Ya gotta love Jim, really great songwriter and his songs have held up well over the passing decades, they don't have too much of an 'era' stamp on them. I was surprised to see very many copies of this for sale at over the $20 price range, mine is refurbished but not gonna price it way up there.
I spent a lot of time learning how to restore 8 track tapes, every tape I list for sale has new pressure pads (if needed, which is about 90% of the time) and new sensor foil if needed, if the one on it is good I reinforce it with splice tape on the underside of the tape where the sensor foil is. I play every tape thru at least one whole track, it's that foil that makes it change tracks, so when you play a tape thru till the track changes you have actually played the whole length of the tape. I just like to work on em while I'm watching TV or something, I also thoroughly clean the outside of the cartridge very thoroughly, a few may still appear to be dirty but they just have marks on em that would require buffing with a compound but I really can't go that far. You can be assured I've given each tape far more personal attention to the quality of it than I really should. I just want people to be happy and it's also just sort of a personal thing with me to preserve these antiquities.
Jim Croce – Life And Times
ABC Records – ABC 769-8
8-Track Cartridge, Album, Club Edition
1973
Folk Rock
Tracklist
A1 Dreamin' Again
A2 Careful Man
A3 Speedball Tucker
B1 Alabama Rain
B2 A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business (Singin' The Blues)
B3 These Dreams
C1 One Less Set Of Footsteps
C2 Roller Derby Queen
C3 Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
D1 Next Time, This Time
D2 It Doesn't Have To Be That Way