Portable record player identification - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

saddlestone-man · 8th Jul 2019, 1:56 pm

Hello All

I wonder if anyone can identify possible candidates for this portable record player from a simple description given to me:

"It worked from batteries and you dropped 45s into the slot in the top. This would probably have been in the 1970s".

best regards ... Stef

davidw · 8th Jul 2019, 2:50 pm

https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?p=679124
One like this perhaps?

Paul_RK · 8th Jul 2019, 3:10 pm

The Discatron was quite popular for a while:

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/discat...n_de_luxe.html

There was also a version with built-in radio, and a few years later Bush, then a Rank company, produced, using I think Discatron's patents, a smaller "Discassette" which played (but didn't record on) tape cassettes too.

Paul

TonyDuell · 8th Jul 2019, 6:41 pm

I thought the 'Discassette' played 'Playtape' cassettes (endless loop, 2 track) not the more normal 'Compact Cassettes' which are what most people think of when they hear 'cassette' in relation to music recordings.

Paul_RK · 8th Jul 2019, 11:13 pm

No, unless there was a different machine sold under the name. I had a Bush Discassette from new in the early '70s, I've another one now unless it went in the Newcastle auction just before our recent move, and they're definitely for playing standard pre-recorded cassettes.

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/bush_d...ette_dc70.html

Perhaps you're thinking of Discatron's Tri-Combo?

http://socalmusicexchange.com/bajas_...discatron.html

Paul

8th Jul 2019, 1:56 pm	#1
saddlestone-man Hexode Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK. Posts: 391	Portable record player identification Hello All I wonder if anyone can identify possible candidates for this portable record player from a simple description given to me: "It worked from batteries and you dropped 45s into the slot in the top. This would probably have been in the 1970s". best regards ... Stef

8th Jul 2019, 2:50 pm	#2
davidw Heptode Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK. Posts: 643	Re: Portable record player identification https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?p=679124 One like this perhaps? __________________ Dave G1AGK. My perception is my reality!

8th Jul 2019, 3:10 pm	#3
Paul_RK Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fakenham, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 4,255	Re: Portable record player identification The Discatron was quite popular for a while: https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/discat...n_de_luxe.html There was also a version with built-in radio, and a few years later Bush, then a Rank company, produced, using I think Discatron's patents, a smaller "Discassette" which played (but didn't record on) tape cassettes too. Paul

8th Jul 2019, 6:41 pm	#4
TonyDuell Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Biggin Hill, London, UK. Posts: 5,208	Re: Portable record player identification I thought the 'Discassette' played 'Playtape' cassettes (endless loop, 2 track) not the more normal 'Compact Cassettes' which are what most people think of when they hear 'cassette' in relation to music recordings.

8th Jul 2019, 11:13 pm	#5
Paul_RK Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Fakenham, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 4,255	Re: Portable record player identification No, unless there was a different machine sold under the name. I had a Bush Discassette from new in the early '70s, I've another one now unless it went in the Newcastle auction just before our recent move, and they're definitely for playing standard pre-recorded cassettes. https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/bush_d...ette_dc70.html Perhaps you're thinking of Discatron's Tri-Combo? http://socalmusicexchange.com/bajas_...discatron.html Paul