8-Track Heaven

8-Track Heaven
Founded20 July 1995
Dissolved2024
Country of originUnited States
Founder(s)Malcolm Riviera
Abigail Lavine
Russ Forster
Chip Rowe
EditorMalcolm Riviera
URLweb.archive.org/web/19981205220126/http://www.8trackheaven.com/

8-Track Heaven aka Eight-Track Heaven was a website that was dedicated to the 8-track cartridge and the associated equipment. It is highly probable[according to whom?] that the website was the only one of its type.

Background

8-Track Heaven was founded on 20 July 1995 by Malcolm Riviera, Abigail Lavine, Russ Forster and Chip Rowe. It was described by the New York Times as a Web shrine containing a cache of trivia on collecting 8-tracks.[1][2] The site offered help to the 8-track enthusiast by offering free ads, tips and links to other sites that featured the cartridges.[3]

Founder Malcom Riviera, aka Gary C. Broyhill, was a well-known participant of the D.C. music scene during the 1980s and a member of bands such as Elevator, Grand Mal, Sub Primal Cuts, The Velvet Monkeys, and Gumball. He was also an enthusiast of eight-tracks and the history surrounding them.[4] Riviera was also the webmaster for the site.[3] He also founded the alt.collecting.8-track-tapes newsgroup.[5] According to a 2004 article by The Journal Record, Riviera was "regarded as something of a god in 8-track circles".[6] He was also an article contributor and had contributed an article to the summer/fall 1996 issue of Chunklet magazine.[7]

Abbey Lavine was also a singer. She sang lead on the song "Alligator" by the garage band Soul Assassins.[8][9] She was also part of the backing group, the Assassinettes.[10]

Russ Forster, a musician, founder of Underdog Records and member of bands; Gore Gore Girls, Spongetunnel and Dashing Marble was the editor of the fanzine 8-Track Mind.[11][12]

The website was listed on page 406 of the 1997 edition of the New Rider's official World Wide Web yellow pages directory, and page 538 of the 1998 edition of Official Microsoft Bookshelf Internet directory. There were no similar sites in both of the directories.[13][14]

History

By 1995, the website was online.[15]

During the 1990s there were still a few eight track albums being released. 8-Track Heaven profiled these releases.[16]

In 1995, Eight Track Heaven founder Russ Forster released the film So Wrong They’re Right, a film about the eight-track. It also featured Abbey Lavine.[17] [18] An article about the film appeared in the 12 August 1996 issue of Variety.[19] It won an award for best feature-length documentary at the 1995 Chicago Underground Film Festival.[11]

Co-founder Abbey Lavine died in 1997.[4] An album Links Outta Here which is dedicated to her was released on the Generator Sound Art that year.[20]

Eight-Track Heaven was included in the "What to Surf" article by Entertainment Weekly that was published on 2 October 1998. It was given a B+ rating.[21]

In October 2008, 8-Track Heaven joined Twitter.[22][23]

Later years

Malcom Riviera died circa July / August 2023.[4] Following his death, the website was still active until the domain expired in the early summer of 2024.[24]

References

  1. ^ New York Times, March 9, 1996 - It's NetDay! Let's Surf Our Way to Class By Gary Brickman
  2. ^ The Hanson guide to the Internet & Internet databases, Edited by John Krol - ISBN 0-7876-4961-9 - Page 2 7, 8-Track Heaven
  3. ^ a b Los Angeles Times, Jan. 11, 1999 - In a Case of Tape Delay, the Eight-Track Is Back By SCOTT MARTELLE
  4. ^ a b c History of Sound Recording Technology, September 6, 2025 - Malcolm Riviera’s Final Track - Dave Morton
  5. ^ Washington Post, July 19, 1995 - ON THE RIGHT 8-TRACK
    NEWSGROUP REVIVES REVILED FORMAT
  6. ^ The Journal Record, October 8, 2004 - Keeping the legacy of 8-tracks alive
  7. ^ Chunklet, 11 - Pages 30-31
  8. ^ The Tin Whistle, October 27, 2012 - Remembering Abby’s favorite sandwich
  9. ^ Steven Hager channel, Feb 6, 2024 - Alligator by the Soul Assassins
  10. ^ Discogs - Soul Assassins (2) / Assassinettes – Don't Tread On Me / My Way Of Thinking
  11. ^ a b The Chicago Reader, January 16, 2003 - MUSIC, Music, Movies, and a Life Outside the Mainstream, Russ Forster/A Tributary of His Own by Peter Margasak
  12. ^ Apple Podcasts, 3 May 2022 - Episode 120: Russ Forster
  13. ^ 1997 AOL Member's Edition World Wide Web Yellow Pages - Page 406 Sound, 8-Track Heaven
  14. ^ Official Microsoft bookshelf Internet Directory, 1998 edition - Page 538 Hobbies, 8-Track Heaven
  15. ^ Things Magazine, Friday, December 23, 2005 - So Wrong They're Right
  16. ^ Extreme Music
    Silence to Noise and Everything In Between    , By Michael Tau · 2022 - ISBN 9781627311298 - IV.5.2 8-Tracks in the Nineties
  17. ^ Things Magazine, Friday, December 23, 2005 So Wrong They're Right
  18. ^ 48 Hills, April 30, 2019 - Media Archeology: Incredibly Strange Music 2
  19. ^ Variety, Aug 12, 1996 - Film > Reviews, So Wrong They’re Right an 8-Track Journey By Dennis Harvey
  20. ^ The Sound Projector, Eleventh Issue, March 2003 - Page 8 Various Artists Links Outta Here: Dedicated to Abigail Lavine USA GENERATOR SOUND ARCHIVE RRR-CD23 CD-R (ND)
  21. ^ Entertainment Weekly, October 2, 1998 - What to Surf
  22. ^ Times Now, May 17, 2024 - Twitter Turns Into X Completely: Elon Musk Turns Url To X.com
  23. ^ X.com - 8-track Heaven
  24. ^ History of Sound Recording Technology, September 6, 2025 - Malcolm Riviera’s Final Track

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