Nostalgia

I’ve been collecting a few turntables just for pure nostalgia. I’m always on the look out for rarities, but its gotta be clean and in working condition. This past christmas, my wife found a 1970 General Electric “Wildcat” V931 in mint condition and it kinda re-sparked me to start hitting the swap meets and mom-n-pop shops again.

I’ve had a few vintage portable turntables along with some new ones, so I though I’d post a few I recently picked up. This is a late 60′s Toshiba GP-41E that was only released in Japan. The red & black color scheme is amazing and this thing is so clean it looks like it was made last week. It only runs on batteries so its perfect to take along for digging.

Here’s a size comparison beside my Columbia GP-3. The GP-3 comes with a built in power cord that tucks away nicely in the battery carriage. The best part… it can play records VERTICALLY. We all know the best stuff is made in Japan.

I had to catch this one earlier this year, the Califone 1010AV. The company was a based in california and they used to supply school districts with these bad boys back in the early 70′s to 80′s. This one was BRAND NEW!

The oldest and my favorite of the bunch would be the 1920 RCA Victor Phonograph. It’s super loud and starts up with the hand crank (no electricity needed kids!) It’s a working replica, but it mainly serves as a conversation piece. It plays 10″ acetates (not vinyl) at 78 rpms. If you don’t know shit about vinyl or acetate. Click HERE.

Here’s a quick video I made to give you an idea of how they rocked parties back in 1920. Lesson number one.