Friday, February 10, 2012

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At the Ladybug Rock'n'Roll Weekend, the '50s rock and R&B festival that I attended a week ago, a collector of old electronics had put his collection of turntables, radios, amplifiers, and such, on display. At the breakfast, he acted as a DJ, playing music from old 78 rpm records on this equipment. So, a DJ's table in the late fifties may have looked like this:


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  1. DayFebruary 11, 2012 at 9:50 AM

    OH!! That's pretty cool. :D Did they have a sock hop or have old records playing?

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    1. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2012 at 9:54 AM

      The guy really had a number of old records from the '40s and '50s that he played on these players. All the equipment he had on display was fully functional.

      He also had a record player that I'm sure was just like the one we had when I was a kid.

      - Rowan

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2012 at 9:56 AM

    Oh goodness, I used to have a record player like that!

    Neat picture, rowan.

    Calma

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