![]() ![]() They were limited though in how much music they could hold and were notorious for cutting off a long jam to “flip sides” right in the middle of a guitar solo with a sudden pause and the dreaded “click” that signaled the flip.ĭuring the late seventies/early eighties the cassette tape slowly edged the 8-track out. They did offer an alternative to listening to music and allowed for one to easily hear their purchase just about anywhere they wanted to. They eventually became affordable but never totally replaced albums. They were a novel invention that solved many of the portability issues at first if you could afford the tapes and the players needed for them. ![]() In 1966 the 8-track became available to consumers for the first time. Add the fragility of the records themselves to the equation and you could understand the conundrum the industry and music lovers faced when it came to portability. Companies tried to figure out ways to make music more portable since most of us could not fit a record player in the car (except for Muhammad Ali) or carry one around outside. As music evolved so did the way we listened to it. Along the way, we listened to albums, reel to reel, 8 ( click) tracks, cassettes, CDs. We went from mono to stereo in the late fifties. One could have the whole catalogue of the three biggest rock bands in the world and still have room to spare. The Stones have recorded to date 422 songs. A device that was about the size of a calculator (do they even sell those anymore!) in your pocket or banded to your arm that had the capability of holding one thousand songs. ![]() ![]() Twenty-one years ago, Apple introduced the first iPod. Most of you are probably thinking… wait, Apple still sold iPods up until the other day? Will there be riots? It was the device that totally revolutionized how we listened to music. Dan Taylor-Watt from London, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsĪttention! As of this week, Apple is no longer offering the IPod for sale, it is now sold out and discontinued. ![]()
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