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SOME GREAT RADIO WAS HEARD HERE!

1935 Truetone Console Radio 3 Band AM Shortwave Full | Etsy

1935 Truetone (Western Auto) 3-band console radio.

Truetone was the private label radio, television and electronics
brand of Western Auto Supply Company of Kansas City, Missouri. Western Auto was a company founded in 1909 to sell tires and automobile supplies for the Model T Ford and other cars through
its catalogs and, starting in 1913, through retail stores in Kansas
City and other major cities. In 1915, Western Auto was split into
two companies, one in California and one in Kansas City.

These were separate companies with a common founder and they
had virtually identical catalogs and merchandise offerings. The
two companies merged again in the mid 1950s.

In the late 1920s Western Auto was looking for new items to add to
its merchandise lines. After selling radio tubes under its "Wizard"
brand in the 1920s, the company offered its first Truetone brand
radios in 1931. Truetone was the radio brand sold by Western Auto
of Kansas City while the California company sold its radios under
the name "Western Air Patrol."

1935 Truetone Console Radio 3 Band AM Shortwave Full | Etsy

1935 Truetone Console Radio 3 Band AM Shortwave Full | Etsy

TrueTone Dial-O-Matic radio ad from Sept 1937 | Vintage radio, Jukeboxes, Radio
1937

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MY PARENTS FIRST TELEVISION SET ~

Vintage/Antique 1950s 11" Admiral Black & White Retro Tube Television Set NR yqz | eBay
        The Hoffman “Easy Vision” television.

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H. Leslie Hoffman (1906 – June 24, 1971) was an American businessman. He was the founder and CEO of Hoffman
Radio from 1941 to 1971, which changed its name to
Hoffman
Radio and Television in 1948.

During the early years of television there was considerable
concerns that long term viewing television could damage
one’s eyesight due to
eye strain. Hoffman took advantage
of this scare by advertising that the yellow-green tinted s
creen reduced eye strain. He marketed his televisions as
"Easy Vision."
 
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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FIRST WALKMAN WENT ON SALE IN 1979

1979 - First walkman | Walkman, Retro gadgets, Sony walkman

The transistor radio was a technological marvel that put music
literally into consumers’ hands in the mid-1950s. It was cheap,
it was reliable and it was portable, but it could never even
approximate the sound quality of a record being played on
a home stereo. It was, however, the only technology available
to on-the-go music lovers until the Sony Corporation sparked
a revolution in personal electronics with the introduction of
the first personal stereo cassette player. A device as astonishing
on first encounter as the cellular phone or digital camera would
later be, the Sony Walkman went on sale for the very first time
on July 1, 1979.

   
Pin on НОСТАЛЬГІЯ...nostalgie   

The Sony Walkman is back from 1979 and you can buy it now | Better Homes and Gardens

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GUITAR PIONEER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY

Les Paul And The Harmonica Holder He Invented As A Child - The Delite
At the age of eight, Les Paul began playing the harmonica.
After learning the piano, he switched to the guitar. During
this time he invented a neck-worn harmonica holder.

Iconic Axes from Legendary Guitarists: The Stories Behind Rock’s Most Illustrious Guitars ...
Les Paul (Lester William Polsfuss)
(June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009) 

 

Paul, was a jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, and
inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the
solid-body electric
guitar, and his prototype, called the Log, served as inspiration
for the
Gibson Les Paul. Paul taught himself how to play guitar,
and while he is mainly known for jazz and popular music, he
had an early career in country music. In the 1950s, he and his
wife, singer and guitarist
Mary Ford, recorded numerous records,
selling millions of copies.

Paul is credited with many recording innovations. His early
experiments with
overdubbing (also known as sound on
sound
), delay effects such as tape delay, phasing, and
multitrack recording.          
         

His licks, trills, chording sequences, fretting techniques, and
timing set him apart from his contemporaries and inspired
many guitarists of the present day. (From Wikipedia)

      
      
      
      
      
     
Guitar's leading man comes to ASU | ASU Now: Access, Excellence, Impact
Les (with wife, Mary Ford) in their home recording studio.

Barry's Discs: Group Pop Vocals

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THE RETRO BLOG REMEMBER THESE DEPT.

The 8-track tape technology was popular from the mid-1960s to
the early 1980s.


Inventor George Eash invented a design in 1953, called the
Fidelipac cartridge, also called the NAB cartridge.    

The Lear Jet Stereo 8 cartridge was designed by Richard Kraus
while working for the
Lear Jet Corporation.

George Edward Eash (1927-2006) - Find A Grave Memorial
George Eash (1927 – 2006)

8-Track Music Players Were Originally Invented For Use In What? – MindBounce

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