#victrola

[love-takes-work]

Storytime! This was my mom's Victrola. It's an old-timey record player. She died recently and I decided I wanted to keep this. Recently I found a place for it in my house.

This old thing belonged to my uncle, my mother's eldest brother, before he passed away in the 1990s. My mom claimed it and I used to listen to old records on it when I was a teenager. There are heaps of records my uncle collected--primarily orchestral pieces, big band, swing, and of course polka. My favorite EXTREMELY CREEPY polka record was called the "Open the Door Polka." I listened to it multiple times with family and friends and wtf-ed over its weirdness. I even made a cassette-tape recording of it by holding my boom box up to the record. Because, ya know, we were very technologically advanced in those days.

I was just going through the records, finally incorporating them into storage spaces in my house (even bought a new shelf to put some of them on). As I leafed through them to try to find any order and find homes for orphaned records, I was hoping to come across my old fave "Open the Door Polka." Well, I found it.

IT'S BROKEN.

The record is cracked!!

I'm so disappointed. I wanted to listen to my old fave and be creeped out all over again.

Feel free to listen to it as there are certainly surviving recordings. CW: Creepy man harassing and pressuring a woman to open her door to him.

#music #personal tag #polka #victrola #creepy men #myblog #Youtube

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Hitachi SDT-900 (1980)

#Hitachi SDT-900 (1980) #80's tech #sound system #victrola #turntable #record player #tape #tape deck #cassette player #cassette deck #80s tech #need #amplifiers

[youneedtostudyives]

i'm going through old photos for the memories. i miss this setup!

#aesthetic #books #record player #victrola #literature #classical literature #vinyl records #academia #i think that was a coeur de pirate record on there #phone photography #photo #les mierables #the sea wolf #the plays of oscar wilde #anna karenina #coeur de pirate

[phono-optica]

#phonograph #gramophone #victrola

[axle-hates-zucchini]

I got sum vinyls and a record player for my spawn date today :3

#original post #vinyl records #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #vinyllove #vinyladdict #vinyljunkie #birthday #I’ve aged #yippee #records #record player #victrola #the beatles #john lennon #paul mccartney #richard starkey #ringo starr #ringo starkey #george harrison #beatles band #capitol records #capitol #apple records

[vintage-tech]

A Victrola phonograph and a 78rpm record in its sleeve -- basically to show the sleeve art displaying other models of Victrolas available.

#antique #record player #victrola #technology

[fandomtransmandom]

My dear friend bought me a record player so I can finally hear my Blue Jean Committee vinyl!

#bill hader #blue jean committee #bjc #clark honus #doc now #documentary now #documentary now! #vinyl #victrola

[mari-beau]

I feel like such a hipster... but yeah, I own a record player now (it also plays CDs, is bluetooth and a radio... and matches my other retro appliances...)

But Spotify can no longer track me and tell me I listen to much Tami Neilson.

#maybe it's not 'hipster' because I just genuinely like the retro style - I think it's the bright colors #vinyl #record player #victrola #it's not the fanciest but like I'm also not a connoisseur of vinyl #and yes I have 'millennial grey" in my house... because my possessions and appliances are extremely bright colors #Tami Neilson

[chaoticdesertdweller]

1904 Victor victrola

#antique #victrola #1904 #victorian era #antique furniture #vintage #classic #music #records #marketplace #not my pics #hidden treasures #still winds and works!

[mak-37]

lavender vinyl 🪻

#olivia rodrigo #vinyl records #colored vinyl #music #my room #guts olivia rodrigo #victrola #record player #bedroom

[wild-gyal]

My complete satisfaction 😌

#me #the beaches #canadian #music #album cover #victrola #vibes #girl band #toronto #junos

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

GRUNDIG XPC 6500 TP (1979)

#GRUNDIG XPC 6500 TP (1979) #70's #70s #70s tech #stereo #record play #1979 #GRUNDIG XPC 6500 TP #victrola #vitrola #stereo equipment #Electronic Total #vintage record player #Need

[wordfromoursponsor]

“Music appropriate to Christmas; music for every day in the year; music so lifelike that the greatest artists select the Victrola as the one instrument to carry their art into the home” (1920s)

#retro #vintage #advertising #vintage ad #old ad #1920s #Victrola #Christmas #Xmas #record player #vintage record player

[classicwoodie]

#victrola #vinyl turntable

[olliesaurus-rex]

My grandma surprised me and got me the limited edition galaxy victrola player 😭 I'm so in love!!

#record player #victrola #yes i love galaxy print #now i can listen to my John Denver albums!! #ollie talks

[toasters-and-rockets]

Today’s flea market finds, from left to right:

A Hot Wheels 1964 Ford Galaxie. I just thought it was cute!

Impala XIII. A fun character, and a cool diecast.

Greta. She’s one of the background characters from the “Our Town” sequence in the first Cars movie, though this version of her paint job was a diecast exclusive (I think).

Vintage Model T truck/van from the Victor Talking Machine Company (Victrola). This is a little local history for me, since the company was founded and headquartered in my state.

#pixar cars #cars fandom #diecasts #impala xiii #moon mater #mater’s tall tales #Greta #radiator springs #hot wheels #ford galaxie #victrola #ford model t #Kate’s Collectibles