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Old April 15th 16, 07:39 AM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
Andy
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Default Spar 8 Tracks

you are correct about boot legging and piracy.
2 forms that will never be totally stopped.
as for noodles yes i dought he would have the smarts to run a record
company
spar is like some the no name music company's in my area sometimes they do
good covers of a bands music other times it really sucks


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On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 3:39:57 AM UTC-4, Andy wrote:
So an early day napster or pirate bay type thing you hear about all the
time.
or the good old use net news groups that not many use any more
maby spar was run by noodles


You're possibly joking with the Charlie "Noodles" Nudo reference in regards
to Spar, but Spar was actually located in Nashville Tennessee during the
time that they were in business. Though they did mostly country music themed
8-Track tapes, they actually released tapes in a variety of music styles. As
I said, they weren't in business very long as competition from other music
pirates began taking over the free way of music. The sound of the tapes from
the competing music pirates varied. Sometimes, they would record records
onto tape and sell them. I have a pirated tape of Willie Nelson called Gold
'Til Now, which features some of his hit covers that were taped from
records. They also copied from other 8-Track's as well using a duplicator.
Spar simply used it's own musicians to record tracks and have singers with
freaky voices that can sound like a particular performer. The money that
people paid when they purchased their tapes went to pay their musicians and
singers, while they kept some of the money to themselves. Plus, they even
stated on their tapes "All fees and royalties paid", which were mostly token
payments to music publishers to maintain a semblance of legitimacy.

Music piracy was around way before the internet and still continues to
flourish to this day. Bootlegging became a thing when they released the
infamous Bob Dylan demos bootleg "Great White Wonder", which I happen to
have in my ever growing vinyl collection, and even to this day, bootlegging
flourishes. It will continue to flourish as long as people buy bootleg
records and CD's to add to their music collection.

Thanks again.


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