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HobieMarty 10-17-2022 08:03 PM
This will always be one of my favorite 45s. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...1a606956f6.jpg

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asphaltgambler 10-18-2022 04:13 AM
Man, those consoles are beautiful!

KFC911 10-18-2022 04:19 AM
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Originally Posted by asphaltgambler (Post 11824355)
Man, those consoles are beautiful!
The lid on my parents' console hasn't been raised in decades. It's a nice piece of furniture in their unused living room....

I'm sure it still plays, but the speakers were shot by '75 .... It was meant for Bing Crosby....

not Zeppelin IV or Machine Head cranked to 11 :D.

flatbutt 10-18-2022 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by stevej37 (Post 11823920)
I used the match book as a shim. YMMV

I also used a match book as a points gap tool in an emergency. Do you remember points? Rotors? Condensers?

stevej37 10-18-2022 06:52 AM
^^^ I never had an 8 track that didn't require a matchbook as a shim.
Maybe it was the bumpy/back roads back then...lol

KFC911 10-18-2022 07:07 AM
There are probably more 8-track tapes still around than matchbooks! I never had to use one..... But...

8-tracks .... supposedly designed with 4 tracks with two of each, L & R for stereo. I recall the Allman Brothers' Beginnings tape had a penchant for playing 1 track (L) of a song with the (R) track being a totally different song....

And y'all wonder how I got this way :D?

Ayles 10-18-2022 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by HobieMarty (Post 11823391)
Inspired by the 45 rpm record turntable insert thread.
This is my Mom's portable stereo record player from the late 50s. It is a Zenith with the Cobra-Matic turntable. I have it and the stand for it, it works but I want to clean it up better and restore it a bit. The record was mine and my Sister's and has been on the turntable since the early 70s. Lol.
Anyone ever seen one of these? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...94dbcd0d96.jpg
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I have a friend that does dj sets using two of these things and a stack of 78s.

He has a huge curated collection of 78s and it's mind blowing that dirty, drug fueled music was popular even in the 20s and 30s.

herr_oberst 10-18-2022 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Ayles (Post 11824581)
He has a huge curated collection of 78s and it's mind blowing that dirty, drug fueled music was popular even in the 20s and 30s.
For instance this one?

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rzptUmg97_k" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

KFC911 10-18-2022 12:25 PM
^^^^ I had "Toys In The Attic" on 8-track in '75.... Twas years before I knew the Toxic Twins didn't write it.....

Ayles 10-18-2022 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by herr_oberst (Post 11824745)
For instance this one?

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rzptUmg97_k" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Definitely similar and even older than that by quite a few years.


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