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Old February 25th 14, 08:35 PM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
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Default Spar 8 Tracks

On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 09:51:13 -0800 (PST), Paul Urbahns
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I am searching for 8 track tapes on the Spar label. Many times they are sound-a-likes of current hits with made-up names like The Now Generation, Nashville Country Jamboree, etc. If you do not have any tapes maybe you have run across a catalog or sale list lists releases.
Thanks!

Paul Urbahns
Radcliff, Ky


"Spar" was a truck stop brand popular in the 1960s through early '70s.
What they did was take "cover bands" (usually found in bars and honky
tonks) and had them "cover" big hits of other, better artists.

These truck stop carts are very rare today, as the musical content was
usually marginal at best, and the quality of the recordings were even
worse, usually.

I believe Spar (and many other fly-by-night labels servicing truck
stops were shut down due to copyright violations in the '70s. I have
run across them, and they're usually pretty awful!
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