tape decks

[bpetersxx]

A J Otter should have one of these

 

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[whirlcool]

OMG! That was my first tape recorder! I bought it in 1965 at Polk Bros in Western Springs for $79.00 or so.
I used that thing until the early 70's, almost every day. The only thing I didn't like about it was that it didn't have a recording level VU or overload light. The light on the front just lights up to let you know it's recording. Also, at the end of its useful life the single handle control started to get loose.
I replaced it with a Roberts reel-to-reel.
I had many tapes (maybe 125 or so)and when I went off to college my parents threw them all away thinking all those tapes were just "more of your junk around here".

 

[paulg]

WEBCOR - A Chicago based company

Webcor was based in Chicago. I think its full name was Webster-Chicago. We had a WEBCOR "Holiday Coronet" phonograph which shocked you every time you touched the tone-arm. Sounded great though..

 

[whirlcool]

Like VM, Webcor was a very popular brand name in the midwest. Most of their products, like VM were made very heavy duty. In the early 1950's Magnavox used Webcor turntables in their console products.

While they started off producing wire recorders for the military they began producing consumer audio goods right after WWII. I believe the heyday of Webcor was from around 1948-1970 or so. I believe they folded in the early 70's.

 

[xyz]

I have a Craig-Pioneer brand 4 track tape player that came out of my Granddads 1966 Chevelle. He also had the Craig-pioneer speakers with the pretty chrome grils. The player still works, we run it every once in a while inside the house off a car battery. Only have a few tapes left thatwill work.