Marc Sendik has seen many a music format rise and fall and rise again: the vinyl album, the compact disc, even the humble cassette. But the 8-track cartridge? When Sendik, who owns High Fidelity ...

From eight-tracks to iPods, these once-popular ways to listen to music eventually disappeared. Each format had its moment, but advances in technology—like streaming and smartphones—led to their ...

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when magnetic tape was the primary way of listening to and recording audio. Most of us are familiar with the cassette tape, a four-track system that plays ...

CORRECTION, Dec. 31: This story originally misidentified the band that released Business as Usual. For Jason Niebaum, who’s known as “The 8-Track Guy,” getting musicians to sign 8-track tapes is less ...

Ah, the eight-track. Is there any music format that's more dated? Vinyl is on its way back, albeit with a select crowd, and the CD is still holding on for dear life, but it's not likely that ...

Michael Pipe bought a box of old eight-track tapes mostly for the case they came in. The Northamptonshire resident had recently bought a vintage eight-track player on eBay and was amassing a ...