A few years ago, a number of David Bowie's art objects and collectables were put up for auction. Among them was this amazing 1966 radio phonograph by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. You can move the speakers, change the shape of the object or turn it into a cube. I like this! Slightly out of my price range though, as it sold at auction for  £257,000 ($351,222). Oh well, maybe next time.


http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxAm310XAAAfK7H?format=jpg&name=small

A few years ago, a number of David Bowie's art objects and collectables were put up for auction. Among them was this amazing 1966 radio phonograph by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. You can move the speakers, change the shape of the object or turn it into a cube. I like this! Slightly out of my price range though, as it sold at auction for  £257,000 ($351,222). Oh well, maybe next time.


http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxAm310XAAAfK7H?format=jpg&name=small
It is out of my price range too, but I could do with a new radio... ?

It is out of my price range too, but I could do with a new radio... ?


It also folds into a cube. It's quite ingenious.

Sure, I have over $300,000 to spare. Just have to flip a few couch cushions.


Cat

Sure, I have over $300,000 to spare. Just have to flip a few couch cushions.


Cat
Do you still have vinyl to play on the record player?

Sure, I have over $300,000 to spare. Just have to flip a few couch cushions.


Cat


Money seems to be no object for the people that bid on these things. Author and social commentator Fran Lebowitz (Martin Scorsese's six part series on her is a MUST SEE on Netflix) says that she was at an auction where a Picasso was up for bid. When the painting was brought out there was dead silence. When the painting sold for many millions of dollars there was huge applause. In other words, the crowd cheered the PRICE, not the PAINTING. That's what the art world has come to. Very crass.

Do you still have vinyl to play on the record player?


*I* most certainly do. Hundreds of them.  ;D

Do you still have vinyl to play on the record player?


Yup-and even have a few turntables to play them on.

I was trying to sell two stereo systems this weekend. It didn't work. We do have a turntable that hooks up the computer. We have talked about transferring some of the vinyl to digital but that is such a pain in the @$$.


Cat

Yup-and even have a few turntables to play them on.

I was trying to sell two stereo systems this weekend. It didn't work. We do have a turntable that hooks up the computer. We have talked about transferring some of the vinyl to digital but that is such a pain in the @$$.


Cat


It really is. I have the Behringer U-Phono adapter and use Audacity. It's very time consuming. I'm still feeling my way around Audacity. I'm puzzled by freeware like that. It just EXISTS on the internet. It's not affiliated with any company and it generates no income. It's also constantly being updated, so somebody is running things over there. But it's not like you can just call tech support or anything like that  ;D

It really is. I have the Behringer U-Phono adapter and use Audacity. It's very time consuming. I'm still feeling my way around Audacity. I'm puzzled by freeware like that. It just EXISTS on the internet. It's not affiliated with any company and it generates no income. It's also constantly being updated, so somebody is running things over there. But it's not like you can just call tech support or anything like that  ;D


Carlos is always saying, "WE should transfer the records." In other words, I'M the one who will do it.  ::) He said to show him how and he will. Yeah, I'm sure that will work-NOT! This is the same guy who went to use our cell phone. He brought it to me and said it didn't work. I looked at it. It wasn't turned on. Yup, it is hard being technologically challenged.


Cat

A few years ago, a number of David Bowie's art objects and collectables were put up for auction. Among them was this amazing 1966 radio phonograph by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. You can move the speakers, change the shape of the object or turn it into a cube. I like this! Slightly out of my price range though, as it sold at auction for  £257,000 ($351,222). Oh well, maybe next time.


http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxAm310XAAAfK7H?format=jpg&name=small


That looks awesome!  :D

A few years ago, a number of David Bowie's art objects and collectables were put up for auction. Among them was this amazing 1966 radio phonograph by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. You can move the speakers, change the shape of the object or turn it into a cube. I like this! Slightly out of my price range though, as it sold at auction for  £257,000 ($351,222). Oh well, maybe next time.


http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxAm310XAAAfK7H?format=jpg&name=small


I've never seen one like this before.  :o

Do you still have vinyl to play on the record player?



Yup-and even have a few turntables to play them on.

I was trying to sell two stereo systems this weekend. It didn't work. We do have a turntable that hooks up the computer. We have talked about transferring some of the vinyl to digital but that is such a pain in the @$$.

Cat



It really is. I have the Behringer U-Phono adapter and use Audacity. It's very time consuming. I'm still feeling my way around Audacity. I'm puzzled by freeware like that. It just EXISTS on the internet. It's not affiliated with any company and it generates no income. It's also constantly being updated, so somebody is running things over there. But it's not like you can just call tech support or anything like that  ;D


Digitizing my vinyl has been a project of mine over the last couple years - indeed, it is a slow process.  But mostly fruitful.  I currently use one of those Behringer adapters too (I previously used other types, but they conked out after a while).  Audacity is actually a pretty cool piece of software.  I've discovered some of its helpful little tricks.  Why it's still free, I don't know.  I've probably digitized more than 50 albums.  But when compared to hundreds (500-ish?) I have a long way to go.  :-\\

BTW I have an old-fashioned "component" turntable hooked up to an old fashioned "component" stereo system.  I think those are becoming less and less common...

BTW I have an old-fashioned "component" turntable hooked up to an old fashioned "component" stereo system.  I think those are becoming less and less common...


But those are the only ones to have! Back in the 70s we wouldn't think of having anything else! Especially one of those "all-in-ones" that they sold at Bradlees. Those were for kids! We went to designated stereo stores and carefully chose our components. Though, in my case, it hinged heavily on what I could afford, which limited my options greatly.

Almost any of the new all-in-ones that I have encountered today are crapola. Like the ones made by Crossley. They are designed to look vintage, and many of them look fantastic, but they can barely play an album! They hop, skip, jump and sound awful.  8-P

...Especially one of those "all-in-ones" that they sold at Bradlees...


I did purchase one of those when I was 19 - it was the one that had an 8-Track recorder.  I enjoyed it for a while, but it (partially) broke pretty fast, a surprise given that the brand was Sony.  (I've had bad luck with Sony in the area of longevity.)


...We went to designated stereo stores and carefully chose our components...


This might sound geeky, but there's very little I liked to do more on a Thursday after work than pop into my favorite mid- or high-end audio equipment specialty shops and browse the new equipment.  Listening to, for example, a McIntosh receiver over high-end Klipsch speakers - oh, the joy!  :D

This was like the first stereo that I bought for myself when when I was 15. It was on sale at Radio Shack but I was short of the funds-but my grandmother made up the difference.  :) (I was living with her at the time.)

https://sgwmscdnimages.azureedge.net/134/12-2-2019/5165978282016ajki.JPG

https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/81216781

I LOVED that stereo-I think mainly because it was MINE-my first one. Unfortunately, I didn't have it for very long. I went to live with my mother & step-father and there was no way for my grandmother to get it to me (impossible to ship). So, my sister "inherited it."

When I lived with my mother & step-father, I "inherited" a stereo which had an 8-track tape deck. I WANTED A CASSETTE PLAYER!!!

Then I "inherited" my first husband's stereo. I FINALLY bought my own in 1990-after my first marriage ended and after I got out of the A.F. It was a JVC that had a tuner, turntable, double cassette (with high speed dubbing) and a CD player-complete with stand and remote control. Unfortunately, I never really learned how to use the tuner. It didn't have the usual treble, bass, etc, etc. It had frequencies that never made any sense to me. I am trying to sell it now-is anyone interested?


Cat

This was like the first stereo that I bought for myself when when I was 15. It was on sale at Radio Shack but I was short of the funds-but my grandmother made up the difference.  :) (I was living with her at the time.)

https://sgwmscdnimages.azureedge.net/134/12-2-2019/5165978282016ajki.JPG

https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/81216781

I LOVED that stereo-I think mainly because it was MINE-my first one. Unfortunately, I didn't have it for very long. I went to live with my mother & step-father and there was no way for my grandmother to get it to me (impossible to ship). So, my sister "inherited it."

When I lived with my mother & step-father, I "inherited" a stereo which had an 8-track tape deck. I WANTED A CASSETTE PLAYER!!!

Then I "inherited" my first husband's stereo. I FINALLY bought my own in 1990-after my first marriage ended and after I got out of the A.F. It was a JVC that had a tuner, turntable, double cassette (with high speed dubbing) and a CD player-complete with stand and remote control. Unfortunately, I never really learned how to use the tuner. It didn't have the usual treble, bass, etc, etc. It had frequencies that never made any sense to me. I am trying to sell it now-is anyone interested?


Cat


That's a nice vintage record player! All I have is a Crosley record player ::). I like to play my 7 inch and 33 inch records from the 90s. Anyway, the Crosley ones are really cheap..lol. I really want a Victrola record player! They are similar to the Crosley players, but much more expensive which means they are of a better quality.

My first record player looked somewhat like this, I got it in the mid 1960s

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a6/7b/a5/a67ba5b84646d2b1682e2aebc4e01d65.jpg

I think Bowie's is very cool.

My first record player looked somewhat like this, I got it in the mid 1960s

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a6/7b/a5/a67ba5b84646d2b1682e2aebc4e01d65.jpg

I think Bowie's is very cool.


Oh wow! It's really bulky, but it's nice.

It's fun reliving the vintage equipment!  :)

The all-in-one I bought at age 19 (took it to college) was pretty unique looking.  Sony EX-1M.  Too bad it didn't last:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/1199/6gEx68.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/7959/zx2lKl.jpg

The pictured unit wasn't mine, but the one I had was completely identical.  The red button was for recording 8-Tracks, which I did a little bit.

Don't forget the stereo and hi-fi "consoles" that were actual pieces of furniture that many households had in the 1960s. Interestingly enough, many of these had fantastic sound.


http://i.pinimg.com/originals/44/41/af/4441afd8cbc58d34031c0b31eb289e5e.jpg

Oh wow! It's really bulky, but it's nice.


ALL electronic equipment was bulky back then.  They didn't call the earliest cell phones "brick phones" and "brief case phones" for nothing. ;D

Don't forget the stereo and hi-fi "consoles" that were actual pieces of furniture that many households had in the 1960s. Interestingly enough, many of these had fantastic sound.


http://i.pinimg.com/originals/44/41/af/4441afd8cbc58d34031c0b31eb289e5e.jpg


We never had one of these but if my memory is correct my uncle had one.  It was nice!  I always wondered what kind of speakers they had.

We never had one of these but if my memory is correct my uncle had one.  It was nice!  I always wondered what kind of speakers they had.


Lots of people had them.  They were part of the "decor" of the 60s, especially in married couples' homes.  I also had an aunt who had one like this. It was a "hi fi" rather than a stereo, because it only had one speaker. I think it pre-dated stereo by just a bit.

http://www.fisherconsoles.com/images/1959Promenade.jpg

Lots of people had them.  They were part of the "decor" of the 60s, especially in married couples' homes.  I also had an aunt who had one like this. It was a "hi fi" rather than a stereo, because it only had one speaker. I think it pre-dated stereo by just a bit.

http://www.fisherconsoles.com/images/1959Promenade.jpg


O0 Cool!

Were you party to the "vacuum tubes" vs. "transistors" discussion?  I recall magazine articles by audiophiles exalting the mighty vacuum tube as it was "more pure and less noisy" than transistors.  I agree slightly, although I wondered if the conversation was overblown.

Growing up, my dad fixed TVs (not vocationally, more as a hobby).  He'd have boxes and boxes of TV vacuum tubes and we learned not to roughhouse with them for fear they would break.  He also had a lot of resistors - and when I was around 10 he taught me how to read the resistor colors to figure the resistance.  And how to solder.  (Yes, I was a daddy's girl all right.)

My first record player looked somewhat like this, I got it in the mid 1960s

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a6/7b/a5/a67ba5b84646d2b1682e2aebc4e01d65.jpg

I think Bowie's is very cool.




My parents had one like this. I think it was a Dansette.

We still have Dai’s stereo. It just needs a new needle for the turntable

It also folds into a cube. It's quite ingenious.

That's cool, How is it possible? ???

Do you still have vinyl to play on the record player?

I don't know if we still have our record player.

Yup-and even have a few turntables to play them on.

I was trying to sell two stereo systems this weekend. It didn't work. We do have a turntable that hooks up the computer. We have talked about transferring some of the vinyl to digital but that is such a pain in the @$$.


Cat

How much are they going for these days?

This was like the first stereo that I bought for myself when when I was 15. It was on sale at Radio Shack but I was short of the funds-but my grandmother made up the difference.  :) (I was living with her at the time.)

https://sgwmscdnimages.azureedge.net/134/12-2-2019/5165978282016ajki.JPG

https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/81216781

I LOVED that stereo-I think mainly because it was MINE-my first one. Unfortunately, I didn't have it for very long. I went to live with my mother & step-father and there was no way for my grandmother to get it to me (impossible to ship). So, my sister "inherited it."

When I lived with my mother & step-father, I "inherited" a stereo which had an 8-track tape deck. I WANTED A CASSETTE PLAYER!!!

Then I "inherited" my first husband's stereo. I FINALLY bought my own in 1990-after my first marriage ended and after I got out of the A.F. It was a JVC that had a tuner, turntable, double cassette (with high speed dubbing) and a CD player-complete with stand and remote control. Unfortunately, I never really learned how to use the tuner. It didn't have the usual treble, bass, etc, etc. It had frequencies that never made any sense to me. I am trying to sell it now-is anyone interested?


Cat

Wow I do remember when victrolas had a built-in cassette deck to go along into the system.

That's cool, How is it possible? ???
In a different colour.

Half way...

https://d27bba62iw3ft5.cloudfront.net/spree/images/132149/product/IMADEA-036-A20200918-47-1f6l0c9.jpg

As a cube...

https://d27bba62iw3ft5.cloudfront.net/spree/images/132153/product/IMADEA-036-E20200918-47-19krupl.jpg

A few years ago, a number of David Bowie's art objects and collectables were put up for auction. Among them was this amazing 1966 radio phonograph by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. You can move the speakers, change the shape of the object or turn it into a cube. I like this! Slightly out of my price range though, as it sold at auction for  £257,000 ($351,222). Oh well, maybe next time.


http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CxAm310XAAAfK7H?format=jpg&name=small
When was this first able to buy in the stores?

O0 Cool!

Were you party to the "vacuum tubes" vs. "transistors" discussion?  I recall magazine articles by audiophiles exalting the mighty vacuum tube as it was "more pure and less noisy" than transistors.  I agree slightly, although I wondered if the conversation was overblown.



I don't recall too much of that with stereo systems, but I did know musicians who made a big thing out of it regarding amps. Most of them swore by the old tube amps as opposed to transistor or solid state. The tubes had a much "warmer" sound. The problem is, if things got too loud or too overheated the tubes would blow. It was not uncommon in those days, even with famous bands, for an amp to blow during a concert and everything would come to a halt while someone rushed out and changed the tube.

My first record player looked somewhat like this, I got it in the mid 1960s

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a6/7b/a5/a67ba5b84646d2b1682e2aebc4e01d65.jpg

I think Bowie's is very cool.


I think one or two of my sisters had one like this-but in a different color. One sister had a portable record player that was ac/dc. When it was operating on batteries and the batteries were in wrong, the turntable would rotate in the opposite direction so the music was played backwards. I always thought that was the coolest thing. No, we didn't have the White Album to hear, "Paul is dead. Paul is dead." The funniest thing was when I was listening to my Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory album and hearing the Oompah Loompa song being played backwards.  :D ;D ;D ;D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b6tIvC7AqE


Cat

Just came across this super cool record player online and thought bumping this thread was as good a place as any to put it.
It's a Rosita Commander Luxus Radio / Record Player / Cassette Recorder /Loudspeaker combination from 1973. There
weren't a lot of computers in those days, but there was a heck of a lot of craftsmanship and creativity.



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIGj0kVWYAQBTkQ?format=jpg&name=small

Just came across this super cool record player online and thought bumping this thread was as good a place as any to put it.
It's a Rosita Commander Luxus Radio / Record Player / Cassette Recorder /Loudspeaker combination from 1973. There
weren't a lot of computers in those days, but there was a heck of a lot of craftsmanship and creativity.



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIGj0kVWYAQBTkQ?format=jpg&name=small


O0 That's just cool - thanks for posting!

Just came across this super cool record player online and thought bumping this thread was as good a place as any to put it.
It's a Rosita Commander Luxus Radio / Record Player / Cassette Recorder /Loudspeaker combination from 1973. There
weren't a lot of computers in those days, but there was a heck of a lot of craftsmanship and creativity.



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIGj0kVWYAQBTkQ?format=jpg&name=small

Wow, That's very fascinating! :)

Another lovely one. This one hails from 1957.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIe04zGXwAMg03m?format=jpg&name=small

Another lovely one. This one hails from 1957.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIe04zGXwAMg03m?format=jpg&name=small


O0 Nice!  Fits in perfectly with a "mid-century modern" furniture suite...
(Of course, "mid-century modern" is generally all about "modern" furniture from a 1950's-ish timeframe...)

Another lovely one. This one hails from 1957.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FIe04zGXwAMg03m?format=jpg&name=small

That's a very nice record player.

Here's a cool one.

RCA Victor Special Model K, Portable Electric Phonograph, circa 1935. Made of aluminum, various metals, plastic, felt and leather. It now resides in the Brooklyn Museum.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKwTU0mWQAUKVkP?format=jpg&name=900x900

Here's a cool one.

RCA Victor Special Model K, Portable Electric Phonograph, circa 1935. Made of aluminum, various metals, plastic, felt and leather. It now resides in the Brooklyn Museum.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKwTU0mWQAUKVkP?format=jpg&name=900x900


O0 Very cool player!  Looks expensive (in its time).  I'll guess it's optimized to play 78s.

O0 Very cool player!  Looks expensive (in its time).  I'll guess it's optimized to play 78s.


You're right! I didn't even think of that! Probably 10-inch records too, which were common at the time.

O0 Very cool player!  Looks expensive (in its time).  I'll guess it's optimized to play 78s.


Looks like a small suitcase.

The KUBA Komet was made from 1957 to 1962 in Wolfenbuttel, West Germany - a 23-inch black and white television, 8 speakers, a Telefunken phonograph and a multi band radio receiver.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPqgBxuWUAgzNR6?format=jpg&name=small

The KUBA Komet was made from 1957 to 1962 in Wolfenbuttel, West Germany - a 23-inch black and white television, 8 speakers, a Telefunken phonograph and a multi band radio receiver.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPqgBxuWUAgzNR6?format=jpg&name=small


O0 Way cool!  That's a mid-century modern marvel if I ever saw one.

The KUBA Komet was made from 1957 to 1962 in Wolfenbuttel, West Germany - a 23-inch black and white television, 8 speakers, a Telefunken phonograph and a multi band radio receiver.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPqgBxuWUAgzNR6?format=jpg&name=small



Groovy!


Cat

The KUBA Komet was made from 1957 to 1962 in Wolfenbuttel, West Germany - a 23-inch black and white television, 8 speakers, a Telefunken phonograph and a multi band radio receiver.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPqgBxuWUAgzNR6?format=jpg&name=small


Wow, that's really cool. :)

It doesn't play music, but I love this!

Late 1920s Cobalt Blue Zeppelin Cocktail Dispenser Shaker with Glasses.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPt8-duX0AMOydY?format=jpg&name=small

I've never seen this device before, but it looks convenient.  :D

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQF0KEkXIAM5DMR?format=jpg&name=900x900

I've never seen this device before, but it looks convenient.  :D

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQF0KEkXIAM5DMR?format=jpg&name=900x900
I guess the televisual device can be pushed from room to room?

I guess the televisual device can be pushed from room to room?


I suppose so, though it definitely looks like it's designed for a kitchen. Or maybe for people who live in one room.

I've never seen this device before, but it looks convenient.  :D

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQF0KEkXIAM5DMR?format=jpg&name=900x900
Hubotics Hubot (1983)
MSRP: $3495 (base price)

Hubot might as well have been called "The Kitchen Sink Robot," because its creator, Hubotics, threw just about everything it could imagine into a 44-inch movable stand that looked like a public trash receptacle with a face. Among the functions: computer with keyboard and disk drive; broadcast-ready TV set; AM/FM stereo with cassette deck and stereo speakers, an Atari 2600 video game system. Optional packages: dot-matrix printer, vacuum attachment, articulated arm, smoke detector, 300 baud modem, remote control...the list goes on. Accordingly, Hubot cost quite a bit and few people bought one.

If anything proved the impracticality of personal robotics in the 1980s, it was firms like Hubotics that threw just about everything out there and hoped that some functionality would stick. Unfortunately, the technology just wasn't there, and we're still lacking robot servants today.

https://uk.pcmag.com/robotics/69808/7-robots-every-geeky-80s-kid-wanted?p=1

Hubotics Hubot (1983)
MSRP: $3495 (base price)

Hubot might as well have been called "The Kitchen Sink Robot," because its creator, Hubotics, threw just about everything it could imagine into a 44-inch movable stand that looked like a public trash receptacle with a face. Among the functions: computer with keyboard and disk drive; broadcast-ready TV set; AM/FM stereo with cassette deck and stereo speakers, an Atari 2600 video game system. Optional packages: dot-matrix printer, vacuum attachment, articulated arm, smoke detector, 300 baud modem, remote control...the list goes on. Accordingly, Hubot cost quite a bit and few people bought one.

If anything proved the impracticality of personal robotics in the 1980s, it was firms like Hubotics that threw just about everything out there and hoped that some functionality would stick. Unfortunately, the technology just wasn't there, and we're still lacking robot servants today.

https://uk.pcmag.com/robotics/69808/7-robots-every-geeky-80s-kid-wanted?p=1
You all want one now?

I've never seen this device before, but it looks convenient.  :D

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQF0KEkXIAM5DMR?format=jpg&name=900x900


O0 That's really cool!  Quite the step up from the little portable b&w TVs that often hung out on kitchen counters then.

I've lived places where I could definitely use that.  Today, I might not want to take up the floor space.  But it's still cute!

O0 That's really cool!  Quite the step up from the little portable b&w TVs that often hung out on kitchen counters then.

I've lived places where I could definitely use that.  Today, I might not want to take up the floor space.  But it's still cute!


No exact matches found on eBay.

I suppose so, though it definitely looks like it's designed for a kitchen. Or maybe for people who live in one room.


What does it come with? Like a small radio or a VCR built in?

What does it come with? Like a small radio or a VCR built in?

Hubotics Hubot (1983)
MSRP: $3495 (base price)

Hubot might as well have been called "The Kitchen Sink Robot," because its creator, Hubotics, threw just about everything it could imagine into a 44-inch movable stand that looked like a public trash receptacle with a face. Among the functions: computer with keyboard and disk drive; broadcast-ready TV set; AM/FM stereo with cassette deck and stereo speakers, an Atari 2600 video game system. Optional packages: dot-matrix printer, vacuum attachment, articulated arm, smoke detector, 300 baud modem, remote control...the list goes on. Accordingly, Hubot cost quite a bit and few people bought one.

If anything proved the impracticality of personal robotics in the 1980s, it was firms like Hubotics that threw just about everything out there and hoped that some functionality would stick. Unfortunately, the technology just wasn't there, and we're still lacking robot servants today.

https://uk.pcmag.com/robotics/69808/7-robots-every-geeky-80s-kid-wanted?p=1

You all want one now?


Something from 40 years ago? Hey I'll take it.

O0 That's really cool!  Quite the step up from the little portable b&w TVs that often hung out on kitchen counters then.

I've lived places where I could definitely use that.  Today, I might not want to take up the floor space.  But it's still cute!


Growing up in my household, we use to have this portable TV with AM-FM radio and an antenna.

Something from 40 years ago? Hey I'll take it.
Money can be obtain here for the assistance in purchasing a Hubotics Hubot.

Money can be obtain here for the assistance in purchasing a Hubotics Hubot.


http://www.theoldrobots.com/images17/hu2.JPG
Phil, Can I ask how old this robot is? 

http://www.theoldrobots.com/images17/hu2.JPG
Phil, Can I ask how old this robot is? 

Hubotics Hubot (1983)
MSRP: $3495 (base price)

Hubot might as well have been called "The Kitchen Sink Robot," because its creator, Hubotics, threw just about everything it could imagine into a 44-inch movable stand that looked like a public trash receptacle with a face. Among the functions: computer with keyboard and disk drive; broadcast-ready TV set; AM/FM stereo with cassette deck and stereo speakers, an Atari 2600 video game system. Optional packages: dot-matrix printer, vacuum attachment, articulated arm, smoke detector, 300 baud modem, remote control...the list goes on. Accordingly, Hubot cost quite a bit and few people bought one.

If anything proved the impracticality of personal robotics in the 1980s, it was firms like Hubotics that threw just about everything out there and hoped that some functionality would stick. Unfortunately, the technology just wasn't there, and we're still lacking robot servants today.

https://uk.pcmag.com/robotics/69808/7-robots-every-geeky-80s-kid-wanted?p=1

I love this!

Vintage 1960s formica and beechwood plant stand.

https://www.design-mkt.com/1576341-thickbox_default/vintage-formica-and-beech-wood-plant-stand-czechoslovakia-1960s.jpg

I love this!

Vintage 1960s formica and beechwood plant stand.

https://www.design-mkt.com/1576341-thickbox_default/vintage-formica-and-beech-wood-plant-stand-czechoslovakia-1960s.jpg
I swear we had something similar in the eighties, unless it was a hold on from the sixties.

Spacelander Bicycle. Prototype designed 1946; Manufactured 1960. Made of fiberglass, metal, glass, rubber and fox fur. 44 x 77 x 32 in. (111.8 x 195.6 x 81.3 cm). Currently in the Brooklyn Museum.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FSQun6VXMAAgfGG?format=jpg&name=small

I love this!

Vintage 1960s formica and beechwood plant stand.

https://www.design-mkt.com/1576341-thickbox_default/vintage-formica-and-beech-wood-plant-stand-czechoslovakia-1960s.jpg


Ah, Formica!  I recall as a wee little girl (early 60's) my handy dad finished the "front room" of our basement affixing multi colored Formica tiles (24 inch square?) onto the walls.  Very chic (for the time) - sturdy, too.  As for the plant stand, it's really cute!  I don't recall seeing a plant stand like that, but it fits the aesthetic.


Spacelander Bicycle. Prototype designed 1946; Manufactured 1960. Made of fiberglass, metal, glass, rubber and fox fur. 44 x 77 x 32 in. (111.8 x 195.6 x 81.3 cm). Currently in the Brooklyn Museum.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FSQun6VXMAAgfGG?format=jpg&name=small


That's awesome!  On the practical front, I can see some potential downsides to owning such a bike (especially at repair time).  But what a piece of art!

Ah, Formica!  I recall as a wee little girl (early 60's) my handy dad finished the "front room" of our basement affixing multi colored Formica tiles (24 inch square?) onto the walls.  Very chic (for the time) - sturdy, too.


When I was growing up everybody had formica countertops in their kitchen. And linoleum floors!

When I was growing up everybody had formica countertops in their kitchen. And linoleum floors!


Can't forget the linoleum floors!  :D

Can't forget the linoleum floors!  :D


UGH! I HATE, HATE, HATE linoleum! Just cover it up with an orange shag rug.  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D


Cat

Spacelander Bicycle. Prototype designed 1946; Manufactured 1960. Made of fiberglass, metal, glass, rubber and fox fur. 44 x 77 x 32 in. (111.8 x 195.6 x 81.3 cm). Currently in the Brooklyn Museum.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FSQun6VXMAAgfGG?format=jpg&name=small


If it wasn't in the museum, how much would it be sold for? ???

When I was growing up everybody had formica countertops in their kitchen. And linoleum floors!


I can't remember what floor we had when I was growing up but I know that the color was a boring yellow or I think it was orange.

I can't remember what floor we had when I was growing up but I know that the color was a boring yellow or I think it was orange.
Hopefully not this design?

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/3rIAAMXQXZZRdpBr/s-l500.jpg

Hopefully not this design?

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/3rIAAMXQXZZRdpBr/s-l500.jpg

I think it was yellow first and orange last.

Spacelander Bicycle. Prototype designed 1946; Manufactured 1960. Made of fiberglass, metal, glass, rubber and fox fur. 44 x 77 x 32 in. (111.8 x 195.6 x 81.3 cm). Currently in the Brooklyn Museum.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FSQun6VXMAAgfGG?format=jpg&name=small
The Spacelander Bicycle invented by a British inventor Benjamin Bowden.

The Spacelander Bicycle invented by a British inventor Benjamin Bowden.

It looks like that bike can only fit one person?

It looks like that bike can only fit one person?
Bicycles are made for only one person to ride on them, for two people it is called a tandem.

Restaurant Varna in Aarhus, Denmark, 1971.
Designed by Verner Panton (1926-1998).

Stylin'!


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTJrhZbXsAER52Z?format=jpg&name=small

Restaurant Varna in Aarhus, Denmark, 1971.
Designed by Verner Panton (1926-1998).

Stylin'!


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTJrhZbXsAER52Z?format=jpg&name=small

That's quite gorgeous. O0

The Ultrasonic Bath: Human washing machine was showcased at the 1970 World Expo in Osaka, Japan. Sanyo's automatic Ultrasonic Bath could wash, massage and dry the user in 15 minutes.

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFbGP15ZWQAA4-Z2.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFbGP15ZXoAAt1xo.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFbGP15eWIAABOa-.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall

The Ultrasonic Bath: Human washing machine was showcased at the 1970 World Expo in Osaka, Japan. Sanyo's automatic Ultrasonic Bath could wash, massage and dry the user in 15 minutes.

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFbGP15ZWQAA4-Z2.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFbGP15ZXoAAt1xo.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFbGP15eWIAABOa-.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall


How does the Human washing machine dry the hair on the head of the human when the head of the human is outside the Human washing machine?

How does the Human washing machine dry the hair on the head of the human when the head of the human is outside the Human washing machine?


That has to be done separately. I don't recall the human washing machine ever going on the market, so maybe that is one of the design flaws that kept it from public consumption.

That has to be done separately. I don't recall the human washing machine ever going on the market, so maybe that is one of the design flaws that kept it from public consumption.
So there was no introduction of the Human hair washing machine at the next World Expo?

Also, there seems to be no ladder to climb into the Human washing machine?

The Ultrasonic Bath: Human washing machine was showcased at the 1970 World Expo in Osaka, Japan. Sanyo's automatic Ultrasonic Bath could wash, massage and dry the user in 15 minutes.

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFbGP15ZWQAA4-Z2.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFbGP15ZXoAAt1xo.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFbGP15eWIAABOa-.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall


We need something like that in 2022.

That has to be done separately. I don't recall the human washing machine ever going on the market, so maybe that is one of the design flaws that kept it from public consumption.

Couldn't something be put on the head to dry it? ???

Couldn't something be put on the head to dry it? ???


Like this?

https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/pink-vintage-hair-dryers-mindy-sommers.jpg


Or this?

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrIY-8TFpTbj0f82AUAfEZzUrtoYL0heAPrRXq_tjFTs421o5kCCuMkyYwoOqgf8NkywBLujNUFYfzvHTMlGe15Aq_LbB6S4TzT_Nq1wwhfdi2yJajSpfIo-7H7_CmEOzODp10jKJrwYgzpEDSLBEm0ZJwxp_PjaHbYHNiozMeXC2eQvabZAo3fMHd=s16000


Cat

Like this?

https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/pink-vintage-hair-dryers-mindy-sommers.jpg


Cat
... and read a magazine while you wait?

... and read a magazine while you wait?


Actually, I play on my tablet when I'm under the dryer.  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

Or this?

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrIY-8TFpTbj0f82AUAfEZzUrtoYL0heAPrRXq_tjFTs421o5kCCuMkyYwoOqgf8NkywBLujNUFYfzvHTMlGe15Aq_LbB6S4TzT_Nq1wwhfdi2yJajSpfIo-7H7_CmEOzODp10jKJrwYgzpEDSLBEm0ZJwxp_PjaHbYHNiozMeXC2eQvabZAo3fMHd=s16000


Cat
Is this battery operated or has a very long flex attached? It looks like a flex/cable, but I am not too sure.

Is this battery operated or has a very long flex attached? It looks like a flex/cable, but I am not too sure.


It looks like it is plugged in. We had one similar to that (but different brand, I'm sure) back in the dark ages. It was a plug-in.


Cat

Or this?

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrIY-8TFpTbj0f82AUAfEZzUrtoYL0heAPrRXq_tjFTs421o5kCCuMkyYwoOqgf8NkywBLujNUFYfzvHTMlGe15Aq_LbB6S4TzT_Nq1wwhfdi2yJajSpfIo-7H7_CmEOzODp10jKJrwYgzpEDSLBEm0ZJwxp_PjaHbYHNiozMeXC2eQvabZAo3fMHd=s16000


Cat


This type of hair dryer was a common household item for women in the 60s, pre blow dryer era. Not so much the "carry it around" aspect, generally they would sit or stand in one place. BUT, the funny thing is, seldom did I ever see anybody use the "hair bonnet" part. They just used the hose and held it to their hair like a blow dryer. No wonder blow dryers were soon invented.

Like this?

https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/pink-vintage-hair-dryers-mindy-sommers.jpg


Or this?

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrIY-8TFpTbj0f82AUAfEZzUrtoYL0heAPrRXq_tjFTs421o5kCCuMkyYwoOqgf8NkywBLujNUFYfzvHTMlGe15Aq_LbB6S4TzT_Nq1wwhfdi2yJajSpfIo-7H7_CmEOzODp10jKJrwYgzpEDSLBEm0ZJwxp_PjaHbYHNiozMeXC2eQvabZAo3fMHd=s16000


Cat


Yeah I think so, something like that but for guys.

Actually, I play on my tablet when I'm under the dryer.  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat


That's definitely a good idea.

So what happens when you're IN the dryer?  :D

Is this battery operated or has a very long flex attached? It looks like a flex/cable, but I am not too sure.

There needs to be a timer attached to it so that way you know how long you've dried your hair for.

Another version of the aluminium portable RCA Victor Special phonograph, 1937.

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFckLp1fWYAEob9Y.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall

Another version of the aluminium portable RCA Victor Special phonograph, 1937.

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFckLp1fWYAEob9Y.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall

Wow, that's a nice phonograph.

Another version of the aluminium portable RCA Victor Special phonograph, 1937.

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFckLp1fWYAEob9Y.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall



Wow, that's a nice phonograph.


Agreed!  Interesting contrast from the all-silver color.  Not sure which I prefer, but I'd take either!  :D

Serving a snack on Scandinavian Airlines in 1969. When air travel was groovy!

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFco3-1qWIAEC6ns.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall

Serving a snack on Scandinavian Airlines in 1969. When air travel was groovy!

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFco3-1qWIAEC6ns.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall


Wow, that looks like a delicious meal they served in 1969.  :o

Serving a snack on Scandinavian Airlines in 1969. When air travel was groovy!

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFco3-1qWIAEC6ns.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall


O0 Looks wonderful!


Wow, that looks like a delicious meal they served in 1969.  :o


Indeed.

I did a lot of air travel in 1989 while on an out of town business assignment.  These flights were in coach.  With the lengthy flights, the airlines served full meals at that time (roughly "cafeteria" grade, nothing like the picture above), and plenty of beverages and snacks.  Being hungry was not usually a problem.  The seats were not especially luxurious but tended to be roomy enough.  In short, not too bad.

In 2003 I was sent on an overseas business trip to Scandinavia, in business class, and it was exquisite!  I was so spoiled from the luxurious seats (essentially recliners) to the scrumptious food.  Even the service and presentation were impeccable.  Except, being after 9/11, along with our fine stainless spoon and fork we got plastic knives!  ;D

I've done some air travel in the mid to late 2010s.  What a dropoff in terms of service (comparing coach to coach).  I don't desire to fly again anytime soon.

O0 Looks wonderful!

Indeed.

I did a lot of air travel in 1989 while on an out of town business assignment.  These flights were in coach.  With the lengthy flights, the airlines served full meals at that time (roughly "cafeteria" grade, nothing like the picture above), and plenty of beverages and snacks.  Being hungry was not usually a problem.  The seats were not especially luxurious but tended to be roomy enough.  In short, not too bad.

In 2003 I was sent on an overseas business trip to Scandinavia, in business class, and it was exquisite!  I was so spoiled from the luxurious seats (essentially recliners) to the scrumptious food.  Even the service and presentation were impeccable.  Except, being after 9/11, along with our fine stainless spoon and fork we got plastic knives!  ;D

I've done some air travel in the mid to late 2010s.  What a dropoff in terms of service (comparing coach to coach).  I don't desire to fly again anytime soon.


Why is that, AG?

The Blickensderfer 6 portable typewriter, 1906 - by George C. Blickensderfer, USA. Minneapolis Institute of Art

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFcvzNT5WAAAKmk0.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall

The Blickensderfer 6 portable typewriter, 1906 - by George C. Blickensderfer, USA. Minneapolis Institute of Art

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFcvzNT5WAAAKmk0.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall


O0 Beautiful typewriter!  TBH it looks a little hard to type on.


...What a dropoff in terms of service (comparing coach to coach).  I don't desire to fly again anytime soon.



Why is that, AG?


I want to fly about as much as I want a root canal.  (Although I probably will need to fly sometime.)  One word sums it up: H-A-S-S-L-E.

The Blickensderfer 6 portable typewriter, 1906 - by George C. Blickensderfer, USA. Minneapolis Institute of Art

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/media%2FFcvzNT5WAAAKmk0.jpg%3Fname%3Dsmall


How is anyone supposed to type with that?

I'm breaking with character here, as this photo is from way before the 1960s, but it's very intriguing. It shows tourists sunbathing and having tea atop the Great Pyramid in 1938. Of course, such an action would be highly illegal now.

https://scoopempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/96243973_10158136910720761_1832401703249379328_o-768x661.jpg

O0 Beautiful typewriter!  TBH it looks a little hard to type on.



I could probably type on it. I typed all my high school papers on an old Underwood.

https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/images/319/774/medium_SMG00176255.jpg

And I used to type on a teletype and a card punch.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gwIhZwmHe2w/hqdefault.jpg

https://twobithistory.org/images/ibm029_front.jpg

There was some other machine (I can't remember what it was called) that I used to type on.



I want to fly about as much as I want a root canal.  (Although I probably will need to fly sometime.)  One word sums it up: H-A-S-S-L-E.


I HATE flying with a passion (says an Air Force vet). We used to fly every year to Puerto Rico. The airlines is basically a race to the bottom. They nickle and dime you to death. Extra for checked luggage (so a crowded plane is even more crowded because of everyone's carry-on luggage), extra for food, extra for entertainment, etc. Apparently now they are charging extra if you want to sit next to the person you are traveling with. There was one time when all of that was included in your ticket. They make the seats smaller and smaller so they can fit as many people they can like sardines into a tin can. Then they wonder why there is a lot of "air rage."  Personally, if I HAVE to fly, I will only fly JetBlue. The seats are bigger (not by much but every little bit counts), the snacks are included (but you can pay for something extra), and entertainment is included (a t.v. screen that has Direct TV and/or radio stations).

Ok, tangent over. Back to topic.


Cat

I could probably type on it. I typed all my high school papers on an old Underwood.

https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/images/319/774/medium_SMG00176255.jpg

And I used to type on a teletype and a card punch.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gwIhZwmHe2w/hqdefault.jpg

https://twobithistory.org/images/ibm029_front.jpg

There was some other machine (I can't remember what it was called) that I used to type on.

I HATE flying with a passion (says an Air Force vet). We used to fly every year to Puerto Rico. The airlines is basically a race to the bottom. They nickle and dime you to death. Extra for checked luggage (so a crowded plane is even more crowded because of everyone's carry-on luggage), extra for food, extra for entertainment, etc. Apparently now they are charging extra if you want to sit next to the person you are traveling with. There was one time when all of that was included in your ticket. They make the seats smaller and smaller so they can fit as many people they can like sardines into a tin can. Then they wonder why there is a lot of "air rage."  Personally, if I HAVE to fly, I will only fly JetBlue. The seats are bigger (not by much but every little bit counts), the snacks are included (but you can pay for something extra), and entertainment is included (a t.v. screen that has Direct TV and/or radio stations).

Ok, tangent over. Back to topic.


Cat

Wow, that is so cool, I miss those old typewriters.

Wow, that is so cool, I miss those old typewriters.


You probably wouldn't say so if you had to type on them. What I hated about them was no correction. You had to stop, and erase the booboo with a regular pencil eraser. Then Bette Nesmith Graham (mother of Mike Nesmith of the Monkees) invented liquid paper. It was still a pain. You "paint" the booboo with liquid paper (or correction fluid), had to wait for it to dry before typing over it. If you didn't wait for it to dry-what a mess.

Once the electric typewriters came out, they had a correction button that used correction tape. The teletype also had a correction button. I have to say that the word-processor and now the computer makes it so much easier in terms of corrections. As I write my stories, I have changed the names of some of my characters multiple times. I can change all the times I have written the name in one motion instead of having to find each time I wrote it and change it each and every time. 

Be thankful that you didn't have to use some of those old one. We have come a long way in terms of typing-but the keyboard is still basically the same which is good. If they ever change the keyboard, I would have to learn to type all over again and it something that I have perfected over the last  :-X 5 years. 


Cat

https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/images/319/774/medium_SMG00176255.jpg
Cat



Wow, that is so cool, I miss those old typewriters.


Yeah, in those days people who typed a lot got really strong fingers, too!    ;)  :D  ;D

Yeah, in those days people who typed a lot got really strong fingers, too!    ;)  :D  ;D


Yeah, I remember having to pound on those keys.


Cat

You probably wouldn't say so if you had to type on them. What I hated about them was no correction. You had to stop, and erase the booboo with a regular pencil eraser. Then Bette Nesmith Graham (mother of Mike Nesmith of the Monkees) invented liquid paper. It was still a pain. You "paint" the booboo with liquid paper (or correction fluid), had to wait for it to dry before typing over it. If you didn't wait for it to dry-what a mess.

Once the electric typewriters came out, they had a correction button that used correction tape. The teletype also had a correction button. I have to say that the word-processor and now the computer makes it so much easier in terms of corrections. As I write my stories, I have changed the names of some of my characters multiple times. I can change all the times I have written the name in one motion instead of having to find each time I wrote it and change it each and every time. 

Be thankful that you didn't have to use some of those old one. We have come a long way in terms of typing-but the keyboard is still basically the same which is good. If they ever change the keyboard, I would have to learn to type all over again and it something that I have perfected over the last  :-X 5 years. 


Cat


I hated Liquid Paper (Correction Fluid) that got so messy at times when you had made a mistake and you had to brush over the mistake which became a pain the ass. ::)

I hated Liquid Paper (Correction Fluid) that got so messy at times when you had made a mistake and you had to brush over the mistake which became a pain the ass. ::)
I never like the smell of it.

I never like the smell of it.

I don't blame you, I didn't like the smell either.  8-P

I never like the smell of it.


People used to sniff it to get high.


Cat

People used to sniff it to get high.


Cat

Just hope it doesn't become a new Tik Tok challenge. ::)

Just hope it doesn't become a new Tik Tok challenge. ::)
You read it here first!

I never like the smell of it.



People used to sniff it to get high.
Cat


I never noticed that Liquid Paper had much of a smell at all, unlike some other products, even nail polish. And nail polish remover which has an awful smell. AS for sniffing to get high, again, Liquid Paper doesn't do anything. Lots of other products do though. A great one from my youth was the now defunct mimeograph machines which all schools had back then, which rolled copies off a round drum and used fluid with a very distinct smell. It printed all papers out in purple ink. The smell of THAT stuff was cosmic. We'd be buzzed right through the whole test.  ;D :D

I never noticed that Liquid Paper had much of a smell at all, unlike some other products, even nail polish. And nail polish remover which has an awful smell. AS for sniffing to get high, again, Liquid Paper doesn't do anything. Lots of other products do though. A great one from my youth was the now defunct mimeograph machines which all schools had back then, which rolled copies off a round drum and used fluid with a very distinct smell. It printed all papers out in purple ink. The smell of THAT stuff was cosmic. We'd be buzzed right through the whole test.  ;D :D


Mimeograph machines - now there's a blast from the past!  And yes, I doubt I'll ever forget that smell  :D

Mimeograph machines - now there's a blast from the past!  And yes, I doubt I'll ever forget that smell  :D



To this day
Oh the smell
So long ago
I remember it well"

Mimeograph machines - now there's a blast from the past!  And yes, I doubt I'll ever forget that smell  :D


Another blast from the past: film strips. Here's a fancy film strip projector. I don't recall the ones we had when I was in school having a record player attached, though we may have had a seperate record player for any sound. I mostly remember them as silent, though.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Dukane_Record_Automatic_Filmstrip_Projector.jpg/1280px-Dukane_Record_Automatic_Filmstrip_Projector.jpg

Mimeograph machines - now there's a blast from the past!  And yes, I doubt I'll ever forget that smell  :D

I never even knew they had a smell but you know what did, Victrolas.

Zodiac electronic astrology computer and Electronic Quarterback from the 1970s.  I'm not exactly sure what these things do.


https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1979-Simpson-Sears-Canada-Christmas-Catalog2017-11-26-09_53_57.jpg

I'm breaking with character here, as this photo is from way before the 1960s, but it's very intriguing. It shows tourists sunbathing and having tea atop the Great Pyramid in 1938. Of course, such an action would be highly illegal now.

https://scoopempire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/96243973_10158136910720761_1832401703249379328_o-768x661.jpg
If these people are atop the Great Pyramid, what is that behind them, the slightly bigger Great Pyramid?  ;D

If these people are atop the Great Pyramid, what is that behind them, the slightly bigger Great Pyramid?  ;D


It's one of the other Giza pyramids. It appears larger due to the perspective of the photograph. It's actually much smaller.

Zodiac electronic astrology computer and Electronic Quarterback from the 1970s.  I'm not exactly sure what these things do.


https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1979-Simpson-Sears-Canada-Christmas-Catalog2017-11-26-09_53_57.jpg


Far out!  :D

Zodiac electronic astrology computer and Electronic Quarterback from the 1970s.  I'm not exactly sure what these things do.


https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1979-Simpson-Sears-Canada-Christmas-Catalog2017-11-26-09_53_57.jpg

I do remember The Electronic Football Game, I had that during The late 70's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6cQSF9h39Q

I do remember The Electronic Football Game, I had that during The late 70's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6cQSF9h39Q


O0 Howard, that's pretty cool!  (You must've been young when you got it.)  Was it fun?

O0 Howard, that's pretty cool!  (You must've been young when you got it.)  Was it fun?


It was OK, Just a fun time to be a kid I think maybe I was about 5 or 6 when I had it, this was in 1979 or 1980 I believe.
There was also a Coleco Baseball game too.

Zodiac electronic astrology computer and Electronic Quarterback from the 1970s.  I'm not exactly sure what these things do.


https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1979-Simpson-Sears-Canada-Christmas-Catalog2017-11-26-09_53_57.jpg
I would like to know how well the Zodiac electronic astrology computer predicted the future?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AEU7jXo-pY

I just love knobs, dials and meters.

IBM 360 Mainframe and check reading system, 1964

https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Control-8-768x512.jpg

I just love knobs, dials and meters.

IBM 360 Mainframe and check reading system, 1964

https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Control-8-768x512.jpg
Go on, you know you want to twist the knobs!

Go on, you know you want to twist the knobs!


It has toggle switches too. This thing is a dream!

It has toggle switches too. This thing is a dream!
Maximum volume turns to 11?

I just love knobs, dials and meters.

IBM 360 Mainframe and check reading system, 1964

https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Control-8-768x512.jpg


What does this thing do?

What does this thing do?
What is IBM famous for?

What is IBM famous for?


computers.

What is IBM famous for?


My brother worked for IBM before he retired several years ago.


Cat

My brother worked for IBM before he retired several years ago.


Cat
Was your brother one of the first ones to have a home computer in his own home?

Was your brother one of the first ones to have a home computer in his own home?


Don't know. Maybe. He is a computer guru (at least he used to be). Experts used to go to HIM when they had an issue. Not sure if he is up on the latest info or not. He thinks that Bill Gates is the devil incarnate. He uses Lenox rather than Windows or Apple. He has built my sister's computer and has offered to build me one a long time ago but I never took him up on the offer. But he once did some work on my computer (my old XP computer) and even put on some games for me.  :)


Cat

I just love knobs, dials and meters.

IBM 360 Mainframe and check reading system, 1964

https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Control-8-768x512.jpg


O0 Very cool!  Looks rather analog on the whole.

Speaking of knobs, dials and meters, I had this integrated amp (used 80's/90's/early 00's), it was wonderful:

https://www.hifiengine.com/images/model/sherwood_hp-1000_stereo_integrated_amplifier.jpg

Mainframe Computing

The Harvard Mark I

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o6N3Suzm9mULKWqXYoFK4k-970-80.jpg

The mainframe lane starts and ends, not so surprisingly, with IBM. Back in the 1930s, when a computer was actually a fellow with a slide rule who did computations for you, IBM was mainly known for its punched-card machines. However, the transformation of IBM from one of the many sellers of business machines to the company that later became a computer monopoly was due in large part to forward-looking leadership, at that time going by the name of Thomas Watson, Sr.

The Harvard machine was a manifestation of his vision, although in practical terms, was not a technological starting point for what followed. Still, it is worth looking at, just so we can see how far things have come.

It all began in 1936, when Howard Aiken, a Harvard researcher, was trying to work through a problem relating to the design of vacuum tubes (a little ironic, as you will see). In order to make progress, he needed to solve a set of non-linear equations, and there was nothing available that could do it for him. Aiken proposed to Harvard researchers there that they build a large-scale calculator that could solve these problems. His request was not well-received.

Aiken then approached Monroe Calculating Company, which declined the proposal. So Aiken took it to IBM. Aiken's proposal was essentially a requirement document, not a true design, and it was up to IBM to figure out how to fulfill these requirements. The initial cost was estimated at $15,000, but that quickly ballooned up to $100,000 by the time the proposal was formally accepted in 1939. It eventually cost IBM roughly $200,000 to make.

https://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/508-mainframe-computer-history.html

This mainframe is slightly to big for the average household.

O0 Very cool!  Looks rather analog on the whole.

Speaking of knobs, dials and meters, I had this integrated amp (used 80's/90's/early 00's), it was wonderful:

https://www.hifiengine.com/images/model/sherwood_hp-1000_stereo_integrated_amplifier.jpg


That is one huge amp machine.  :o

That is one huge amp machine.  :o


Well, I'd call it bigger than the average receiver, but not hugely so.  It's about 18 1/2 inches across with the side panels (incidentally the side panels, which have a cherry colored veneer for looks, can be removed).  What it really is is heavy - in pounds (I think maybe 35 pounds).  I really loved that integrated amp - I could do all sorts of things with it.  I was heartbroken when it got noisy in one channel when around 20 years old.  It's still in storage in a box somewhere.  (Its replacement, a Yamaha AX-592, is handsome and functional but not nearly as special.  However it is a much appreciated - and used - piece of equipment.)

That is one huge amp machine.  :o
We're gonna need a bigger amp!

Speaking of knobs, dials and meters, I had this integrated amp (used 80's/90's/early 00's), it was wonderful:




I have had both Sherwood and Technics receivers and they were both good.

Speaking of which, receivers are getting harder and harder to find, now that the stereo component method of listening to music has unfortunately fallen by the wayside to streaming. I remember the days of "stereo stores" for sound equipment when one would go in and carefully choose. Of course, one always wished one could afford the more expensive components. And the REALLY expensive stuff was kept in a special room where you could go and listen if you meant business. They always had albums like "Dark Side of the Moon" hanging around to show what this stuff could do.

These establishments always advertised heavily in newspapers, magazines and on radio, back in the day.

I have had both Sherwood and Technics receivers and they were both good.

Speaking of which, receivers are getting harder and harder to find, now that the stereo component method of listening to music has unfortunately fallen by the wayside to streaming. I remember the days of "stereo stores" for sound equipment when one would go in and carefully choose. Of course, one always wished one could afford the more expensive components. And the REALLY expensive stuff was kept in a special room where you could go and listen if you meant business. They always had albums like "Dark Side of the Moon" hanging around to show what this stuff could do.

These establishments always advertised heavily in newspapers, magazines and on radio, back in the day.


O0 Indeed!  The ads were many.

I loved going to a Chicagoland store "Musicraft" back in the day; that's where I picked up the Sherwood HP-1000 and several other pieces of my evolving component stack.  They kept the really good stuff, for instance McIntosh, in one of those listening rooms.  That McIntosh blew me away just playing FM radio (it was usually on the classical station).  I went to many other audio shops but I was a regular at "Musicraft" in Palatine (they had several locations).  Some of the staff even knew me!  ;D

Well, I'd call it bigger than the average receiver, but not hugely so.  It's about 18 1/2 inches across with the side panels (incidentally the side panels, which have a cherry colored veneer for looks, can be removed).  What it really is is heavy - in pounds (I think maybe 35 pounds).  I really loved that integrated amp - I could do all sorts of things with it.  I was heartbroken when it got noisy in one channel when around 20 years old.  It's still in storage in a box somewhere.  (Its replacement, a Yamaha AX-592, is handsome and functional but not nearly as special.  However it is a much appreciated - and used - piece of equipment.)

Where do you hook it up to? ???

Where do you hook it up to? ???


I don't know how familiar you are with a component stack, very popular in the 70's/80's/90's/00's (until when more people used only mp3s and later when people only stream).  Often referred to as a "stereo", these are probably regarded "old fashioned" today.  The integrated amp (or receiver, or pre-amp/power-amp combo) is the "brain" of the system.  It is connected to speakers, often via wires (although many speakers are wireless).  (I have some nice, handsome Paradigm speakers, wired - they sound really good.)  Then you have components - turntables, CD players, tape decks, radio tuners (not needed with a receiver), and others.  They are connected to the integrated amp using RCA connector cables.  The one thing that takes a little thought is a tape deck or something else that records; those need two RCA cables and you have to make sure to hook up the cables right.

When air travel was groovy.

A  piano bar on an American Airlines 747 in 1971.

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/orig/media%2FFkKq1-uXoAANhxP.jpg

When air travel was groovy.

A  piano bar on an American Airlines 747 in 1971.

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/orig/media%2FFkKq1-uXoAANhxP.jpg

I never knew you could put a piano on an airplane. :o

When air travel was groovy.

A  piano bar on an American Airlines 747 in 1971.

https://nitter.snopyta.org/pic/orig/media%2FFkKq1-uXoAANhxP.jpg


Looks like a blast!  Logistically, I bet it wasn't that easy to secure the piano, save for bolting it down.

In that day, flying wasn't the common transportation form for the huddled masses, although more and more people were flying.

Looks like a blast!  Logistically, I bet it wasn't that easy to secure the piano, save for bolting it down.

In that day, flying wasn't the common transportation form for the huddled masses, although more and more people were flying.


Actually, it was the common form. Air travel was very common in the 60s and 70s. It's just that it was before Ronald Reagan deregulated everything. So tickets were the same price from airline to airline. if you missed your flight with one airline you could use your ticket on another airline. So, since any given airline couldn't entice passengers with lower priced tickets than other airlines, they had to resort to novel things and perks like piano bars and lobster dinners and sexy stewardesses in short dresses (there was a decided element of sexism to air travel in those days) to attract customers.

Borghesani wooden robot bar, 1969.


https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b8/78/c1/b878c13acc6f0a1c703a88016af3ee73.jpg

Borghesani wooden robot bar, 1969.

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b8/78/c1/b878c13acc6f0a1c703a88016af3ee73.jpg


I need that!    :D

Actually, since I'm no longer a drinking person, I probably don't need that.  But it's so clever and handsome, I want it anyway

Borghesani wooden robot bar, 1969.


https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b8/78/c1/b878c13acc6f0a1c703a88016af3ee73.jpg
I just like the hinges as arms for the front flap, even when the hinges/arms are closed.

That reminds me of this:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52635380491_22542cc059.jpg

It used to belong to my great-grandfather but my sister is its caretaker right now. Where the decanters are pulls out and if memory serves me, there are like 3 decanters and about dozen shot/and or wine glasses. You can sort of see the glasses. I wish there was a pic of it pulled out.


Cat

Borghesani wooden robot bar, 1969.


https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b8/78/c1/b878c13acc6f0a1c703a88016af3ee73.jpg

That is so cool, I would like one of those, we could put it in our living room.

I need that!    :D

Actually, since I'm no longer a drinking person, I probably don't need that.  But it's so clever and handsome, I want it anyway

Where would you put one of those?

Where would you put one of those?


It's so adorable I'd find a place for it, even if I have to displace something else...

It's so adorable I'd find a place for it, even if I have to displace something else...

I would put one of those in my room but my room is so small there's just not enough for that robot table.

Please forgive the indulgence - but I found a YouTube of someone demonstrating the Sony EX-1M which I had in 1979 (I posted its image at http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=63344.msg4062040#msg4062040) and seeing this video makes me extremely nostalgic.  Allow me this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNGuaERVjBU

I notice he doesn't demonstrate the 8-track!  ;D

Please forgive the indulgence - but I found a YouTube of someone demonstrating the Sony EX-1M which I had in 1979 (I posted its image at http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=63344.msg4062040#msg4062040) and seeing this video makes me extremely nostalgic.  Allow me this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNGuaERVjBU

I notice he doesn't demonstrate the 8-track!  ;D

Wow, I haven't seen a record player in so many years!  :o

Wow, I haven't seen a record player in so many years!  :o


The one reason that does surprise me is that a lot of YouTube videos of songs show a record being played on a record player.

(Incidentally, I do own a working turntable, connected to my stereo component stack.)

The one reason that does surprise me is that a lot of YouTube videos of songs show a record being played on a record player.

(Incidentally, I do own a working turntable, connected to my stereo component stack.)


I have a bunch of turntables but they are not connected to anything. Still trying to sell two stereo systems (had a nibble on them today but not sure if it will pan out.) I have one that will hook up to the computer. That one I am not selling.


Cat

I currently have a Sony turntable that I use, connected to my stereo system. It also hooks up to a computer so I can digitize albums if I want using the U-Phono adapter.  Although that's quite time consuming. In years gone by I had a  really good Thorens turntable made in Germany. 

I have a bunch of turntables but they are not connected to anything. Still trying to sell two stereo systems (had a nibble on them today but not sure if it will pan out.) I have one that will hook up to the computer. That one I am not selling.

Cat



I currently have a Sony turntable that I use, connected to my stereo system. It also hooks up to a computer so I can digitize albums if I want using the U-Phono adapter...


My turntable doesn't hook directly up to the computer.  However I attached my Behringer UCA222 device to one of the stereo's record outputs and it works perfectly to digitize albums or tapes or whatever.

My 90's turntable is a Sherwood and it mostly works, with a minor bugaboo or two but good where it counts.  It's on probably its 5th or 6th stylus.


...In years gone by I had a  really good Thorens turntable made in Germany. 


Ooooh, Thorens!  They have made some outstanding turntables, beautiful and fine sounding (and pricey).  In fact I just saw this on Amazon, appropriate for this thread, eh?  (Unfortunately it doesn't look available...)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41OXqUDGAeL._AC_.jpg

My turntable doesn't hook directly up to the computer.  However I attached my Behringer UCA222 device to one of the stereo's record outputs and it works perfectly to digitize albums or tapes or whatever.



Now that I think of it, my Sony turntable does hook up directly to the computer. It's the tape deck that needs the Behringer U-Phono.

Ooooh, Thorens!  They have made some outstanding turntables, beautiful and fine sounding (and pricey).  In fact I just saw this on Amazon, appropriate for this thread, eh?  (Unfortunately it doesn't look available...)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41OXqUDGAeL._AC_.jpg


Love this!!

The one reason that does surprise me is that a lot of YouTube videos of songs show a record being played on a record player.

(Incidentally, I do own a working turntable, connected to my stereo component stack.)


And how is it working? Does it sound fine?

And how is it working? Does it sound fine?


My turntable works.  There is an issue with the damping on the cueing lever.  Plus sometimes it's acted goofy lately when doing an auto-return.  Nothing major.  It sounds fine.

My turntable works.  There is an issue with the damping on the cueing lever.  Plus sometimes it's acted goofy lately when doing an auto-return.  Nothing major.  It sounds fine.



Does your turntable have a 33, 45 and 78? I used to play music and wondered what the people sounded like on those speeds.  ;D

Does your turntable have a 33, 45 and 78? I used to play music and wondered what the people sounded like on those speeds.  ;D



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doz1QJ7LwjA


Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doz1QJ7LwjA


Cat


That sounds like a black woman singing it. ;D

...In fact I just saw this on Amazon, appropriate for this thread, eh?  (Unfortunately it doesn't look available...)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41OXqUDGAeL._AC_.jpg


I stand corrected about the turntable's availability.  Apparently you can purchase it for a cool $1,999.99 at Hi-Fi Heaven.  But take heart - shipping is absolutely free!    ;D

I stand corrected about the turntable's availability.  Apparently you can purchase it for a cool $1,999.99 at Hi-Fi Heaven.  But take heart - shipping is absolutely free!    ;D

$2,000 for this thing?  :o

$2,000 for this thing?  :o


There are many turntables that are even more expensive...

There are many turntables that are even more expensive...

What about on Amazon? ???

Hey AG, ever play a record on different speeds just to see how that person sounded? ;D

Hey AG, ever play a record on different speeds just to see how that person sounded? ;D


Yes indeed.  At some point I posted that but I don't remember which thread.  Maybe this one.

My dad warned us to not play a record too fast because we'd do damage.  Did it anyway, but not so much.  Got lots of "chipmunk" sounds that way.  ;D  When we played a record too slow, we got the effect seen with "Jolene".  One old turntable I had contained a 16 RPM speed; playing a 45 at that speed, we got a very deep voice sounding like a robot guy singing while drinking molasses!  ;D

Yes indeed.  At some point I posted that but I don't remember which thread.  Maybe this one.

My dad warned us to not play a record too fast because we'd do damage.  Did it anyway, but not so much.  Got lots of "chipmunk" sounds that way.  ;D  When we played a record too slow, we got the effect seen with "Jolene".  One old turntable I had contained a 16 RPM speed; playing a 45 at that speed, we got a very deep voice sounding like a robot guy singing while drinking molasses!  ;D


We had my great-grandfather's old wind-up Victrola. (My sister now has custody of it). It was very hard to get the right speed on that. If you wound it too fast...yeah, chipmunks. But, if you didn't wind it enough...well. you know. Sometimes the speed would be just right but then it will start slowing down.


Cat

Yes indeed.  At some point I posted that but I don't remember which thread.  Maybe this one.

My dad warned us to not play a record too fast because we'd do damage.  Did it anyway, but not so much.  Got lots of "chipmunk" sounds that way.  ;D  When we played a record too slow, we got the effect seen with "Jolene".  One old turntable I had contained a 16 RPM speed; playing a 45 at that speed, we got a very deep voice sounding like a robot guy singing while drinking molasses!  ;D


I never knew what that 16 RPM speed was for and don't ever recall seeing a 16 RPM record. Years later I found out it was primarily for spoken word records, particularly recordings of books for the blind, in the years before braille. 

Yes indeed.  At some point I posted that but I don't remember which thread.  Maybe this one.

My dad warned us to not play a record too fast because we'd do damage.  Did it anyway, but not so much.  Got lots of "chipmunk" sounds that way.  ;D  When we played a record too slow, we got the effect seen with "Jolene".  One old turntable I had contained a 16 RPM speed; playing a 45 at that speed, we got a very deep voice sounding like a robot guy singing while drinking molasses!  ;D

The slower version in my ears sounds like a black person singing a sad song in a lounge club on a chair to a small audience with a lisp.

David Bowie's kitchen


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FoPDANKXwAM3OrQ?format=jpg&name=900x900

David Bowie's kitchen


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FoPDANKXwAM3OrQ?format=jpg&name=900x900
On seeing this image, it has got me wondering, where was David Bowie ling in the 1960s, for some of that time it was Beckenham in the south east London, I am now looking to see if there is a plaque honouring his residency.

On seeing this image, it has got me wondering, where was David Bowie ling in the 1960s, for some of that time it was Beckenham in the south east London, I am now looking to see if there is a plaque honouring his residency.
David Bowie's house, with shared accommodation.

https://d2kdkfqxnvpuu9.cloudfront.net/images/giant/73559.jpg?1452528571

Located at 42 Southend Road, Beckenham. David Bowie lived in flat 7 here from October 1969 to May 1972. The photograph shows him in the garden of the house. It was demolished in the early 1980s.

On seeing this image, it has got me wondering, where was David Bowie ling in the 1960s, for some of that time it was Beckenham in the south east London, I am now looking to see if there is a plaque honouring his residency.


The oficial "Bowie Bandstand", with a Grade II listing, resides in Beckenham, where Bowie staged a free festival on August 16, 1969, with a few hundred people in attendance. Bowie performed solo acoustic. Also performing were The Strawbs, Briget St. John, Tony Visconti and Keith Christmas. Bowie immortalized the event in his song "Memory of a Free Festival".

Bowie on the bandstand, 1969:

https://beckenhamhistory.co.uk/images/template-content/bowie2.jpg

The bandstand today:

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5e1ffd1a294ed05ebe5724b8e6729be78a492dc9/0_312_3500_2100/master/3500.jpg?width=620&quality=85&dpr=1&s=none

David Bowie's Beckenham plaque:

https://d2kdkfqxnvpuu9.cloudfront.net/images/giant/73558.jpg

David Bowie's Beckenham plaque:

https://d2kdkfqxnvpuu9.cloudfront.net/images/giant/73558.jpg
O0

David Bowie at Trident Studios, London

https://d2kdkfqxnvpuu9.cloudfront.net/images/giant/75822.jpg

Where "Life On Mars" was recorded with the piano Rick Wakeman played was the same 1898 Bechstein used by the Beatles for "Hey Jude" and later by Queen for "Bohemian Rhapsody", and not proven as yet "Your Song" by Elton John.

David Bowie Mural

https://i0.wp.com/www.brixtonbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/brixton-tribute-listed-1.jpg?w=620&ssl=1

Just round the corner from where David Jones (later Bowie) was born. Close to Brixton Underground Station.

O0

David Bowie at Trident Studios, London

https://d2kdkfqxnvpuu9.cloudfront.net/images/giant/75822.jpg




If they put up plaques for everybody who recorded brilliant music at Trident Studios there would be no room for anything else!!

If they put up plaques for everybody who recorded brilliant music at Trident Studios there would be no room for anything else!!
Exactly!

Another David Bowie Mural

https://d2kdkfqxnvpuu9.cloudfront.net/images/giant/76652.jpg

This one is on Bromley, which is on the outskirts of London.

Not to be outdone...


https://d2kdkfqxnvpuu9.cloudfront.net/images/giant/73436.jpg

https://storage.googleapis.com/nub-news-files/nub-news-file-storage/101370/556_n_2_1054_1.jpg

https://d2kdkfqxnvpuu9.cloudfront.net/images/thumb/56891.jpg

And two in Golders Green...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Memorial_plaque_to_Marc_Bolan%2C_Golders_Green_Crematorium.JPG/800px-Memorial_plaque_to_Marc_Bolan%2C_Golders_Green_Crematorium.JPG

https://live.staticflickr.com/6044/6256755129_a1ff183b5e_b.jpg

Bring on The Beatles!

https://d2kdkfqxnvpuu9.cloudfront.net/images/giant/80968.jpg
Savile Row, yes that rooftop concert in January 1969.

https://d2kdkfqxnvpuu9.cloudfront.net/images/thumb/56891.jpg

And two in Golders Green...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Memorial_plaque_to_Marc_Bolan%2C_Golders_Green_Crematorium.JPG/800px-Memorial_plaque_to_Marc_Bolan%2C_Golders_Green_Crematorium.JPG

https://live.staticflickr.com/6044/6256755129_a1ff183b5e_b.jpg


I have tried to take a picture of the memorial at the crash site, but the road is narrow with a footpath opposite, and the traffic whizzes past, for a decent picture you have to stop the traffic.

I have tried to take a picture of the memorial at the crash site, but the road is narrow with no footpath opposite, and for a decent picture you have to stop the traffic.


That just sounds like a dangerous place altogether. A girl I know who lived in London at the time of the crash said it was a total blind turn.

That just sounds like a dangerous place altogether. A girl I know who lived in London at the time of the crash said it was a total blind turn.
Exactly, and a humped bridge on a bend too.

David Bowie's kitchen


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FoPDANKXwAM3OrQ?format=jpg&name=900x900

Wow, nice kitchen, why was it so small?

David Bowie Mural

https://i0.wp.com/www.brixtonbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/brixton-tribute-listed-1.jpg?w=620&ssl=1

Just round the corner from where David Jones (later Bowie) was born. Close to Brixton Underground Station.

That's quite nice. :)

Wow, nice kitchen, why was it so small?

David Bowie's house, with shared accommodation.

https://d2kdkfqxnvpuu9.cloudfront.net/images/giant/73559.jpg?1452528571

Located at 42 Southend Road, Beckenham. David Bowie lived in flat 7 here from October 1969 to May 1972. The photograph shows him in the garden of the house. It was demolished in the early 1980s.
If the picture of the kitchen is of the same as the Southend Road address, it was shared accommodation, so a small kitchen for himself. The house is now demolished so now we will never know.

David Bowie's kitchen

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FoPDANKXwAM3OrQ?format=jpg&name=900x900



David Bowie's house, with shared accommodation.

https://d2kdkfqxnvpuu9.cloudfront.net/images/giant/73559.jpg?1452528571

Located at 42 Southend Road, Beckenham. David Bowie lived in flat 7 here from October 1969 to May 1972. The photograph shows him in the garden of the house. It was demolished in the early 1980s.


O0 Cool pictures!  Too bad the house was demolished.


The oficial "Bowie Bandstand", with a Grade II listing, resides in Beckenham, where Bowie staged a free festival on August 16, 1969, with a few hundred people in attendance. Bowie performed solo acoustic. Also performing were The Strawbs, Briget St. John, Tony Visconti and Keith Christmas. Bowie immortalized the event in his song "Memory of a Free Festival".

Bowie on the bandstand, 1969:

The bandstand today:


O0 Interesting!

The oficial "Bowie Bandstand", with a Grade II listing, resides in Beckenham, where Bowie staged a free festival on August 16, 1969, with a few hundred people in attendance. Bowie performed solo acoustic. Also performing were The Strawbs, Briget St. John, Tony Visconti and Keith Christmas. Bowie immortalized the event in his song "Memory of a Free Festival".

Bowie on the bandstand, 1969:

https://beckenhamhistory.co.uk/images/template-content/bowie2.jpg

The bandstand today:

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5e1ffd1a294ed05ebe5724b8e6729be78a492dc9/0_312_3500_2100/master/3500.jpg?width=620&quality=85&dpr=1&s=none
I plan to investigate this bandstand when the weather gets warmer.

David Bowie's handwritten lyrics for his track The Jean Genie have been sold for £57,000 at auction.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/63DD/production/_128556552_0081aa1e61a91a39f6df81eacf0618e0ec952e0c.jpg.webp

David Bowie's handwritten lyrics for his track The Jean Genie have been sold for £57,000 at auction.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/63DD/production/_128556552_0081aa1e61a91a39f6df81eacf0618e0ec952e0c.jpg.webp


O0 Great find!

David Bowie's Session Musician

Rick Wakeman
https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%3A%2F%2Fd1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F3ac901f0-43a8-43f7-aeba-69c60377b614.jpg?dpr=1&fit=scale-down&source=next&width=700

He played the Mellotron on David Bowie's "Space Oddity" by for a £9 fee. Later on before becoming being done with session work he played the piano on Cat Steven's "Morning has Broken", three tracks on Madman Across the Water by Elton John, and "Changes", "Oh! You Pretty Things", and "Life on Mars?" for Bowie's album Hunky Dory.

The Strawbs, Yes and music composition then took over his life. A very talented man.

David Bowie's Session Musician

Rick Wakeman
https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%3A%2F%2Fd1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F3ac901f0-43a8-43f7-aeba-69c60377b614.jpg?dpr=1&fit=scale-down&source=next&width=700

He played the Mellotron on David Bowie's "Space Oddity" by for a £9 fee. Later on before becoming being done with session work he played the piano on Cat Steven's "Morning has Broken", three tracks on Madman Across the Water by Elton John, and "Changes", "Oh! You Pretty Things", and "Life on Mars?" for Bowie's album Hunky Dory.

The Strawbs, Yes and music composition then took over his life. A very talented man.


O0 Good info!

David Bowie's Session Musician

Rick Wakeman
https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%3A%2F%2Fd1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F3ac901f0-43a8-43f7-aeba-69c60377b614.jpg?dpr=1&fit=scale-down&source=next&width=700

He played the Mellotron on David Bowie's "Space Oddity" by for a £9 fee. Later on before becoming being done with session work he played the piano on Cat Steven's "Morning has Broken", three tracks on Madman Across the Water by Elton John, and "Changes", "Oh! You Pretty Things", and "Life on Mars?" for Bowie's album Hunky Dory.

The Strawbs, Yes and music composition then took over his life. A very talented man.



I LOVE Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Centre of the Earth:


Here is the full album. It is long but WELL worth the listen.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ9W2pZwvlY

When I was about 13 or so, one of my sister's friends had a copy of this album that I borrowed. I KNEW I had to return it and I did so holding it out to them and closing my eyes and not looking saying, "Here. Take it but I can't look." That person said, "You like it so much why don't you keep it." I was blown away. To this day, that same record sits in my library-even though I have bought the album on CD.


Cat

I LOVE Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Centre of the Earth:


Here is the full album. It is long but WELL worth the listen.


YJ9W2pZwvlY

When I was about 13 or so, one of my sister's friends had a copy of this album that I borrowed. I KNEW I had to return it and I did so holding it out to them and closing my eyes and not looking saying, "Here. Take it but I can't look." That person said, "You like it so much why don't you keep it." I was blown away. To this day, that same record sits in my library-even though I have bought the album on CD.


Cat
Over the years, I have never got to hear it properly, thank you for reminding me.

Over the years, I have never got to hear it properly, thank you for reminding me.


You would like it. I have always described it as classical meets rock. To me, this album IS a MASTERPIECE!



Cat

You would like it. I have always described it as classical meets rock. To me, this album IS a MASTERPIECE!



Cat
I must tell you and other members here, and apologies if I have mentioned this before. Back in the 1980, I work in central London, and had a work colleague who was a deadringer from Rick Wakeman, and if anyone him in the street, he would sign their autograph as Rick Wakeman. He-He!!

I must tell you and other members here, and apologies if I have mentioned this before. Back in the 1980, I work in central London, and had a work colleague who was a deadringer from Rick Wakeman, and if anyone him in the street, he would sign their autograph as Rick Wakeman. He-He!!


Funny.

My cousin lives in L.A. and "lawyer to the stars." Him & his wife are (or at least they were) Vanna White's lawyers. When they got married, they didn't invite Vanna to the wedding because they didn't want her upstaging the bride. Anyway, I didn't go to the wedding but I heard it was somewhat of a Who's Who. I heard that when my brother walked past, someone asked, "Is that Hal Linden?" My aunt (the groom's mother) who KNEW it was my brother told the person, "Could be." lol. So, I think that person went around the entire celebration telling everyone that my brother was Hal Linden. To be fair, my brother does look a bit like him but you can tell that it isn't.


Cat

You would like it. I have always described it as classical meets rock. To me, this album IS a MASTERPIECE!

Cat


I have a funny Rick Wakeman story. He played that brief piano lick, the glissando, on "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" by T. Rex. It's a simple thing that absolutely anybody could have played. When Wakeman realized that's all that he had to play he was perplexed. He said to Marc Bolan "why did you bring me in to play this part you could have done yourself?". Bolan said slyly "you told me you needed to pay your rent, didn't you?".  ;)

I have a funny Rick Wakeman story. He played that brief piano lick, the glissando, on "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" by T. Rex. It's a simple thing that absolutely anybody could have played. When Wakeman realized that's all that he had to play he was perplexed. He said to Marc Bolan "why did you bring me in to play this part you could have done yourself?". Bolan said slyly "you told me you needed to pay your rent, didn't you?".  ;)
On "Top of the Pops" when it featured "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" by T. Rex, it was Elton JOhn live on the piano.

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On "Top of the Pops" when it featured "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" by T. Rex, it was Elton JOhn live on the piano.



That's not live. It's lip synched. Elton was just miming to the backing track, which was played by Wakeman in the studio. Elton isn't on the "Electric Warrior" album at all, although he does famously play on  "Children of the Revolution" in the "Born to Boogie" movie.

When air travel was groovy...

Flight attendants 60s/70s:

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/5038f1b6118a86f8b3292d0ea9ba4523868b300e/c=1-0-769-1024/local/-/media/2016/04/18/USATODAY/usatsports/xxx_d07_stewardess_q_a_22_1177535.jpg?width=300&height=400&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp

Well rested passenger:

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/f15f81dd16b2d9f34010c6413fb452b2a03cef36/c=0-215-1024-791/local/-/media/2016/04/18/USATODAY/usatsports/xxx_d01_1978_jal_21_dcov_1087863.jpg?width=660&height=372&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp

When air travel was groovy...

Flight attendants 60s/70s:

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/5038f1b6118a86f8b3292d0ea9ba4523868b300e/c=1-0-769-1024/local/-/media/2016/04/18/USATODAY/usatsports/xxx_d07_stewardess_q_a_22_1177535.jpg?width=300&height=400&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp

Well rested passenger:

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/f15f81dd16b2d9f34010c6413fb452b2a03cef36/c=0-215-1024-791/local/-/media/2016/04/18/USATODAY/usatsports/xxx_d01_1978_jal_21_dcov_1087863.jpg?width=660&height=372&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp


Yeah, now they squeeze as many people in as they can, they nickle and dime you for EVERYTHING like baggage, food and now if you want to sit with the people you are flying with, and then they wonder why people are so angry when they fly. We can thank Ronald Reagan for that. Since he deregulated the airlines, it has been a race to the bottom.


Cat

When air travel was groovy...

Flight attendants 60s/70s:

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/5038f1b6118a86f8b3292d0ea9ba4523868b300e/c=1-0-769-1024/local/-/media/2016/04/18/USATODAY/usatsports/xxx_d07_stewardess_q_a_22_1177535.jpg?width=300&height=400&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp

Well rested passenger:

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/f15f81dd16b2d9f34010c6413fb452b2a03cef36/c=0-215-1024-791/local/-/media/2016/04/18/USATODAY/usatsports/xxx_d01_1978_jal_21_dcov_1087863.jpg?width=660&height=372&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp

Was one able to get a good night's sleep with the room they had on the plane? ???

Was one able to get a good night's sleep with the room they had on the train? ???


Those pics are from planes. My FIL & SIL took a train across country and had a sleeper car. SIL said that it was something that she wouldn't mind doing again.


Cat

When air travel was groovy...

Well rested passenger:

https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/f15f81dd16b2d9f34010c6413fb452b2a03cef36/c=0-215-1024-791/local/-/media/2016/04/18/USATODAY/usatsports/xxx_d01_1978_jal_21_dcov_1087863.jpg?width=660&height=372&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp


In 2003 when flying to Europe in business class (a luxurious trip, relatively speaking) we had nice "recliner" type seats, very comfy and adjustable and we could sleep in them, not a bed per se but not bad overall.  I wonder if those accommodations are still available (for a price)?

Those pics are from planes. My FIL & SIL took a train across country and had a sleeper car. SIL said that it was something that she wouldn't mind doing again.


Cat

I wouldn't mind doing that at all.

Nordmende Spectra Futura Stereo System 1968

Love this!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtLXLHuWwAARRMr?format=jpg&name=small

Nordmende Spectra Futura Stereo System 1968

Love this!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtLXLHuWwAARRMr?format=jpg&name=small


That's really cool!  O0

Nordmende Spectra Futura Stereo System 1968

Love this!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtLXLHuWwAARRMr?format=jpg&name=small

Mind if I ask as to what does this do? ???

The 1924 Mikiphone was the world’s first pocket record player. Designed by Hungarian brothers Miklós and Étienne Vadász, and mass produced under licence by Masison Paillard of Saint Croix, Switzerland. The parts are stored in a nickel-plated box (also available in gold or silver). You pulled and pushed the thing together, connecting the recorder head and the two-part Bakelite resonator to the foldout tone arm, placed the record on the turntable’s pin,  wound the handle 50 times, stuck on your 78rpm 10-inch record and listened.

https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mikiphone_phonograph-768x511.jpg

https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mikiphone_portable_phonograph-768x511.jpg

The 1924 Mikiphone was the world’s first pocket record player. Designed by Hungarian brothers Miklós and Étienne Vadász, and mass produced under licence by Masison Paillard of Saint Croix, Switzerland. The parts are stored in a nickel-plated box (also available in gold or silver). You pulled and pushed the thing together, connecting the recorder head and the two-part Bakelite resonator to the foldout tone arm, placed the record on the turntable’s pin,  wound the handle 50 times, stuck on your 78rpm 10-inch record and listened.

https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mikiphone_phonograph-768x511.jpg

https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mikiphone_portable_phonograph-768x511.jpg


O0 So cool!  It looks like the round black part sticking up may have been a speaker?

The 1924 Mikiphone was the world’s first pocket record player. Designed by Hungarian brothers Miklós and Étienne Vadász, and mass produced under licence by Masison Paillard of Saint Croix, Switzerland. The parts are stored in a nickel-plated box (also available in gold or silver). You pulled and pushed the thing together, connecting the recorder head and the two-part Bakelite resonator to the foldout tone arm, placed the record on the turntable’s pin,  wound the handle 50 times, stuck on your 78rpm 10-inch record and listened.

https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mikiphone_phonograph-768x511.jpg

https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/mikiphone_portable_phonograph-768x511.jpg

That is so neat, the first picture resembles a pocket watch.

The Book-O-Mat
1947

https://preview.redd.it/l7c4j8pgfdi51.jpg?auto=webp&v=enabled&s=ca279cec493d760a64d5b59134d3f267ca4a3e8f

The Book-O-Mat
1947

https://preview.redd.it/l7c4j8pgfdi51.jpg?auto=webp&v=enabled&s=ca279cec493d760a64d5b59134d3f267ca4a3e8f

Wow, 25 cents for a book? I'll take one.