On prerecorded tapes, the information about album artist, album title, and track titles and lengths was recorded on the auxiliary ninth track continuously for the length of the entire tape. This made it possible for players to recognize immediately what the tape position is and how to get to any of the other tracks (including which side of the tape to turn to), as soon as a tape was inserted and playback was started, regardless of whether the tape was rewound before inserting or not.