Hancock on 8 Track

Do you remember the 1970s? If so, you will probably remember 8 Track Stereo Cartridges? Did you, like me, have an 8 Track Player in your car? Bad luck, we backed the wrong horse, didn't we! It was a story similar to that of the Betamax video - forced out of the marketplace by the VHS video system. Similarly, the 8 Track Stereo player arrived, lasted a while and disappeared, while the audiocassette survived well into the era of CDs.

The BBC and other record companies produced a number of 8 Track Stereo recordings, as an alternative to the vinyl LPs and audiocassettes of the same shows. 8 Tracks were never so popular as vinyl LPs and audiocassettes, and many album titles were never issued in this format. For example, recordings of 'Hancock's Half Hour' were relatively plentiful as vinyl LPs and audiocassettes, but only four recordings were ever issued in the 8 Track format: two by the BBC and two by Precision Tapes Ltd.

The four recordings were as follows: