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Re: Re: Re: Re: And wasn't the speaker in that round bulge above the end
yes well it was pretty good listening DRAT...now I am gunna sing it all night....Ghost riders in the sky...
posted by
Kabu
on August 15, 2013 at 4:55 PM
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Re: No wonder they call it a "home entertainment center."
It looks like the stuff on the bridge of a guided missile cruiser! And I hate to have to deal with the rats nest of wires and cables in back.
posted by
2902
on August 15, 2013 at 4:48 AM
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Re: Eddie Arnold. Yeah!
posted by
2902
on August 15, 2013 at 4:43 AM
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Re: Re: Re: And wasn't the speaker in that round bulge above the end
Kabu, I'd trip out when Vaughan Monroe did "Ghost Riders in the Sky." Go figure.
posted by
2902
on August 15, 2013 at 4:42 AM
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Re: And we are kindred spirits, CC. I'm into nostalgia these days.
posted by
2902
on August 15, 2013 at 4:40 AM
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Re: Adnohr, I'd almost forgotten about the needle well!
posted by
2902
on August 15, 2013 at 4:38 AM
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Good trip down memory lane. I too went through the metamorphosis of vinyl to 8-track to cassette to CD, costing thousands of dollars each time! I can't wait to see what's next ( he said sarcastically ) . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on August 14, 2013 at 2:07 PM
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When I worked on the ranch, each night my sister would stack the country high on the old Hi-Fi and we fall to sleep with Eddie Arnald...Thanks for the memories Bob.
posted by
UtahJay
on August 14, 2013 at 12:49 PM
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Re: Re: And wasn't the speaker in that round bulge above the end
and we had a wonderful Gramophone that would play my LP.s yes a stack...but one needed to hover close. Mother loved that as a piece of furniture....Oh I sat in front of it crying when Elvis sang his ballads and swooned over the Beatles!!!!
posted by
Kabu
on August 14, 2013 at 11:42 AM
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Sadly Bob we are always on the edge of all things, but a few kindred spirits usually share nostalgia . As some comedian said you aint seen nothing yet. I like your memory invoked poems.
posted by
C_C_T
on August 14, 2013 at 10:52 AM
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Re: Re: Re: Yes, I remember the portable my cousin had. I'd play for hours
I didn't know that!
posted by
2902
on August 14, 2013 at 6:21 AM
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Re: Re: Yes, I remember the portable my cousin had. I'd play for hours
A pitbull, the species adored by the British at the time.
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adnohr
on August 14, 2013 at 6:10 AM
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Re: And wasn't the speaker in that round bulge above the end
of the arm that folded back? Nothing electrical, just the vibration producing the sound! The electric models had lighter thinner arms and more sophisticated "long-life" needles. And who can forget the cranky record-changer systems that didn't always work right. The little 45 rpm players with the fat center post advertised that the record changer worked so fast you could hardly see it. We were groping our way toward quadrophonic sound and the MP3.
posted by
2902
on August 14, 2013 at 5:33 AM
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Re: Ain't THAT the truth!
posted by
2902
on August 14, 2013 at 5:22 AM
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Re: Yes, I remember the portable my cousin had. I'd play for hours
those heavy records in the paper slips - they had the RCA logo showing the dog listening to the gramophone with the big horn-speaker and the caption, "His Master's Voice."
posted by
2902
on August 14, 2013 at 5:21 AM
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I remember all that back to winding it up and puting the neddle down careful.
and how many wonderful artists you bring to my mind. Great read.
posted by
Kabu
on August 13, 2013 at 7:36 PM
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It is amazing how much things change.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on August 13, 2013 at 10:48 AM
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Wonderful storytelling! I do remember the old gramophones with the needles sitting in a small well beside the turntable, and Elvis singing One Night With You over and over until our arms got tired from the cranking....
posted by
adnohr
on August 13, 2013 at 6:27 AM
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