My dad made one for his mom when he was getting ready to go to Germany
during the Korean War and somehow it's disappeared fromt heir stuff (my
idiot brother has it and won't confess). It's a small record made of that
bakelite-type stuff and looks a lot like the records that used to be on
cereal boxes in the 60's/70's where they were one sided and bonded to the
cardboard, you cut the box to play it. He used to tell me that all the GI's
made them, had them all over militayr posts in the US and overseas for a
while, right next to the photo booths.
My sons had (as late as the late 70's) small Golden Books that came with a
thin vinyl record that had the story and sounds recorded (yeah they'll reall
learn how to read if you give them a record to play instead - duh!) I have
a feeling I stashed those away and might come across them this winter.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]On
Behalf Of Chris
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 12:03 AM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: OT: dumpster dive and water/mold cleanup
>Home recorded?? I didn't know that was possible!
The only time I ever actually saw a record recorder was on an episode of
the Honeymooners. Ralph recorded a message for Alice on his record
player. He made a comment about needing a blank record, and then spoke
into what looked like a mini horn speaker.
I assumed that since the Honeymooners was a "reality" show, that the
device actually existed (and since I have heard reference to such a thing
elsewhere).
Anyone know what material the blank records used? I would think ceramic
would be too hard, and even vinyl records seem like the material would be
too stiff to get a good recording.
-chris
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