Psychedelic / Garage / Obscure / Rare 8-Track Tapes
This page is the cream of what I have to trade or sell, and I would prefer to trade for items on my wantlist (these prices are irrelevant if you have tapes I want). Please refer also to the regular rock page and the dollar tapes page as there may be more of this type of stuff listed there (generally in somewhat lesser condition). On this site as a whole, most tapes are $3 or less, so check out the other pages if these are too pricey for you. I find fewer and fewer of the rare '60s era tape versions of this type of music each year, so don't wait too long if you are interested in collecting these! Demand for 8-tracks is still quite low, fortunately...
**I am always buying similar items in ALL tape formats as well as on VINYL LP.**
Amboy Dukes-Marriage On The Rocks / Rock Bottom-Polydor-VG++; white Ampex $10
Animals-Eric Is Here-MGM-M-; h; white Ampex in title tag sleeve w/ protective end cap $15
Ginger Baker's Air Force-Atco-M-; TS; white cart Ampex; was SS, I opened & replaced roller; double play live show from '70 must have messed up any Cream fans who heard it, basically, this is thundering acid-jazz / afro-rock and is pretty twisted, an old fave of mine but not for the faint of heart! With Steve Winwood, Reebop, Graham Bond etc $5
Ginger Baker-At His Best-Polydor-SS; h; TS; red cart, Ampex type box; '72 double-play comp of mostly Blind Faith / Airforce tracks, killer stuff! $4
Beau Brummels-Triangle-WB-M-; white Ampex; roller replaced; early issue in "Protective Cap" sleeve; title tag is missing from end of sleeve $8
Blonde On Blonde-Contrasts-Janus-M-; fresh pads; blue GRT in GRT sleeve; cool UK psych-prog band (2 copies) $8
Blues Project-Live At The Cafe Au Go Go-Verve-M-; white 'flatpack' Lear / Ampex, very early tape in nice shape, roller replaced $15
:-Projections-Verve-M-; LS/TT; white 'flatpack' Lear / Ampex in original title tag sleeve w/ red Ampex end cap; roller replaced; these two are about the rarest / earliest Ampexes I've offered (along with the Animals carts above)...still looking for first two Velvets and first 3 Mothers albums in the same format in similar condition with complete packaging! Will pay good prices! $20
The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown-Track / Atlantic-M-; LS/TT (box is VG++); white Ampex, roller replaced; killer UK psych $8
Jack Bruce-Songs For A Tailor-Atco-M-; h; white Ampex / Lear; roller replaced; TS (sleeve is VG, taped seam) $5 OR VG+; h; GRT type white LearJet (roller replaced); essential UK prog oddity solo debut from ex-Cream bassist $2
:-At His Best-Polydor-SS; TS; 2-tape set in Ampex-style boxes, shrinkwrapped together; shrink torn, labels sun-faded a bit $15 OR same set but used (not shrinkwrapped together, obviously): M-, h; TS $10; KILLER double set comp of his 3 Atco LP's, really beats almost anything else I could name from the era, nothing like Cream (except for the freaky Pete Brown lyrics), more like weird prog-rock mixed with jazz, in fact this is closer musically to those UK-only Pete Brown & Battered Ornaments / Piblokto LP's on Harvest than anything else!
Tim Buckley-Blue Afteroon-Straight-M-; h; LS (open, unplayed, in shrink); rare orig blue cart in pink Straight sleeve $15
Buffalo Springfield-Last Time Around-Atco-SS; TS; black Ampex in yellow title sleeve in perfect SS shape! $20
Byrds-The Notorious Byrd Brothers-Canada Columbia-VG; fresh pads; labels are same as USA, cart is a white "Made In Canada" Dynapak cart; labels are worn $3
Captain Beyond-Dawn Explosion-WB-SS; LS; h $8
Country Joe & The Fish-Together-Vanguard-M-; TS (sleeve is VG++); white Ampex; great SF psych $12
:-Here We Are Again-Vanguard-M-; white Ampex; fresh pads; TS (sleeve is VG) $6
:-Greatest Hits-Vanguard-SS; uncut; mid '70s black Ampex; lists title as "Best Of" $8
:-C.J. Fish-Vanguard-SS; LS; white Audiopak cart $8
:-The Life & Times Of Country Joe & The Fish From Haight Ashbury To Woodstock-Vanguard-M-; black Ampex $8 OR EX; h; black Ampex $5; double play comp w/ half only-here live Fillmore tracks, "Fixin' To Die" & "Bass Strings" in their original Rag Baby EP versions, plus fave LP tracks (will pay high $$ for quad version of this tape and especially any quad reels by this group!)
Cream-Live Cream Vol. II-Atco-M-; LS/TT; h; grey Ampex $8
Crosby, Stills & Nash-Atlantic-VG; PB; roller replaced; white LearJet in GRT-style pic box (these weird non-Ampex tapes from Atlantic/Atco circa '69-'70 that look like GRT art box tapes, but don't mention GRT, were actually subcontracted to Decca / MCA, of all people, for duplication...probably they had them manufactured at the GRT plant in CA...before everything got standardized thru WEA circa 1972)...box is about VG as well $3
David Crosby-If I Could Only Remember My Name-Atlantic-SS; TS; black Ampex orig in title sleeve; killer '71 solo $6
Donovan-Catch The Wind-Hickory-VG++; fresh pads; white cart ITCC $5 OR VG+; PB; white GRT in pic box; fresh pads; box is VG (somebody defaced Don's pic w/ moustache & glasses...) $3
:-Fairytale-Hickory-VG++; fresh pads; white cart ITCC $5
:-The Real Donovan-Hickory-VG++; fresh pads; white cart ITCC $5
:-For Little Ones-Epic-VG+; h; white cart; fresh pads $3
Friend & Lover-Reach Out Of The Darkness-Verve Forecast-M-; actually a 4-track that's got one of those plastic "gidget" type 4/8 pinch-roller adapters held in place with a sticker, from when they were dumping the remaining 4-track inventory circa 1970, so it plays in any 8-track player; white cart ITCC; fresh pads; remove the adapter if you want to play in a 4-track deck $8
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly-OST-UA-EX; swol; fresh pads; early white cart issue w/ 3-piece labels circa 1967 of classic Morricone score $4
Gryphon-Midnight Mushrumps-UK Transatlantic-SS; PB; sealed UK orig in art sleeve! $8
John Hartford-Aereo-Plain-WB-EX; black Ampex; cool freaky roots-bluegrass album $3
Hot Tuna-RCA-M-; PB; '70 orig of acoustic debut in cool pic box, mint in shrink! $10
Python Lee Jackson-In A Broken Dream-GNP Crescendo-SS; h; blue GRT in GRT sleeve; UK studio project w/ Rod Stewart on vox on classic title hit (most of this is blues instro's, though) $6
Tommy James & The Shondells-Crimson & Clover-VG; white GRT; fresh pads; worn label $2
:-Best Of-Roulette-VG++; white GRT; fresh pads $4
Jefferson Airplane-Volunteers-RCA-EX; PB (box is VG++); '69 orig in pic box $8
Jonesy-No Alternative-UK Dawn-SS; PB; '72 UK orig in art sleeve! $10
Paul Kantner & Grace Slick-Sunfighter-Grunt-SS; LS; h; classic ex-Airplane in '71 $4 OR EX; LS $2
King Crimson-Red-Atlantic-SS; PB; h; pink cart orig in art sleeve (3 copies) $6
Kinks-Lola Vs. Powerman & The Moneygoround-Reprise-EX; h; yellow cart Ampex $5
Claudine Longet-Claudine-A&M-EX; fresh pads; white cart ITCC $4
Lovin' Spoonful-Best Of-Kama Sutra-M-; LS/TT; roller replaced; early white Ampex w/ 3-piece labels & red end cap in "Protective Cap" sleeve (sleeve is VG++) $6
Manfred Mann Chapter Three-Polydor-M-; TS; box is VG+; killer early progrock stuff $8
Mason Proffit-Movin' Toward Happiness-Happy Tiger-VG++; h; black Ampex $2
Country Joe McDonald-Tonight I'm Singing Just For You-Vanguard-SS; LS/TT; h; white cart Ampex; may need roller replaced $3
Modern Sounds-Famous Songs Of Hank Williams In Modern Rock-Acid Sound / A Return Trip With The Modern Sounds-Audio Spectrum-VG++; swol; white Ampex / LearJet; roller replaced; crazed fuzz-psych exploito Hank covers, from the same bunch as 101 Strings- Astro Sounds, Animated Egg, etc (some of the same backing tracks show up here)...pretty rare actually, I've still never found a copy of the vinyl (which was on Alshire) $15
Zoot Money-Welcome To My Head-Capitol-SS; LS; '69 UK ex-Dantalions Chariot, Animals et al beat / blues boom legend $5
Moody Blues-Go Now / The Moody Blues #1-London-VG++; LS/TT; black Ampex in blue-green title sleeve $5
:-In Search Of The Lost Chord-Deram-EX; LS/TT; white Ampex in blue-green title sleeve (sleeve is VG+); roller replaced $5
Nazz-SGC-VG+; PB; fresh pads; white GRT in pic box (box is VG+); classic Philly band w/ Todd Rundgren $8
Paupers-Magic People-Verve-M-; LS/TT; "flatpack" Ampex / Lear Jet in "Protective Cap" sleeve; roller replaced; excellent Canadian psych $15
Pink Floyd-Animals-Italy EMI Harvest-SS '77 orig, I think this is the version with that extra solo on one song $30
Pretty Things-S.F. Sorrow-Rare Earth-SS; LS; classic UK psych $10
Procol Harum-Home-A&M-M-; fresh pads; tan cart orig $3
Quicksilver Messenger Service-Capitol-VG++; slt. tol; pink label / black cart, early issue of classic debut $5
:-Shady Grove-Capitol-M-; LS; in shrink; fresh pads; '70 orig $8
Lou Reed-Berlin-RCA-SS; LS; h; sealed '73 orig, supposedly this has a few extra minutes of music not on the LP (which was originally conceived & recorded as a 2LP set, which RCA then refused to spend the extra $$ to press, so producer Bob Ezrin edited about 14 minutes out of the original master to make a long single album...I suppose that is where the extra music came from) (4 copies) $8
Christopher Scott-Switched On Bacharach-Decca-M-; LS; cool flaky synth versions $5
Small Faces-Ogden's Nut Gone Flake-Immediate-EX; LS; h; fresh pads; '68 orange cart orig in Columbia sleeve $10
Sons Of Champlin-Loosen Up Naturally-Capitol-M-; LS; fresh pads; '69 SF jazz-rock-psych $8
Sopwith Camel-Kama Sutra-M-; LS/TT; "flatpack" Ampex / Lear Jet in "Protective Cap" sleeve; roller replaced $10
Steppenwolf-At Your Birthday Party-Dunhill-VG++; TS (box is VG+); white Ampex $8
T.I.M.E.-Smooth Ball-Liberty-VG+; h; wol; fresh pads; rare '68 CA psych $8
Travel Agency-Viva-M-; NAL cart in groovy NAL sleeve of great psych / folkrockers $15
Leslie West-Mountain-Bell-EX; ITCC orig in ITCC sleeve $4
Youngbloods-RCA-VG++; weird transitional sleeve, generic RCA box diecut on one side for titles on cart label to show thru with cvr pic slick glued onto other side of the box $5
:-Earth Music-RCA-SS; LS; "Custom Edition" RE circa early '70s (has the cover art on front); classic hippie psych $4
Zabriskie Point-OST-MGM-SS; h; TS; white cart Ampex w/ title box, probably a reseal; will need roller replaced if you intend to play it; with rare only-here Pink Floyd, Garcia cuts plus John Fahey, Kaleidoscope, G. Dead, from Antonioni film...I have a few copies so $25