Alvaro Martín Gómez A.
TalkBass' resident Bongo + cowbell player
I had that one too!!!! Silver knob in the middle. Now I'm on a mission. Have to find a pic.
Exactly. Silver knob with black center IIRC. Hope you'll have better luck finding a pic.
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Things you don't see anymore
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Exactly. Silver knob with black center IIRC. Hope you'll have better luck finding a pic.
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Alvaro Martín Gómez A.;12917398 said:Exactly. Silver knob with black center IIRC. Hope you'll have better luck finding a pic.
I think we both imagined it. :/
I can actually remember the way it felt to turn the knob, and to push the red button and turn it to record. Dang, I wish I could find it.
I also couldn't find a radioshack one that I owned that was the first I ever had with cue/review. It was a tiny one that had great sound, and the cue/review made it really easy to figure songs out. I remember EQing my stereo and putting it near the speaker the guitar was coming out of (played guitar back then), then being able to figure out all of ace freehleys solo. Kids have it so easy today, and they still go and use tab.
Church keys.
edited to add picture for you whippersnappers.
Coming back into vogue with the Miller Lite Punch Top!
This is exactly like my first tape recorder and I still have it but it no longer works. The tape only ran for about 5 or 6 minutes and I still have something recorded on it that I would love to hear again.
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Alvaro Martín Gómez A.
TalkBass' resident Bongo + cowbell player
Alvaro Martín Gómez A.;12917324 said:
And this is what Santa gave me on Christmas Eve. 1976:
The only problem with those was that the needle was a truly awful one. Anyway, I loved it.
Andybody remember Vacuform?
Or Thingmaker:
Two toys from my youth. Wonderful toys, way too dangerous to be allowed these days.
Or Thingmaker:
Two toys from my youth. Wonderful toys, way too dangerous to be allowed these days.
I still have my portable record player and it still works. It ran on electricity or batteries. I loved that thing.
The vehicle for my musical awakening was the General Electric Wildcat. This color in fact.
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1950s In-Car Record Players
Making music portable has been a big issue for almost as long as weve been driving. Radios, 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs and MP3 players are well-known steps on the car entertainment evolutionary ladder, but there was another type of in-automobile music player that not everyone is familiar with: the car record player.
Knowing how easy it is to scratch records or make them skip with the slightest bump, it might seem counter-intuitive to put a record player into a moving car. But the automobile record player, first introduced by Chrysler in 1956, contained a number of features that would keep the music going even when there were bumps in the road.
The in-car record player rotated more slowly than standard record players, and the arm was cushioned and counterweighted to keep it from scratching the record. The Highway Hi-Fi, as it was called by Chrysler, was quite popular in its time though that popularity wouldnt last long.
Part of its downfall can be attributed to the fact that the Highway Hi-Fi required special records; you couldnt simply pull a record off of the shelf and play it on your road trip. Rather, drivers had to purchase all of their music again in the new proprietary format. Since the machine was only available on new vehicles and not as an aftermarket accessory, there wasnt a huge commercial demand for it. Moreover, the devices had the nasty habit of breaking often and Chrysler wasnt thrilled with the cost of fixing all of those under-warranty units. By 1957, just one year after their initial introduction, Chrysler started withdrawing support for the ill-fated gadgets.
Making music portable has been a big issue for almost as long as weve been driving. Radios, 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs and MP3 players are well-known steps on the car entertainment evolutionary ladder, but there was another type of in-automobile music player that not everyone is familiar with: the car record player.
Knowing how easy it is to scratch records or make them skip with the slightest bump, it might seem counter-intuitive to put a record player into a moving car. But the automobile record player, first introduced by Chrysler in 1956, contained a number of features that would keep the music going even when there were bumps in the road.
The in-car record player rotated more slowly than standard record players, and the arm was cushioned and counterweighted to keep it from scratching the record. The Highway Hi-Fi, as it was called by Chrysler, was quite popular in its time though that popularity wouldnt last long.
Part of its downfall can be attributed to the fact that the Highway Hi-Fi required special records; you couldnt simply pull a record off of the shelf and play it on your road trip. Rather, drivers had to purchase all of their music again in the new proprietary format. Since the machine was only available on new vehicles and not as an aftermarket accessory, there wasnt a huge commercial demand for it. Moreover, the devices had the nasty habit of breaking often and Chrysler wasnt thrilled with the cost of fixing all of those under-warranty units. By 1957, just one year after their initial introduction, Chrysler started withdrawing support for the ill-fated gadgets.
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Alvaro Martín Gómez A.
TalkBass' resident Bongo + cowbell player
Wow! Wow! I can't believe I found this! Another Santa present! (I'm almost sure it was Christmas 1977)
After searching for "Lulu-Monde Walkie Talkie" I found exactly the ones I had. Now this is what I call fond childhood memories.
After searching for "Lulu-Monde Walkie Talkie" I found exactly the ones I had. Now this is what I call fond childhood memories.
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