Tag: Cassettes

8 Track Shack Gains Approved Vendor Status at Atascadero State Hospital

8 Track Shack has once again been selected by Atascadero State Hospital as an approved vendor of audio cassette tapes for 2015. Dozens of our Institutional Audio Cassette Catalog have been sent to the facility for residents to peruse. Each catalog has a number of order forms and special requests forms for titles that do not appear in the catalog. If you have a loved one residing at the Atascadero State Hospital in California who would like to receive their own catalog, you may order them here (orders placed for these catalogs come with a free tape voucher included).  Or […]

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2015 Institutional Audio Cassette Tape Catalogs Released

The 8 Track Shack 2015 Institutional Audio Cassette Tape Catalogs have been printed and shipped to all inmates and residents at correctional facilities and state hospitals that have requested them. If you have a loved one who is currently incarcerated and they would like to receive a catalog, you may send a request via email through our website with the inmate’s name, DIN # and address and we will make sure they get a catalog. This year’s catalog is much the same as last year’s edition, with the exception that the Special Request Form is actually in the catalog. This […]

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Some Cassette Rarities and a Coloring Contest for November

Here at 8 Track Shack we’re trying to get stocked up for holiday shopping with a good variety of Christmas music and other genres as well. In the past week we’ve come across some rarities on audio cassette, including a copy of The Grackels: Chen’s Chocolate Tribe E.P. (pictured at left). If anybody is up for a little contest to win some 8 Track Shack cash, go to the link above, click on the picture of the album cover, print it out, color it, and then mail it to us. We’ll give the first entry we receive a $25 gift […]

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Changes to Cassette Tape Description Pages Benefit Families of Inmates

For those 8 Track Shack customers who buy cassette tapes for their family members and/or friends who are incarcerated, we’ve made a change that will make your shopping easier.  Starting in May 2012, all newly listed cassette tapes with clear cassette tape bodies (a requirement in some states’ prison systems) will be denoted with “CLEAR CASSETTE TAPE BODY” beside the label, to the right of the photo….as pictured above. Shoppers can view all the current tapes with clear shells by clicking on the “CLEAR CASSETTE TAPE BODY” link. This change will only apply to the cassettes added to the 8 […]

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All Spring 2011 Prison Cassette Tape Catalogs Have Shipped

It took one more run at the printers, but the Spring 2011 Prison/Institutional audio cassette tape catalogs have all shipped. Anyone who requested a catalog up until this morning and all customers who’ve ordered previously should have been sent a catalog. If you requested a catalog and your friend/family member has not received one by the end of next week, please contact us and we’ll ship another. The informational page about cassette tapes for inmates has been updated as well. We have plenty of extra catalog this time. All new requests for catalogs will ship within 24 hours. The next […]

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