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They apparently made a clear one of these, I've seen pictures of one.

I had a similar type of portable player. Worked great. The one thing that pissed me off with 8tracks was their fading in the middle of a song and fading back in after changing tracks. It would have been much less irritating if they'd just clicked in the middle of the song.

freethoughtmusic 2 months ago

Whoever invented this was a pure genius. If this came out now, I would by the yellow, red, and blue radios.

203207ab 7 months ago

Absolutely awesome, my Dad had one (God Bless) in his XJ6 Jaguar back in the 70's but he only had two cassettes, a compilation of Ennio Morricone's music from the Dollar series movies and I think a Dean Martin compilation...Oh, and yes, the family stereo had an 8-track as well, built in was the amplifier plus radio tuner with Wharfdale speakers. All quite posh back then, thanks for posting.

GNeuman 8 months ago

so that's how it works! cool! I never realized that all 8 songs were arranged that way on the tape, very inventive!

shaynapulley 1 year ago

i need to get one of these.'cept i noticed these players are very very expensive,drats.

i already have a regular Panasonic 8-track player with AM/FM and woodgrain finish. if only these TNT players had a headphone jack i'd be way more interested in it other than the looks. think i'd rather have a Welltron 2001 but these look cute and more portable. i can imagine bringing one on the bus lol.

bunnygal079 1 year ago

no matter what they made, seemed like panasonic products always, ALWAYS, had a kick ass sound to them. even these cheap ass things. remember the toot-a-loop and panapet? i have a couple of pana SW radios from 70's will never sell!

pahlorstoker 1 year ago

We used to have this one in yellow.

RacerE7773 1 year ago

I have not seen this in so long as I remember the TV commercial. Many years ago, I was told cassette players were going out as 8 tract were the thing. Yeah' right, 8 tract went out in the early 1980's as cassette player keep going until the early 1990's. I still have many vinyl records, over 3000 since the early 1970's until the early 1990's.

patsaxon 1 year ago

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333SlayerCFH 2 years ago

This is excellent! Thanks for posting.

MarraBlue 2 years ago

are these worth thousands of dollars now in the collectors market? or what.

203207ab 2 years ago

I had a red one. I remember having the soundtrack to "Grease" and the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper..." on 8-track. In fact, I still have the "sgt. pepper..." tape.

OriginalRooster 2 years ago

I had one in yellow. Don't call it a "piece of junk". That was state of the art in portable players back in the day. It wasn't meant to be an audiophile device, it was a really convenient way to play recorded music anywhere.

doncirelli 3 years ago 7

@doncirelli I had one in blue. Then mom bought me a Take n Tape.

crossbronx63 1 year ago

damn thats cool

satchbooggy 3 years ago

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its piece of junk that's not even in stereo and it has that all too familiar dragging sound 8 tracks used to make when playing

chinasherry1961 3 years ago

I have them in all four colors!! =)

nostalgiabufff 3 years ago

@nostalgiabufff Lucky, and I mean that. I miss 8 tracks and cassettes. I've thrown out more scratched CDs than I have "bad" tapes of both formats. If I won $ someday I'd go on ebay like crazy for both tapes.

RacerE7773 1 year ago

@RacerE7773 people always complain about how "bad" 8-tracks are and it's not even true. i have various albums on both 8-track and CD and honestly the 8-track versions sound better. i've always hated when CD's all get scratched up and make that annoying skip sound. way worse than any bad 8-track i've heard.

bunnygal079 1 year ago

Nice. My friend from high school had one of those Panasonic players. I like how Panasonic radios and tape players came in different shapes and colors.

kimberlyKfnOphiEAGLE 3 years ago