8-Track cartridge: AEROSMITH "GET YOUR WINGS" 8 TRACK QUADRAPHONIC TAPE (YES QUAD - READ BELOW)

UNUSUAL FIND - ACQUIRED A SMALL COLLECTION OF 8 TRACK TAPES FROM ESTATE OF A MUSICIAN - MUCH TO MY SURPRISE/ASTONISHMENT AFTER RECONDITIONING THEM WITH NEW SENSING FOIL/SPLICE AND FOAM PRESSURE PADS I TESTED AND DISCOVERED IT TO ACTUALLY BE A 4 CHANNEL QUADRAPHONIC RECORDING THAT HAD BEEN PLACED INSIDE A REGULAR 8 TRACK TAPE CARTRIDGE. APPARENTLY THIS MUSICIAN EITHER PURCHASED QUAD TAPES AND HAD THEM PLACED INSIDE REGULAR 2 CHANNEL CARTRIDGES TO ISOLATE THE SOUND RECORDED ON EACH OF THE 4 CHANNELS OR HAD THEM RECORDED FOR HIMSELF AND PLACED THE TAPE INSIDE A REGULAR 2 CHANNEL 8 TRACK CARTRIDGES HE ALREADY HAD.

IF YOU OWN AN AKAI OR OTHER HIGH END QUAD TAPE PLAYER/RECORDER WITH A 2 CHANNEL TO 4 CHANNEL CONVERTER SWITCH YOU CAN LISTEN TO THIS IN QUADRAPHONIC AS IT IS (IN EXISTING CASE/CARTRIDGE) BY MERELY SELECTING TO PLAY IT IN 4 CHANNEL (INSTEAD OF 2 CHANNEL) OTHERWISE YOU'LL NEED TO REMOVE TAPE FROM THIS CARTRIDGE AND PLACE IT INSIDE A CARTRIDGE DESIGNED FOR 4 CHANNEL QUAD (ONES WITH THE NOTCH AT TOP). IT PLAYED PERFECTLY FINE LIKE THIS ON MY QUADRAPHONIC AKAI CR-80D-SS SURROUND STEREO 8 TRACK PLAYER.

THIS A GREAT SOUNDING ALBUM/TAPE IN QUAD - THERE'S LOTS OF SOUNDS YOU HEAR ON THIS THAT YOU NEVER REALIZED WHERE THERE IF YOU'VE ONLY LISTENED TO THE ALBUM - TRULY FANTASTIC SEPARATION BETWEEN CHANNELS ON THIS RECORDING - YOU'LL HEAR JOE PERRY DOING HIS BLISTERING LEADS ON ONE CHANNEL AND BRAD WHITFORD PLAYING RHYTHM ON THE OTHER WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD THIS CONVERTED FROM A QUAD CARTRIDGE OVER TO A 2 CHANNEL SO HE COULD MORE DISTINCTLY HEAR THE VARIOUS GUITAR PARTS FROM HIS PLAYER.

WHILE THIS PLAYS FINE ON MY QUAD 8 TRACK PLAYER AND HAVE NO REASON TO THINK IT WON'T ON YOURS --- IF FOR SOME REASON IT DOESN'T WORK RIGHT FOR YOU I WILL REFUND YOUR COST AND SHIPPING UPON RETURN.