Most vinyl albums were available in the tape format of the time(cassette, 8-track, and/or reel-to-reel tapes).Below are some exceptions and examples.
8-TRACK TAPES
COMPILATIONS AVAILABLE ONLY ON 8-TRACK TAPE:
ROSES ARE RED (Sunset Stereo Tape #S-1055, Released 1970)
PROGRAM 1Roses are Red (My Love) / See the Funny Little Clown / Whenever He Holds YouPROGRAM 2Whenever He Holds You (continued) / End of the World / Too YoungPROGRAM 3If She Was Mine / Pledge of Love / Blue AutumnPROGRAM 4Blue Autumn (continued) / Danny / When Your Love Has GoneRELEASED IN TWO VARIATIONS
SUPERPAK (United Artists Stereo Tape #04009, Released 1971)
PROGRAM 1It’s Too Late / Born to Lose / Today / Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town / Little Green ApplesPROGRAM 2Everybody’s Talkin’ / Jean / As Tears Go By / If You Go Away (Ne Me Quitte Pas) / You Don’t Know MePROGRAM 3By the Time I Get to Phoenix / Cry Me a River / Say It’s Not Over / Sweet Caroline / The Straight LifePROGRAM 4It’s All in the Game / Roses are Red (My Love) / Let it Be Me / (Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such as I / Proud MaryALSO RELEASED AS “BOBBY GOLDSBORO”
COMPILATIONS AVAILABLE ONLY ON CASSETTE TAPE:
GOLDEN HITS(EMI America Tape #4XLL-9171, Released 1985)HONEY(Star Tape #SC 1086)
SIDE 2See the Funny Little ClownAnd I Love You SoLittle ThingsRoses are RedLet it Be Me
CASSETTE TAPES
MISCELLANEOUS
“IF YOU WAIT FOR LOVE” and “IF YOU GOT A HEART” are included on the 8-track tape format of “IT’S TOO LATE” only.“IT’S OVER” is available only on the 8-track and cassette tape formats of “WORD PICTURES.” It was not included on vinyl or reel-to-reel tape versions of the album.The “MUDDY MISSISSIPPI LINE” 8-track and cassette tape formats feature the vinyl album’s back cover photo.“LITTLE THINGS” is included on the 8-track tape format of “BOBBY GOLDSBORO’S GREATEST HITS” only.“SUMMER (THE FIRST TIME)” is the only album released on 8-track tape in quadraphonic form.Several 8-track tapes of complete albums or compilations were sold by other companies with generic labels.Some albums or portions of albums were released by United Artists Records in 4-track and/or PlayTape formats.
SIDE 1HoneyWith Pen in HandAutumn of My LifeLittle Green Apples
“IT’S TOO LATE” 8-track including bonus songs
“WORD PICTURES” 8-track including bonus song
“GREATEST HITS” 8-track including bonus song
“MUDDY MISSISSIPPI LINE” 8-trackfeatures photo from back cover of LP
“SUMMER (The First Time)” 8-trackin quadraphonic format