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Spar 8 Tracks
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 |
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Spar 8 Tracks
On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 09:51:13 -0800 (PST), Paul Urbahns
wrote: 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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Spar 8 Tracks
I have a few Spar 8-Track's myself. I recently scored one via a seller in a Facebook group alongside several others, with three of them still sealed. That recent score is in mint condition and is in it's original slipcase. I have a few others that I scored many years ago in the late 1990's in a case full of 8-Tracks that were mostly country music. At the moment, I am not interested in selling them, but if I ever change my mind, I will let you know, Mr. Urbahns.
Thanks for asking. Thanks also for the info, DeserTBob |
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Spar 8 Tracks
Spar or spare?
kates track shack is makeing me an offer to buy my pro model sony 8 track tape corder -- AL'S COMPUTERS "frschoonover" wrote in message ... I have a few Spar 8-Track's myself. I recently scored one via a seller in a Facebook group alongside several others, with three of them still sealed. That recent score is in mint condition and is in it's original slipcase. I have a few others that I scored many years ago in the late 1990's in a case full of 8-Tracks that were mostly country music. At the moment, I am not interested in selling them, but if I ever change my mind, I will let you know, Mr. Urbahns. Thanks for asking. Thanks also for the info, DeserTBob |
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Spar 8 Tracks
On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 4:07:26 AM UTC-4, Andy wrote:
Spar or spare? kates track shack is makeing me an offer to buy my pro model sony 8 track tape corder -- AL'S COMPUTERS Spar Andy. Spar was another one of those pirated 8-Track labels that were sold at truck stops and, at times, flea markets. They usually featured covers bands doing sound alike recordings of hits of the day. I recently scored one from a guy in Oklahoma where I bought a whole bunch of tapes from. Depending on what player you played them on, they usually didn't sound very good. The company wasn't around for very long. There was also competition from other pirated 8-Track tape labels, with most of them compiling multiple songs from various artists onto one tape or songs from the same artist onto one tape. I remember at gas stations and convenience stores, when someone bought two packs of a few particular brands of cigarettes, such as Kool, Salem, Winston, Bel-Air or Raleigh, they would get a free pirated 8-Track with the purchase of them. I don't know how the tobacco companies got away with that, but they did. Thanks for asking, Andy. |
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Spar 8 Tracks
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 "frschoonover" wrote in message ... On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 4:07:26 AM UTC-4, Andy wrote: Spar or spare? kates track shack is makeing me an offer to buy my pro model sony 8 track tape corder -- AL'S COMPUTERS Spar Andy. Spar was another one of those pirated 8-Track labels that were sold at truck stops and, at times, flea markets. They usually featured covers bands doing sound alike recordings of hits of the day. I recently scored one from a guy in Oklahoma where I bought a whole bunch of tapes from. Depending on what player you played them on, they usually didn't sound very good. The company wasn't around for very long. There was also competition from other pirated 8-Track tape labels, with most of them compiling multiple songs from various artists onto one tape or songs from the same artist onto one tape. I remember at gas stations and convenience stores, when someone bought two packs of a few particular brands of cigarettes, such as Kool, Salem, Winston, Bel-Air or Raleigh, they would get a free pirated 8-Track with the purchase of them. I don't know how the tobacco companies got away with that, but they did. Thanks for asking, Andy. |
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