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Old 11-14-2015, 07:25 PM
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Philco Mini Radio Phono

I've never seen one of these before, it's pretty neat, but $50 is too high for me.
http://appleton.craigslist.org/atq/5314952196.html

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Old 01-16-2016, 08:49 PM
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I've never seen one of these before, it's pretty neat, but $50 is too high for me.
http://appleton.craigslist.org/atq/5314952196.html

That's one of the old exclusive Philco 3" record players that played 3" 45 RPM singles they aren't very common but you can still find the records yet every once in a while on ebay. They were the answer to the "portable" record players so that you could listen to records of your favorite musicians back in the 1960s (like the Beatles and Eagles and more) without having to lug a suitcase sized "portable" with you, they were usually powered off 2-4 C batteries.
$50 from what I've heard is actually quite reasonable for one of these because of how rare these are.
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There were similar sized SS phonos and radio/phonos made for conventional records too. I have one phono only (panasonic), and one radio-phono (GE). The GE is a three speed which is interesting since I can't imagine the target demographic (kids-young adults) were still playing 78's at that point.
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Is this a larger version of the Hip Pocket Player that will actually play 7" records as well as the special Philco 4" Hip Pocket records?

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Add: The Eagles formed in 1971, they were *not* a 60s group.

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Old 01-17-2016, 08:42 AM
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There's a country mile between the spindle and the tonearm mount. I would guess the one pictured would play 12" records. TT diameter doesn't have to equal record diameter. "Country mile" estimate based on 2 1/4" hardwood floor dimensions, so better than 6", which works for 12" record...

(That one's gone now, too...)

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Old 01-17-2016, 12:19 PM
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Indeed! Even my tiny Emerson will play 12" records, but I have seen pictures of some really small players that are 3"-4" exclusive.

Emerson "Wondergram" :

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Old 01-18-2016, 08:57 AM
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Is this a larger version of the Hip Pocket Player that will actually play 7" records as well as the special Philco 4" Hip Pocket records?

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Add: The Eagles formed in 1971, they were *not* a 60s group.
Sorry about that I didn't realize that, I don't listen to much "classic rock" so I don't know all of the ins and outs of when all of when the different bands got started. I mostly know more about the groups that fall into the "oldies" category.
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Old 01-18-2016, 01:51 PM
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"oldies" and "classic rock" are fairly meaningless words now (many of the stations that use that word have gradually stripped it of much of it's meaning)....When I was a kid first listening to radio they meant Doo-Wop/roots rock of the 50's then gradually pre-brit invasion, brit-invasion, 70's and onward....A friend 1 year younger than me aptly stated in the last year or so "Man, it makes me feel old hearing early 90's Nirvana songs that came out in my lifetime played on 'classic rock' stations".
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"oldies" and "classic rock" are fairly meaningless words now (many of the stations that use that word have gradually stripped it of much of it's meaning)....When I was a kid first listening to radio they meant Doo-Wop/roots rock of the 50's then gradually pre-brit invasion, brit-invasion, 70's and onward....A friend 1 year younger than me aptly stated in the last year or so "Man, it makes me feel old hearing early 90's Nirvana songs that came out in my lifetime played on 'classic rock' stations".
Yeah, in my area we had two main stations that played older rock music a "classic rock" station and an "oldies" Station, when I was growing up the "oldies" station played "rock music" from the 1950s and 1960s it was called Oldies 94.3 (now its called something else but they certainly don't play "oldies" music anymore) and the other station was called Classic Rock 97.7 which played rock from the 1960s-1980s (now its called 97.7 "The Stream" and they mostly play 1970s and 1980s Rock music.)
So yeah they definitely don't play the same stuff anymore that they used to back in the 1990s and early 2000s when I was in grade school and Jr. High and High School.
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Concerning the 78 rpm speed setting on some of these portables, there were children's records recorded at 78 rpm at least until the mid '60's (mainstream music 78's were mostly discontinued in the USA in '58, with some of the smaller labels hanging on to the format until about '60).
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Old 01-21-2016, 11:37 PM
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$50 bucks is steep for me.

I have similar record players like that here which I fixed last summer.

Most of them use a motor with a mechanical motor speed governor which is a pain to adjust.

I got a several here that need a new cartridge and needle.And some need a new radio tuning cap.

I agree.I was disappointed when the local oldies stations started to play 1990's music.Its not my cup of tea especially when rap came about and country music was starting to sound like rock.Thank god there's a couple of local AM stations that play oldies from the 1950's to the 80's.
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