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8-Track cartridge: JETHRO TULL "AQUALUNG" 8 TRACK QUADRAPHONIC TAPE (YES QUAD! - READ BELOW)
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28 Oct 2015
16 Oct 2015
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1935
313
United States
Unknown
WARNER/REPRISE
Rock
Rock 'n' Roll
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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 TRULY CLASSIC JETHRO TULL ALBUM/TAPE SOUNDS FANTASTIC IN QUAD - THERE'S LOTS OF SOUNDS YOU HEAR ON THIS THAT YOU NEVER GET TO HEAR ON 2 CHANNEL STEREO RECORDINGS - REALLY GREAT SEPARATION BETWEEN CHANNELS ON THIS RECORDING - "LOCOMOTIVE BREATH" SOUNDS PARTICULARLY GOOD. OF COURSE, THE OPENING POWER CHORDS TO THE TITLE SONG "AQUALUNG" WILL BLOW YOU AWAY AS WILL THE BLISTERING LEAD BREAK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SONG. "CROSS EYED MARY" DELIVERS SOME GREAT RHYTHM/LEAD GUITAR PARTS AND FLUTE IN 4 CHANNEL 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 EXTREMELY WELL ON MY CR-80D-SS AKAI QUAD 8 TRACK PLAYER ( ALL 4 CHANNELS SEEM TO BE PROPERLY BALANCED AND THERE IS NO CROSSTALK ON PLAYBACK) AND HAVE NO REASON TO THINK IT WON'T ON YOURS --- IF FOR SOME REASON IT DOESN'T PLAY RIGHT FOR YOU, I WILL REFUND YOUR COST AND SHIPPING UPON RETURN.
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 TRULY CLASSIC JETHRO TULL ALBUM/TAPE SOUNDS FANTASTIC IN QUAD - THERE'S LOTS OF SOUNDS YOU HEAR ON THIS THAT YOU NEVER GET TO HEAR ON 2 CHANNEL STEREO RECORDINGS - REALLY GREAT SEPARATION BETWEEN CHANNELS ON THIS RECORDING - "LOCOMOTIVE BREATH" SOUNDS PARTICULARLY GOOD. OF COURSE, THE OPENING POWER CHORDS TO THE TITLE SONG "AQUALUNG" WILL BLOW YOU AWAY AS WILL THE BLISTERING LEAD BREAK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SONG. "CROSS EYED MARY" DELIVERS SOME GREAT RHYTHM/LEAD GUITAR PARTS AND FLUTE IN 4 CHANNEL 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 EXTREMELY WELL ON MY CR-80D-SS AKAI QUAD 8 TRACK PLAYER ( ALL 4 CHANNELS SEEM TO BE PROPERLY BALANCED AND THERE IS NO CROSSTALK ON PLAYBACK) AND HAVE NO REASON TO THINK IT WON'T ON YOURS --- IF FOR SOME REASON IT DOESN'T PLAY RIGHT FOR YOU, I WILL REFUND YOUR COST AND SHIPPING UPON RETURN.