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halifaxhops said

Hey Rani ever see the Mopar 71 tape player recorder. Kind of cool, played tapes, could record your voice and also recorded from the radio onto the tape. Customer has one here in his six pack original car.
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They also made a 8 track one, never saw one in person though.
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I am not at all familiar with the 8 track cassettes, only had the 4 track. And for those who wonder what this means, is that you need 2 tracks for stereo, 1 track for the left speaker and 1 track for the right speaker. Then, when at the end, you flip it over and play the other 2 tracks. The 8 track cassette I assume you have a switch to play 2 set of songs on each side.
I always used the 60 minute cassettes, never the 90 or 120. Too much "band salad" we called it. The tape material was so thin to get 50% or 100% more length in them that they did not hold up too well. Maybe expensive players were better.

If you bought a cassette with music on, I think the only size I have come across was 45 minute.


Bill