8-tracks
Outdated music format
8-tracks were a magnetic tape format for recorded music, popular from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s.
The cartridges played in a continuous loop, dividing albums into four programs that sometimes split songs awkwardly.
Car stereos made them ubiquitous until cassette tapes replaced them.
Now shorthand for outdated technology: That phone is as obsolete as an 8-track.
Evoking recent past
- vintageQuality from past eras
- seventies1970-1979 period
- sixtiesNumbers sixty through sixty-nine
- collectibleObject worth amassing
memorabilia · classic · throwback · yesteryear · antique · relic · bygone · old-school
Sealed container for supplies
- tapeAdhesive strip on roll
- playerGame participant
- stereoTwo-channel audio system
- deckShip's flat surface
playback · analog · magnetic · fidelity · multitrack · recording · sound · hi-fi
Unified collection of recordings
- playlistArranged media collection
- mixtapeInformal song compilation
- genreCategory of creative work
- rockSolid earthen material
disco · funk · soul · country · pop · rhythm · melody · beat
No longer available
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- outdatedNo longer in use
- antiquatedOld and outdated
defunct · replaced · abandoned · forgotten · phased-out · landfill
retro
Evoking recent past
collectible · memorabilia · classic · throwback · yesteryear · antique · relic · bygone · old-school · Americana
cartridge
Sealed container for supplies
deck · playback · analog · magnetic · fidelity · multitrack · recording · sound · hi-fi · adapter
album
Unified collection of recordings
rock · disco · funk · soul · country · pop · rhythm · melody · beat · tune
discontinued
No longer available
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- outdatedNo longer in use
antiquated · defunct · replaced · abandoned · forgotten · phased-out · landfill
- music memorabiliaconcert tickets, ticket stubs, tour posters, autographs, band posters
- obsolete technologyVHS, VHS tapes, cassette tape, cassette tapes, floppy disk
- Merchband shirts, band tees, concert tees, keychains, enamel pins
- retro musicdisco, funk, Motown, doo-wop, soul
8-tracksstreaming
Real-time digital delivery
Spotify · digital downloads · MP3s · Apple Music · CDs
8-tracksvinyl
Synthetic resin plastic
vinyl records · cassette tapes · CDs · MP3