General Information

Serial #

136545 40

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC TAPE/ SYNTHETIC CARTRIDGE/ PAPER LABELS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

13.3 cm

Width

10.2 cm

Height

2.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

STEREODYNE

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1970S

Canada

EXAMPLE OF COMMERCIALLY PRE-RECORDED 8-TRACK CARTRIDGE. 8-TRACK PLAYERS WERE POPULAR, ESPECIALLY IN AUTOMOBILES, FROM THE LATE 1960S TO THE LATE 1970S.

Function

RECORDING & PLAYBACK MEDIUM FOR USE WITH 8-TRACK CASSETTE AUDIO RECORDER-PLAYER. THIS TYPE WAS PURCHASED ALREADY CONTAINING PRE-RECORDED MATERIAL.

Technical

8-TRACK WAS BASED ON CONTINUOUS LOOP CARTRIDGE SYSTEM DESIGNED IN 1950S & IMPROVED BY WILLIAM P. LEAR IN 1984. 8-TRACK SUFFERED FROM MECHANICAL PROBLEMS & BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN DESIGNED FOR AUTOMOBILEPLAYBACK IN MOVING VEHICLE, COULD NOT FAST-FORWARD, REWIND, ERASE OR EDIT EASILY. IT WAS NOT POPULAR AS HOME RECORDING MEDIUM & BY EARLY 1980S HAD BEEN LARGELY DISPLACED BY 1/4 INCH COMPACT CASSETTE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 BLACK LETTERING ON LABEL READS "8 track stereo/ tape cartridge", "MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED BY/ STEREODYNE (CANADA) LIMITED", "DGG-8-136-545", "Deutsche/ Grammophon/ Gesellschaft/ MOSKAUER NACHTE/ 45 Jahre Don Kosaken Chor Serge Jaroff/ STEREO"; RAISED LETTERING ON CARTRIDGE READS "STEREODYNE (CANADA) LTD. TORONTO, ONTARIO/ DYNAPAK/ MADE IN CANADA PATENTS PENDING"/.2 BLACK LETTERING READING "8/ TRACK/ STEREO/ 8/ TAPE/ CARTRIDGE/ CARTOUCHE/ DE RUBAN" & "MANUFACTURED BY/COLUMBIA RECORDS OF CANADA LTD."

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

BROWN TAPE/ WHITE CARTRIDGE/ MULTICOLOURED LABEL

Decoration

N/A