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Cheap Trick Releases New Album on 8-Track
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by Truemorist | July 16, 2009 at 01:35 pm
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Cheap Trick, in a strange bid for relevance, has turned to an unlikely source: the 8-track. By releasing their new album on 8-track, Cheap Trick hopes to go so far towards the obsolete that they come back around the other side to become totally now. The album, incidentally, is called The Latest.
If I stand in a certain spot, I kinda see their logic, and I hope it actually works.
Cheap Trick, your Truemorist salutes you.
The 8-track tape version costs $30 (it's available for pre-order) while the CD is going for $12.99 on Amazon. The record is $20 and the digital download is $8.99.
I hope 8-tracks make a comeback... even if it's just a hollowed-out plastic shell with an iPod glued inside.
A frequently asked question is "when did they stop making 8-tracks?" The answer is -- they didn't!
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at 14:15 on July 16th, 2009
I keep reading everywhere that Gen X nostalgia is big, big, big. I wonder if they're tapping into the sentimental market. A brilliant, daring move. We'll see if it works. I'd buy the Grease 8 Track or Tom T. Hall. Big bro sent them to me while in the Marines - during the dreadful Iranian Hostage Crisis of the 80s. Based on that bit of nostalgia/memoir, I'm game!
at 16:18 on July 16th, 2009
There's nothing better than listening to Cheap Trick on an eight-track with the windows rolled up!
at 07:23 on July 17th, 2009
GenX?? I'm sorry but the 8 Track was WAY before GenX
at 05:49 on July 18th, 2009
It was GenB or GenC at least.
at 17:42 on July 20th, 2009
And that's a good thing too!
at 08:02 on July 25th, 2009
Regardless of what medium, just buy this CD. Take it from a diehard CT fan since '79, it's the best thing they've done in over 20 years, easy!