On February 14, 2011 the world will gain it's first opportunity to wonder around an Eight-Track tape museum. The vision of collector Bucks Burnett, the Dallas Texas museum will house over 2,000 Eight-Track cartridges.
Popular from the mid-1960s until the early 80s, Eight-Track tapes actually provided a higher quality sound than the cassette tape (the Eight-Track killer) because they ran at twice the speed. However, the Eight-Track format kept a cult following with some bands still releasing limited number of tapes. Cheap Trick offered their 2009 album The Latest on Eight-Track.
If you ever find yourself in Dallas you may want to swing by. As far as I know, it's the only music format that has it's own museum. Not even vinyl has it's own sanctuary!
http://www.eighttrackmuseum.org/
