Most of my music up until I got a real job fixing TV's at age 15 was simply recorded directly from FM radio. WEDR Miami switched formats to "Underground Music" at 9 PM every night. It was successful, so after a year or so they went underground full time. Others followed, there was the Magic Bus on 93.9 and SHE-103 on 103.5, all of which coexisted until the scourge known as Disco appeared and ate the radio. The only survivor was The Magic Bus which became Zeta 4.
I had two old reel to reel decks for "quality" music, and the trusty Panasonic cassette player / recorder for portability. Long before it was fashionable I went to a few of my high school classes with wires coming from my ears. One of the teachers just thought I was deaf. I didn't want to hear anything she said anyway. I got the job running the service department of an Olson Electronics store at 18. There I discovered that the "Concord" branded home cassette deck was really a Nakamichi in disguise, I got two of them and made some decent cassettes. One of them wound up mounted in the overhead console when I built my Shagmobile Van in 1974. It featured 6 car speakers each powered by a clone of one of the SWTPC Tiger amps, and a 15 inch subwoofer under the bed in the back. There was also an extra car battery back there to power it all.
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We never saw the format war and all records here had the small hole. Was it the same in Italy?
I seem to remember that some 7" records had the small hole but were also made so the large hole could be pushed out (so there was a circle cut out and only small tabs held the remaining plastic).
I shot this picture at a rocket launch in Pueblo, CO. Apparently Christmas trees don't fly as much as plummet.
I know the ones, I didn't see too many of them. Those I did were a little earlier, could have been jukebox pulls? More often the imprint of the larger hole was under the label.but were also made so the large hole could be pushed out (so there was a circle cut out and only small tabs held the remaining plastic).
What's the GooGone doing in the fridge? And the oats?
Tom
Tom
I know people who (incorrectly) refrigerate bread, peanut butter even soya sauce.What's the GooGone doing in the fridge? And the oats?
Tom
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