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8-TRACKS - 8 track's - THE LAST ONES OFFICIALLY MADE (1986-1988)
All pictured at the REEL-PHOTOS link above
The 8-track was on the market and survived 24 years which is about the same length that the reel to reel survived
Here are the very last known 8-track cassette tapes officially released during 1987 and 1988.
8-Tracks were popular with truckers and therefore had a strong country & western market
You can see pictures of 500 of the last 8-tracks made from 1983-1988 by clicking on the REEL PHOTOS link above
1988 had 14 and 3 country = 17 releases
CHICAGO 19
DIRE STRAITS - MONEY FOR NOTHING (GREATEST HITS)
FLEETWOOD MAC - GREATEST HITS
HALL AND OATES - OOH YEAH
JOURNEY - RAISED ON RADIO
JOURNEY - GREATEST HITS
HUEY LEWIS - SMALL WORLD
BILLY OCEAN - TEAR DOWN THE WALLS
JAMES TAYLOR - NEVER DIE YOUNG
TINA TURNER - TINA LIVE IN EUROPE
U2 - RATTLE AND HUM
STEVE WINDWOOD - ROLL WITH IT
COCKTAIL SOUNDTRACK
GOOD MORNING VIETNAM SOUNDTRACK
GEORGE STRAIT - IF YOU AIN'T LOVIN YOU AIN'T LIVIN
RANDY TRAVIS - OLD 8 X 10
DWIGHT YOAKAM - BUENOS NOCHES FROM A LONELY ROOM
1987 had 27 and 11 country = 38 releases
BRYAN ADAMS - INTO THE FIRE
DAVID BOWIE - NEVER LET ME DOWN
THE CARS - DOOR TO DOOR
FLEETWOOD MAC - TANGO IN THE NIGHT
SAMMY HAGAR - SAMMY HAGAR
GEORGE HARRISON - CLOUD NINE
HEART - BAD ANIMALS
BILLY IDOL - WHIPLASH SMILE
BILLY IDOL - VITAL IDOL
MICHAEL JACKSON - BAD
BILLY JOEL - KOLLEPT
MADONNA - WHO'S THAT GIRL
MADONNA - YOU CAN DANCE
RICHARD MARX
MAUREEN McGOVERN - ANOTHER WOMAN IN LOVE
CHRISTINE MCVIE - CHRISTINE MCVIE
ROY ORBISON - IN DREAMS (GREATEST HITS)
PRINCE - SIGN O THE TIMES
REO SPEEDWAGON - LIFE AS WE KNOW IT
CARLY SIMON - COMING AROUND AGAIN
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - TUNNEL OF LOVE
WHAM - MUSIC FROM THE EDGE OF HEAVEN
U2 - THE JOSHUA TREE
DIONNE WARWICK - RESERVATIONS FOR TWO
BRUCE WILLIS - THE RETURN OF BRUNO
LA BAMBA SOUNDTRACK
PLATOON SOUNDTRACK
STEVE EARLE - EXIT O
STEVE EARLE - EARLY TRACKS
LEE GREENWOOD - IF THERE'S ANY JUSTICE
REBA MCENTIRE - GREATEST HITS
O.B. McCLINTON
OAK RIDGE BOYS - WHERE THE FAST LANE ENDS
MARIE OSMOND - I ONLY WANTED YOU
DOLLY PARSON / EMMYLOU HARRIS / LINDA RONSTADT - TRIO
KENNY ROGERS - I PREFER THE MOONLIGHT
GEORGE STRAIT - OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY
DWIGHT YOAKAM - HILLBILLY DELUXE
Thanks to 8 Track Heaven for part of the info at http://www.8trackheaven.com/index.html