They are still selling vinyl records and they sell record players too. They just call them turntables now. I don't have any, but I do have cassette tapes. They still sell those too. I don't see any 8-track tapes anymore, though.
My real failing is keeping my VHS tapes because I love the movies that are on them. 
When they go, I will be sad. 
I have not seen records or tapes in years. Unless it is an antique dealer. lol
Actually, there have been quite a few new albums in the past few years that have been released on CD and in digital format as well as on vinyl. I bought AC/DC's "Rock or Bust" on vinyl. You can get on amazon.com and buy loads of LP's. Brand new releases as well as older albums. You can even buy some vinyl records at walmart.com. They have a very limited number of artists there and none of them are any that I'd actually pay money for (like Elvis). Do a simple google search for "vinyl records" and major retailers amazon.com, walmart.com and Best Buy come up on the first page (amazon first). amazon is actually where I bought "Rock or Bust". They have an entire "store" that is nothing but vinyl--every artist and genre you can imagine. Best Buy has almost 50,000 separate LP titles online ranging from classic rock to new titles available for pre-order. That's a lot of vinyl!
Vinyl has made quite the comeback in recent years and isn't the novelty that it used to be from the late 80's up to the early 2000's. Some dance music has been released on limited edition vinyl for years. Audiophiles love the richer, warmer sound you get from vinyl compared to CD's and especially digital files (like iTunes). There's something special about pulling that brand new record out of the sleeve and touching the needle to it for the first time. :-) Just what you can find and where depends on the label, artist and genre. It's not just for "antique dealers" anymore. ;-) Be prepared to pay for it, though. Prices can range from $20 to WELL over $100 for a single LP.
The last 8-track tape that was released by a major label was Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits back in 1988. Reader's Digest released their "Easy Listening" collections through 1989. In 2009, Cheap Trick released "The Latest" on 8-track on their own label. You will find an independent artist here and there who release 8-tracks and some special editions (like Cheap Trick's "Latest"). Unlike, vinyl, however, this format really IS a novelty these days. Players are not as easy to find as turntables or even cassette players. When some truly mainstream artists start releasing new titles on 8-track then it will be safe to say the format is trying to make a comeback. And I really wouldn't say that could never happen because anything is possible.
I used to have tons of vinyl. Between the record collection I had and the collection left to me by my grandparents I had hundreds of old records. Everything from 78's to 45's and the players to play them on. Our house burned back in January of 2012 and 95% of all that vinyl (and yes, a nice collection of 8 tracks, CD's and cassettes, VHS tapes and DVD's as well) were lost. The house we're living in now was one we used solely for storage. There were a couple hundred or so records and singles stored here. We had some of our VHS tapes and a couple of old VCR's stored here as well. I've been thinking hard about firing one of those old players up again. There are some movies and television shows that I want to buy on VHS because the versions on the VHS are different than what has been released on DVD. The VHS content is either completely unavailable on DVD at all or it is presented in a different, and less entertaining way, on the DVD's.
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