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8th Jul 2019, 1:56 pm | #1 |
Hexode
Join Date: Mar 2009
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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 |
Heptode
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Re: Portable record player identification
https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?p=679124
One like this perhaps?
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8th Jul 2019, 3:10 pm | #3 |
Dekatron
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Location: Fakenham, Norfolk, UK.
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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 |
Dekatron
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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.
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8th Jul 2019, 11:13 pm | #5 |
Dekatron
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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 |