So, I went to play a recently acquired, nearly 50year old quadraphonic 8 track tape, and it eventually stopped playing after a minute or so. I had to take apart my player to get the tape out, and this is the result. The tape had broke- the player is fine. I just wished it had happened with a non-quadraphonic tape. I doubt there were many people on the planet that had to remove a stuck 8-track from their 8-track that day....