Editing 8-track cartridge (section)

===Decline===
In the United States, 1978 was the peak year for 8-track sales but sales declined rapidly from then on.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/|title = U.S. Sales Database| publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] }}</ref> Eight-track players became less common in homes and vehicles in the late 1970s, dwarfed by the [[compact cassette]] (which arrived in 1963).<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://southtree.com/blogs/artifact/the-convenience-of-the-cassette |title=The History of the Audio Cassette |website=Southtree |access-date=2019-12-15}}</ref> By 1980, the eight-track was already being phased out in favor of cassettes,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harrington |first=Richard |date=1980-06-15 |title=The Record Industry Goes To War On Home Taping |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1980/06/15/the-reocrd-industry-goes-to-war-on-home-taping/80be4100-3fa2-4f73-8999-1efb6dd282d9/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> whose sales were rapidly increasing partly due to the success of the [[Walkman]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Palmer |first=Robert |date=1981-07-29 |title=THE POP LIFE; CASSETTES NOW HAVE MATERIAL NOT AVAILABLE ON DISKS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/29/arts/the-pop-life-cassettes-now-have-material-not-available-on-disks.html |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and eventually caught up and dethroned [[LP record|LPs]] by 1983.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Salmans |first=Sandra |date=1983-03-29 |title=SALES OF RECORDS ON THE RISE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/29/business/sales-of-records-on-the-rise.html |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In the U.S., eight-track cartridges were phased out of retail stores in late 1982 and early 1983. However, some titles were still available as eight-track tapes through [[Columbia House]] and RCA (BMG) Music Service record clubs until late 1988. Until 1990, [[Radio Shack]] (Tandy Corporation) continued to sell blank eight-track cartridges and players for home recording use under its [[Realistic (brand)|Realistic]] brand.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1990/ |title=1990 Radio Shack Catalog |website=www.radioshackcatalogs.com|access-date=17 March 2017|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809115404/http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1990/|url-status=dead}}</ref>