Just a note to say that the #DailyBowieThing we started on the official Bowie Facebook and Instagram pages has morphed into #AnOccasionalBowieThing, albeit still with very frequent posts.
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BOWIE THING – #102
“Listen to 8-tracks by Sam Therapy and King Dice...”
We’ve featured a lot of RFs* since we started #DailyBowieThing last November, so it’s surprising it’s taken this long to get around to the 8-track cartridge.
We’ve written enough about them over the years, so we won’t bore you with more detail, suffice to say, this once hugely popular format is no longer in production.
Bowie 8-tracks were produced from 1967 through to 1987 with all the territorial variations a collector would expect. In short, it’s not an area the faint-hearted should embark upon.
However, if this is an area of collecting that appeals, check out John Carroll & Leo Rodia’s exhaustive site: BowieOnTape.com – But, be warned, as brilliant a resource as it is, it may make you think twice before you embark upon this particular endeavour.
We have illustrated this item with the four earliest examples we are aware of, clockwise from top left...
1 = 1967 US Deram album debut, unfortunately missing its outer cardboard slipcase...presuming there was one.
2 = 1970 UK Decca The World Of David Bowie, still in original shrinkwrap.
3 = 1971 UK Mercury The Man Who Sold The World, again, no slipcase but impossible to find these days.
4 = 1971 US Mercury The Man Who Sold The World, in original shrinkwrap and does turn up fairly regularly.
There are suggestions that #4 is a counterfeit, but that’s a can of worms we’ll be opening another day.
* Redundant Fomats
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