eight-track tape
Americannoun
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Back in the era of the eight-track tape, the actor Will Swenson’s father played Neil Diamond albums practically on a loop.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
All the data collected by the spacecraft instruments would be stored on eight-track tape recorders and then sent back to Earth by a 23-watt transmitter—about the power level of a refrigerator light bulb.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 16, 2022
Fred’s company sold the White House the eight-track tape player that was installed on Air Force One.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2022
They switched to eight-track tape for the other four songs, including “Free Bird,” which gave more flexibility.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2020
Farther away from the meat vendors, fashionable youths with thin Elvis Presley sideburns in bell-bottom pants and corduroy jackets play loud Cambodian pop music from their eight-track tape players.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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