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When did the 8-track tape really die? (It’s harder than you think)

From the mid-to-late 1970s, eight-tracks were the preferred and most popular format for recorded music. They’re an iconic relic associated with the 1970s the way a Rubik’s Cube is associated with the 1980s.

But eight-tracks weren’t perfect. The format required an album to be split into four ten-minute sections or “programs” of the cartridge, which means eight-tracks seldom presented an album the way a band or producer sequenced it—songs were arranged by eight-track manufacturers into whatever fit into those ten-minute slots. (The eight-track of Led Zeppelin’s IV has the eight-minute “Stairway to Heaven” split over two programs.)

But eight-tracks were convenient, and a popular feature on car stereos…until they were replaced by cassettes as the ‘80s wore on. Each of the major labels stopped releasing music on eight-track between 1981 and 1983, although eight-tracks didn’t totally end until 1985, about the time compact discs started to catch on.

So what was the last major album by a major album to get an eight-track release? An album called The Latest, by the distinctly ‘70s rock band Cheap Trick. It was released…in 2009.

In addition to a CD pressing and digital release, The Latest was manufactured on a limited run of eight-track tapes. Only a few hundred were produced. The band never intended for it to be a viable commercial product, especially since they could only find one tiny factory in Dallas who could even make eight-tracks in 2009. A few were available online for $30 (about twice the price of a CD), but the eight-track release was mainly designed as a publicity stunt, and to send to classic rock radio stations as a gift.

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