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And one of those old Garrard auto-changer record players so you could stack up the whole lot and it would play for hours. Somehow it didn't quite put me off country music for life.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Echoes of my own childhood except we were subjected to Glen Miller too
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(Ist Gen Ipod)
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(Runs away and hides .)
My gran's one was quite similar, although narrower and taller to accommodate the auto-changer.
I was later given it, since I was the only one in the family who really listened to music a lot. To my slight shame now, I tried to improve it by removing the valve amp section and elliptical speakers - I was about 15 I think, so this would have been very early 80s when the concept of it as a cool vintage thing didn't exist - and making it into a cabinet for my new Pioneer amp and cassette deck. Of course it wasn't a happy marriage and I ended up scrapping the whole thing apart from the record deck, which I mounted separately in a stand-alone base.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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http://era-brighton.com/shop/sold/1960s-teak-framed-hmv-stereogram-with-garrard-deck-radiogram-vintage-record-player/
Of course it would be worth much less with a massive slot cut across the front to house a couple of separates .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Thats a really high quality radiogram - thats a Bang and Olfusen 1200 RG (you can see the Beogram 1000 turntable clear as day). The top of the range version of the B&O 1200 RG also had a reel to reel tape recorder that sat next to the turntable but I don't think that one has that option fitted. That particular one sold for £75 according to the auction site it came from - if I'd seen that, I would have snapped that up for the money .
Walk In The Black Forest (which was of a similar ilk) was a firm favourite. Plus I remember the weekly listen to the soporific "Single Something Simple" on the radio.
IIRC there was a joke that went something like:
Q. What's the difference between a cow and the James Last Orchestra.
A. A cow has horns at the front and a xxxx at the back...