For those around born around the same time as Prince. Did any of you Buy the 1999 8 Track? I wish I knew were mine was, haha? Its in some box but stored some where.

Those suckers are worth some money now. For instance: PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION "PURPLE RAIN" RARE 1984 USA 8 TRACK TAPE RESTORED. Look what its trying to fetch.

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Not many have it, so,

well what are you waiting for.

Go and find it !

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I'll be digging thru boxes for Days.

What does being born at the same time as Prince have to do with anything?

Prince is a baby boomber. It's fair to assume that the majority of his fan base were Gen Xers like myself, born after 1962. It was a very unique position people like him, Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Bruce Springsteen were in - being born in one generation and widely appealing to the next. We feel like they're our people, but yet they're more our parent's generation.

I never bought 1999 on 8-track, BUT ... my aunt had an 8-track recorder on her stereo. I recorded the first 6 or 7 songs of her album onto an older 8-track tape. Now, for anyone who knows about 8-tracks, they have a metal piece that triggers the head to jump down to the next layer of tracking on the tape. I think they were called Programs. Program 1, Program 2, etc. But, if you recorded over that metal piece, there was an obvious drop in sound for a second or so. So for a few years, I was used to a drop in "Little Red Corvette" and "Let's Pretend We're Married" and a couple others (I forget where.) I also never listened to anything past "Free." An 8-track wouldn't hold all those songs, maybe THREE, but not one.

When I finally got the whole album, it was weird to hear those songs w/o that drop in sound. My body and mind expected it and braced for it, yet it never happened. Weird aural habit to break. It was also a learning curve to get into things like "Automatic," "Lady Cab Driver," et al. Took me longer to appreciate "Something In The Water."

RESTORED!!!

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Astasheiks said:

I'll be digging thru boxes for Days.

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Lucky you.

Never know what you're going to find.

I am way too orderly and organized, which somehow is pretty sad.

I can no longer encounter surprises in my own home...

I need to become sloppy and disorganised. Hell yeah!

Maybe I should start drinking. ))

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TrivialPursuit said:

What does being born at the same time as Prince have to do with anything?

Prince is a baby boomber. It's fair to assume that the majority of his fan base were Gen Xers like myself, born after 1962. It was a very unique position people like him, Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Bruce Springsteen were in - being born in one generation and widely appealing to the next. We feel like they're our people, but yet they're more our parent's generation.

I never bought 1999 on 8-track, BUT ... my aunt had an 8-track recorder on her stereo. I recorded the first 6 or 7 songs of her album onto an older 8-track tape. Now, for anyone who knows about 8-tracks, they have a metal piece that triggers the head to jump down to the next layer of tracking on the tape. I think they were called Programs. Program 1, Program 2, etc. But, if you recorded over that metal piece, there was an obvious drop in sound for a second or so. So for a few years, I was used to a drop in "Little Red Corvette" and "Let's Pretend We're Married" and a couple others (I forget where.) I also never listened to anything past "Free." An 8-track wouldn't hold all those songs, maybe THREE, but not one.

When I finally got the whole album, it was weird to hear those songs w/o that drop in sound. My body and mind expected it and braced for it, yet it never happened. Weird aural habit to break. It was also a learning curve to get into things like "Automatic," "Lady Cab Driver," et al. Took me longer to appreciate "Something In The Water."

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I bought 'The Black Album' in 1988 on a bootleg cassette.

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Side one was -

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1 Bob George

2 Cindy C

3 Dead On It

4 When 2 R In Love

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Side 2 -

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5 Superfunkycalifragisexy

6 Le Grind

7 Rock Hard In A funky Place

8 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton

9 All My Dreams

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And up till this day since 1994, when I purschased the official release on CD,

I still think of the next song as I know it from back then.

Remains a bit weird too.

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