Alba record player ID please - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

ITAM805 · 12th May 2021, 5:57 pm

I think it's a 209? What year might this player have been produced

Many thanks

ms660 · 12th May 2021, 6:27 pm

There's a similar one in a Gratton catalogue c1966-1967 in the link in Post#5 here:

https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?t=169999

Lawrence.

Edward Huggins · 12th May 2021, 8:24 pm

I would say c.1968 as the deck is a later version of the one shown under Post #2.
It has an UL84/UY85 amplifier and may be one of the very last of the valved "Vanity Case" models.

ITAM805 · 12th May 2021, 8:29 pm

Thanks Lawrence. Yes that looks like this one, I thought it would have been older than that just by the style but there you are? I wrongly assumed the cap was dated 1955. Anyhow, aside from needing a new stylus, a bypass cap and a bit of grease it all works

ITAM805 · 12th May 2021, 9:28 pm

Thanks Ed

12th May 2021, 5:57 pm	#1
ITAM805 Nonode Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Folkestone, Kent, UK. Posts: 2,172	Alba record player ID please I think it's a 209? What year might this player have been produced Many thanks Attached Thumbnails

12th May 2021, 8:24 pm	#3
Edward Huggins Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Southwold, Suffolk, UK. Posts: 8,328	Re: Alba record player ID please I would say c.1968 as the deck is a later version of the one shown under Post #2. It has an UL84/UY85 amplifier and may be one of the very last of the valved "Vanity Case" models. __________________ Edward.

12th May 2021, 8:29 pm	#4
ITAM805 Nonode Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Folkestone, Kent, UK. Posts: 2,172	Re: Alba record player ID please Thanks Lawrence. Yes that looks like this one, I thought it would have been older than that just by the style but there you are? I wrongly assumed the cap was dated 1955. Anyhow, aside from needing a new stylus, a bypass cap and a bit of grease it all works Attached Thumbnails

12th May 2021, 6:27 pm	#2
ms660 Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 13,454	Re: Alba record player ID please There's a similar one in a Gratton catalogue c1966-1967 in the link in Post#5 here: https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?t=169999 Lawrence.

12th May 2021, 9:28 pm	#5
ITAM805 Nonode Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Folkestone, Kent, UK. Posts: 2,172	Re: Alba record player ID please Thanks Ed