Funny, interesting, and educational articles by Jerry
Posts from the ‘VINTAGE ITEMS’ category
Do you remember when these items were hot?
Anybody over 40 years of age can attest to the existence of 8 track tapes. It didn’t seem like long ago when they still were in their prime. They were like the in-thing where everyone had to have an 8 track player in their car. …
Back in 1925 an Australian designed the first record changing spindle. He had built three prototypes of the Gramophone machine that would stack 78 rpm records and allow its listeners long intervals of uninterrupted play. About 30 years later, the Voice of Music Corporation (VM)…
Here’s a real vintage item that anyone over 35 years of age would remember: the record changer. Such a unit would stack usually up to six records allowing listeners at least two hours of nonstop music. I knew some people who would stack up to…
If you’re over the age of 40 chances are you once listened to music on 8 track tapes. Eight track tapes were extremely a hit back in the mid 1960’s up to the early 80’s. They were used a lot, especially in cars since all…
