random record console question

[hydralique]

Both are fine cuts, 63getelevision, and thanks for the links. I've always liked "Come By Sunday" and I must say Princess PoodlePoo is quite fetching in the video - what a great little polyester dress!- and of course Sassy Sara is always in great taste.

I will admit to a slight bias toward Ella Fitzgerald when it comes to great mid-century pop and jazz female vocalists. I think it was Andre Previn who said something to the effect that Ella could sing the phone book and it would sound good. I'd agree, especially if she were backed up by Nelson Riddle.

One little curiosity I noticed in your preceeding two posts is that "PoodlePoo" is noted in the first, and "Divine" in the second. Could this be of Freudian significance?

 

[bundtboy]

divine & poodle poo

uh huh. I see the connection.

Loved both video's 63 and totally learned of Diana Dors for the first time from you. Dunno how I missed her, but, boy does she swing.

That's video's a scream.

B

 

[63getelevision]

The Real Diana Dors and Come By Sunday

Here's the real deal, in stereo, with carefully selected photos by this fan who made the presentation. Not only did Diana outlast Marilyn by 22 years, she wasn't afraid of her own shadow.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=68243865&blogID=291300655

 

[63getelevision]

The Divine Sarah and Princess PoodlePoo

Hydralique, that connection didn't escape me either. I thought Sarah had a version of "Come By Sunday" and that's how I fell into those great videos. Bundtboy and all, look for the CD copy of "Swingin' Dors", it's supposed to be available. I've been a Dors fan for years, just haven't located any material except for the last 8 years. Female vocalists, love Fitzgerald too, check out Cris Connors sometime. And I love Nelson Riddle, Billy May, Ray Anthony, Stan Kenton, and many British orchestras. And the Zenith had a great decorative accessory on it. Wish I could find one!

 

[bundtboy]

Large Organ Lp's

I made an incorrect statement above. Ray Bohr plays with the 3 suns on the Lp on the Left, Midnight for Two. The middle one is 3 suns with Alfredo Mendez, The Things I Love In Hi-Fi, who is also the organist in the Lp on the right, Fiesta for Pipe Organ.

I tried listening to them today and I still have to say, they don't sound natural.
Interesting, but they ain't right!

Of the 3 three Lp's, Fiesta For Pipe Organ is the most listenable, Alfredo Mendez & NO 3 suns - also one channel and not two.

Bob

 

[63getelevision]

Shake Your Betty

What's your choice, Betty or Wilma? Wilma does it so nasty......

 

[classiccaprice]

It's amazing how these posts develop....

Record players to Betty Rubble. Why by the way gets my vote. I'll admit (with a slight bit of proding) that I had a crush on her growing up. I was such an old child.

 

[63getelevision]

Well, when you are clearly dealing with deranged people like me, this is what you get. LOL. Here is Magnavox's least costly Astro-Sonic for 1969. It sounds quite rich for only $298.90 brand new.

 

[countryford]

My favorite out of mine

This one is the favorite out of all the ones I have. It is a Curtis Mathis. The radio and record player are a drawer that pulls out.

 

[63getelevision]

Great looking stereo, Countryford

This is the second Curtis Mathes demo record I've found, haven't played it, and the label doesn't say whether it is stereo or mono. Set on the cover is stereo.

 

[paulg]

I'm torn

I grew up in TV shops and repaired nearly every brand mentioned (except Seeburg).
The Zenith touch-control sets (with VM changers) were fantastic.
However, I love VM. Did you know that some early VM tuners were designed by James B Lansing?
I used to repair high-end Sansui amps from the 1970s. What a shock it was to me to see a 1960s GE console with virtually the same direct-coupled transistor amplifier!
It seems that all manufacturers put out a few gems. Just yesterday I was offered a free Sears Wells-Gardner (I believe) stereo with VM changer and 8 trak in an authentic faux-early-Ameri-trans-meditervomitus cabinet. Turned it down.

 

[63getelevision]

It's amazing how many gross cabinets came out in the heyday of the fabulous console:

 

[lightedcontrols]

I didn't know...

...that CM used Colarro changers. The only CM stereo that I've seen used the BSR changer with the sword. Seeing all these posts really makes me want to get the new in the box Motorola console out, and crank it up! After I took the photos several years ago, I put it back into hibernation and there it sits. Mark

 

[63getelevision]

Hey Mark, could you tease us with some pics the MIB console?

 

[lightedcontrols]

Robert!!!

ROBERT!!! Could you find the posts of the console and put the link up? Please, Please, Pleaseeeeeeeeee. The console is in the warehouse but not accessible at this time. Thanks, Mark

 

[danemodsandy]

W.T. Grant: Bradford

Bradford was not at all a bad stereo; we had their "Pinehurst" model when I was growing up. The "Pinehurst" was Colonial-styled, in an all-wood cabinet (pine, hence the name), in a dark walnut-stained finish. It had louvered doors on its front, nicely hinged in black wrought iron, and the pulls were white porcelain. The doors were non-functional; the top of the console lifted up to access the BSR record changer and the radio controls. We got this unit about 1965 or so, and it was some punkins for the era, because my folks went all-out and got the stereo multiplexer option for the AM-FM radio.

My grandmother had their portable unit, in medium blue leatherette, with the same changer our "Pinehurst" had. Sound was very good for the era on both units; I remember hearing other folks' more expensive GE, RCA, and Magnavox units at the time and thinking they hadn't gotten much for their extra expenditure.

Bradford units got a lot cheaper and lower-quality within a few years, but then almost everything did in the '70s. While Bradford was good, it was pretty doggone good indeed.

 

[63getelevision]

I believe brands like Bradford, Truetone, Silvertone, Penncrest, and whatever other department store brands existed over time, were underrated. I would love to find a '60s vintage Truetone Danish console like a rabid collector friend of mine had. I was impressed enough with the entire Bradford line to grab that brochure. It dates around 1970.

 

[63getelevision]

It's Just Not The Same

I have a "Spirit of '76" spice chest Magnavox in dark pine, with 14 porcelain knobs on the door. Here is a layout of the final Magnavox Concert Grand-it's just not the same. (1977)

 

[davy1063]

Motorola Consoles

My dad bought my mom a 1966 Motorola console stereo for their 10th anniversary. It was a beautiful piece of furniture with the cabintery made by Drexel, with a kick ass solid state amplifier. I don't recall the model number, but I know it had the X-300 series electronics. You couldn't get the volume past 2. The controls were mounted on the lid, and it had the coolest VM changer with an incredibly thin tonearm. I still have the owners manual for it.

 

[63getelevision]

Motorola was a really hot stereo company, before they dumped everything. I love those Drexel cabinets.