“Strange tapes they would play then“
Following a recent feature in Record Collector magazine, it is apparent that the once neglected and much maligned 8-track cartridge has now become popular among collectors. So much so that there is now a National 8 Track Tape Day in the USA scheduled for April 11th.
Naturally Bowie figures highly among the most collectable artists and you can view a small selection of some of the more desirable tapes from around the world by scrolling/swiping the images accompanying this item.
Pictured are the impossibly rare 1967 US Deram stereo cartridge through to 1983’s Let’s Dance, via a few Ziggy Stardusts a couple of Aladdin Sanes and even a TMWSTW cartoon sleeve on Mercury…and there are many more where they came from.
But what we’d love to find out from the collectors of this most bizarre of formats is what was the last Bowie album produced as an 8-track? We reckon it was Never Let Me Down but perhaps you know differently?
Also, aside from the Deram album, which other early Bowie albums were issued on 8-track?
Responses via the official Bowie FB page with pictorial evidence are encouraged.
Finally, if you have absolutely no clue what we’re talking about, you can find out all you need to know regarding the format on Wikipedia.