range make this a prime choice. This 8-track helped end the era of disco, need I say more? |
| Pussy Galore Volume 3 "For adults Only" |
"TERRY \"TOURIST\"
BEBERNICK" TERRY.BEBERNICK@gte.net
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This pornographic 8-Track tape rules! I don't have volume 1 or 2, and who knows how many were in the set? I imagine someone probably sent away for the set from an early 70's skin mag! The front is very plain with Pussy Galore written in 70's shagadelic lettering. The real gem is the recording itself!! Very verbal,no holds barred! lots of good sound effects too! Squeaking bed frames, etc. Not the kind of 8-Track you put on when the relatives are around! |
| Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack | 1. Jason Speer hoss@eagle.cc.ukans.edu
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1. How can anyone possibly deny the place that this
8-track holds in history? It captures the "spirit" of the entire 8-track moment.
Disco of the day lives forever on this fine specimen. 2. 8 tracks - 1970s
- disco - polyester - this soundtrack is an easy choice for the Hall of Fame, I especially
love playing it at the 70s parties on my Weltron 2001 player |
Malcolm X |
Chris Collins eight-tracks@rocketmail.com |
Unfortunately, there is no track listing on the tape, it just appears to be exerpts of a speech or speeches spliced together onto the tape. It's quite fascinating to listen to this activist speak, because it is truly history in the making. |
Journey To the Moon |
Alan Smithee
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Recorded live on Earth, in space, on the Moon.This tape is an absolute trip, literally! A narrator describes the first moon trip mixed withl NASA (including the famous "One small step for man") mixed into this instrumental music that defines cheesy; its quality is that of "production library" music and is just plain groovy. It's extremely upbeat as the recording of the rocket launch plays, then as they get deeper into space it tries to sound, well, spacier ! Sound quality on my tape is very good The tape is complete with the black cardboard Buddah sleeve, with a note "You will enjoy countless hours of musical pleasure with this high quality cartridge." A list of "Other Great Buddah Artists" is printed on the left and right spines of the "sleeve. |
| The Best Of Tommy James And The
Shondells (Quadraphonic) |
Bruce D. Arnold barnold@i-cafe.net |
Although "I Think We're Alone Now" (which, in the CD era, DID appear in true stereo) and "Hanky Panky" seem to be "rechanneled-quad" (!), the other eight selections are splendid in remixed 4-channel, particularly "Crimson And Clover," "Crystal Blue Persuasion" and "Mony Mony." Plus, for Q8-format purposes, the contents are arranged differently from the LP/CD versions - no cutting into the middle of songs here! Even if you dislike James' "bubblegum" music approach, this is an awesome quad tape - considering the music predates the 1970s' quad era!! |
Rush |
Gino Russano Gino.Russano@MotivationMedia.com
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My first car was an early '70's Oldsmobile with an in-dash player, and the all time favorite while cruising with my pals was Rush "2112". I used to have to wedge a matchbook against the tape to keep it from squeeling, it had bleed-through from the other tracks, we just played it to death! |
Pink Floyd |
David Ray |
One of their finest works that was ever made, and the only
one of their albums I am aware of that was released on a Quad Cart. [No, several others included Dark Side of the Moon were available in Quad - Malcolm]. . This is one of those Late-Night, Low-Light, Reflection, albums that is best consumed alone without any mind-altering substances. |
MICHAEL NESMITH Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma (1979) |
Raffa
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Besides being a fine late solo album (it includes the proto-rap "Cruisin'), in a bizarre mix of old and new technology it includes a UPC barcode on its spine! |
James Brown |
Jeff Muhs
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The tape was given to me by a friend, who got it from his uncle, who had a pig that Andy Warhol would visit when he was feeling sad. Obscure music on 8 track from one of the most influential musicians of our time, plus the Andy Warhol/pig connection?... Hall of fame! |
| Stooges Fun House |
Trent Colby | click here for Nomination Speech (too lengthy to reproduce here, but too good to edit) |
| Emerson Lake and Palmer Tarkus |
Chris Collins eight-tracks@rocketmail.com
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This cart is my most favorite, most listened to of all the
300 or so that I have. It's one of the first 8-tracks ever purchased for me. My dad picked this one up at a Goodwill and said, "Here you go, here's something you might like." This cart made me hungry for more of the group's erratic work, and to this day, the band is one of my favorite. By the way, do see them in concert if you can. They still have as much energy as they did when they recorded this album. |
Aerosmith |
A. A. Ciuffetelli
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Tyler and Co. had already earned a name for themselves by the time this album was released, but the classic debut, "Get Your Wings", was mine on vinyl only. "Rocks" was my first Aerosmith 8-track, and I wore it out as a college undergrad in my 1970 VW Beetle. |
The Beatles (promo tape) |
Gary Broyhill |
In 1977, Capitol issued this promotional 8-track for the Beatles Hollywood Bowl album. The tape featured five songs from the album, and is the only promotional 8-track ever released of Beatles material. No promo LPs or cassettes were ever released of the album. |
| Pufnstuf Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Alan Smithee alnsmthe@concentric.net |
"This was a feature film released in 1970 after they had started the Sid & Marty Krofft TV show...there are a couple instrumenal score excerpts which are simply incredible. The movie was released with a mono soundtrack but everything here's in true stereo, with all the elements of a great musical album like singers singing their parts of a song from one channel, then the next from the other... it's one of the few from Capitol Records which has a label on the back side of the tape; this has the movie credit info like that found on movie posters. This album and the movie itself are difficult to find. |
| Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin |
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This was one of my first 8 tracks and guess what! Nearly every night on my favorite rock stations I'm guranteed to here a cut from it. What does that tell you? Besides my age? |
| Paul McCartney and Wings Live and Let Die Soundtrack |
David A. Pearlman dap@vpharm.com |
To my knowledge, the ONLY quad version of this ever released anywhere in the world is the quad 8-track on United Artists (US). And, like most quad United Artists titles, it's VERY hard to find...It's much rarer than any of the Capitol/Apple Beatles quads . |
| George Harrison electronic music | Rob G.
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if i was ever going to spend a lost weekend with my Borg/Warner portable and some sort of, umm, chemical to help pass the time, this is the tape i'd take. George proves he can get as avant as Yoko Ono with an early Moog. Does life get any better??? |
| Pink Floyd ummagumma |
Dearhigh@aol.com | This was the first release without Syd Barrett, and the reason i think should be on the list is on track 2, right after several species of small fury animals gather together in a cave and grovin with a pict at that point the tape sounds like it getting eaten by the player so you rush over and pull it out only to find out its part of the song. even after all these years I still find myself pulling the tape out at that point . |
| The Who Live at Leeds |
Larry C. Penoza larry.c.penoza@boeing.com | Reason: The tape rocks from beginning to end to beginning to....you know. It has to be one of the Who's best live performances ever. The frequency range of the recording is perfect for an 8-track. I can leave this in my deck for days. |
| The Grateful Dead Workingman's Dead
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Larry C. Penoza larry.c.penoza@boeing.com
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If you like the Dead, no explanation is necessary. If you don't like the Dead, you might after listening to this. This was their 1970 fusion of Country with San Francisco Rock. The songs are mostly short and well written, and many are classics. |
| The Edgar Winter Group They Only Come Out at Night |
Mike Byrne porohnavi@webtv.net |
"Truly a discrete quad, this was the first quad album to go gold. Why? "Frankenstein," of course! This track should go down as the ultimate in four channel technological reproduction. first, there is the true discretion of the instruments, second, the drum war between front and rear speakers. third, the synth panning effect at the height of the song. fourth, if you are not amazed after hearing this, probably no quad recordings will ever interest you. long live the multi-channel format for music reproduction!" |
| Ramones Leave Home | Griffin Allen MCGRIFF1@aol.com |
"The format of all early Ramones are made for
8-track. No songs are cut in the middle for program changes, and since they're so short in
the first place, you can listen to the whole thing in a spare 31:05. Also available on
this 8-track is "Carbonna Not Glue", which was taken off the LP early on in the
run due to its 'controversial' drug message. It is a great song. Some would argue that 'Rocket to Russia' or the 'Ramones' is better. No question all three would belong in the 8-track hall of fame. The Ramones sound great on even the cheapest portable 8-track player and the carts even now are not the hardest to find of 8-tracks, thanks to Sire Records' (GRT Tapes) distribution. " |
| The Doors Absolutely Live | Eric Carpenter London, Ontario, Canada theeric69@hotmail.com |
"1) First of all, this is just a wonderful listen.
And I mean just that...you really have to listen to this tape. This cart happens to be a
very crisp and clear tape, so I listen to it frequently. 2) The album "Absolutely Live" was deleted shortly after release, and most of the selections on the album resurfaced around 1990 on a compilation called "In Concert" released on CD and cassette, probably to satisfy the Doors demand after the release of the Oliver Stone movie. This version of the album is a true tribute to the original analog release." |
| The Brothers Johnson: Look Out for Number One | Duncan Evans (Also known as "Dunk, I
want that P Funk all Funked up, Evans") jtevans@inet-1.com |
"This features great songs like "Free and Single"and "Get da Funk Outa ma Face" This is a classic tape from the Funk-a-dellic P Funk era. This deserves an induction just because of the looks I get when I blast "Get da Funk Outa ma Face" out of my Pioneer player in my 71 blazer. I recived an award for "The King of the 8 Track collection and proud of it" from my graduating class at my high school so I know what's up." |
| Iron Butterfly: Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida | Paul Johnson, Wilmington, NC carlton@wilmington.net |
"Yeah, I know, I was sick of it then, and don't
really want to hear it now, but there is an undeniable cultural significance to this
particular cart. I didn't know anyone with a player that did not own at least one copy of
this one. In fact you'da thought the damn players came loaded with them already inserted
(kinda like windows 95!). The other reason is that because most people only listened to the title track; after the tape got old it would become worn on one edge, lending it's own murky, muddley warping effect to the music. This happened to most copies of this title that lasted long enough, and I swear the record just doesn't sound right after your brain starts to register the old tape as "The original" (speak to me not of the CD)" |
| The Bubble Puppy: A Gathering of Promises |
1. Bruce Peckham smas@holly.ColoState.EDU
2. David Ray, Atoka, OK davidray@oio.net
3. Daniel Day |
1. "...psychedelic band from Houston, Texas..the
cart---a sought after collector's item--was released in the Spring of 1969...on the
Intenational Artists label...included the group's only hit single, Hot Smoke &
Sasafrass...this band had more than ample technical chops and the creativity to excel
on a broad commercial level, but success just wasn't in the cards for them." 2. "I must agree with Bruce Peckham on the viability of this group. "Hot Smoke and Sasafrass" for my money should be the cornerstone song from which all other acid rock is measured. The diversity found on this tape has not been seen since. This is a must-have for any serious rock collector, regardless of the the format you discover it on. " 3. Wow! I thought I was maybe the only person on the planet who would even bother to save a Bubble Puppy 8-track. I played it just the other day and I still think it's a great album.
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| KISS: Alive | Morgan Engle, Seattle, Wa. mengle@oz.net |
"This is the first 8-track I ever heard...Classic KISS...a must for any 8-track collector" |
| ELVIS | GALTIN@aol.com | Any 8-track that was recorded by ELVIS PRESLEY---NUFF SAID |
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