This excerpt is from an article about the dear, departed 8 track.
http://www.postgazette.com/pg/08314/...pid=newspanel8
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Sunday, November 09, 2008
By Ced Kurtz
By the time the CD came out in 1982, the eight-track was widely consigned to attics, basements and flea markets.
Late-period releases can be valuable. For example, Bruce Springsteen's "Live/1975-85" was one of the very few box sets to be released on vinyl, cassette, compact disc and eight-track tape.
The last widely issued eight-track tape, most agree, was Fleetwood Mac's "Greatest Hits" in November 1988.
But some won't stop (pause, click) believing. There is a cult of eight-track aficionados. One of the best sites for eight-track culture and lore is
www.8trackheaven.com.