My sister bought my Granny's house. She's slowly throwing everything out!
Including this:


It has AM/FM receiver, 8-track tape-deck, and a turntable that plays at 78-speed.


Naturally, I had it brought here to add to my music room. It needs some work, but I love it! I've wanted it since I was a kid.

(Sorry about the graininess- I took them on my cellphone because my camera battery is dead.)

chocolate1 said:

Wow, that's nice.

Now that's really back in the day

Oh man.... go through the vinyl

We had one like that back in 77-78. I remember the first album my dad played on it was Saturday Night Fever. I remember recording that album to 8-track!!

That's nice!

WOW! I remember those. I can just hear some "Hot Buttered Soul" booming from that thing right now, lol. Man, I can't believe how OLD it looks in these pictures, lol. Now I feel like a dinosaur, lol.

That's sooooo F'in .

PDogz said:

I polished the HELL out of it!
I love stuff like this, tho. It brings back so many memories.

Yeah, downloading music is more convenient, but look at that thing- THAT's FURNITURE!

chocolate1 said:

Absolutely! Televisions back then were furniture also, and weighed a ton, lol. I seem to remember these old stereos having some serious BASS to them also, to rival many of today's sub-woofers, lol. Your sister would have been nuts to throw this out. That stereo is a legitimate antique (seriously). I still have a stack of 45's from back in the day that I will NEVER throw away. Bet they'd sound good on that "new" stereo of yours too!

PDogz said:

She sent over a box of 120 45s, too- actually about a month ago. With some 12" and 78s.
I went to www.bagsunlimited.com and ordered jackets and sleeves and hooked them up!

She's not into music like I am.


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chocolate1 said:

EXCELLENT! Take care of those babies!

Here's my "Old-Head record player AM/FM Grundig shotwave radio, I still play my records on it and listen to broadcast from around the world. My dad bought it for us kids cough, cough in...67 to keep use away from his shit.

TD3 said:

Don't be mad, lol. You're in good company - cause that receiver is looking ALL TOO familiar to me, lol (and beautiful). In fact, isn't that the spindle for your 45's attached in it's holder to the left of your turntable?!? ...uh huh... I bet if that stereo could talk, it would have some stories to tell, cause I know it's seen it's share of parties, lol.

PDogz said:

That's what I'm talkin' about!

(Mine came with a spindle, too.)

TD3 said:

OMFG I love that

chocolate1 said:

Y'all are takin' me back....

Ah, Yes!!! The spindle...

That reminds me of the separate yellow 45 adapter/insert;



some people called them Triskelions, a reference to a similar shaped disc in a Star Trek episode...


Someone on Amazon wisely referred to them as a generational differentiators,

I can see future civilizations diggin' these up, and goin, "?WTF?"....










...

chocolate1 said:

You know! Oh, some seerous partying.


chocolate1 backatcha.

Wait till you get it's issue or two is fixed. I'm glad you had the wherewithal to grab it and was grandmothers too. Gotta get some 8 tracks tapes now too.

I love it. My mother used to have one and I begged her to take it with her when we moved back in 1991. I'd give anything to have it back now. That thing could thump and like you have said, it was an actual piece of furniture. And regardless of what people say these days about new technology being better because things are in a small package nowadays, what they don't tell you is the new stereos don't thump as hard and loud as those big console stereos. Bigger is always better....just like something else I can think of.

My mother's best friend had a console stereo that I really loved. It stood around four or five feet tall and resembled a juke box. At the bottom were flashing disco lights and about midways up, was the radio, turntable, and 8 track player. Behind that, was a mirror, and at the top of it, were three miniature disco balls that spun and put little circles all over the walls. Hell, I can't even find a picture of one of those stereos on the internet nowadays.

TD3 said:

U mean these:


I already had this:

PDogz said:

I have. I sat on my deck one night and did this:


This is Rick James/Prince (and the few 78s):


and the rest:

vainandy said:

Very Cool!

chocolate1 said:

Let's see: Denice Williams, Graham Central Station, Santana, Simon & Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder, ah shit you got "It's You Thang"/Isley Brothers!

TD3 said:

I took that out of the trunk of my Dad's old Cadillac!

I just won two Jimi tapes on ebay.