PERRY COMO - IVY ROSE - ZENITH COBRA-MATIC.MP4 скачать видео бесплатно


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It's quite a jump in time from 1925 to 1959 or 1960, but next April we're having a 50th high school reunion. The people who are planning it told us to bring to the casual Friday night get-together any old records we might still have from the time and there would be a DJ with vintage equipment to play them on, which I think is a wonderful idea. I still have a little 45 RPM record case that I would place these records in after anointing them with the return address sticker that shows my address of 50 years ago. I already had about 25-30 20's records at that time, but every so often a record would come out that appealed to me--it had to have a pretty melody and not be rock 'n roll and this one fits the bill. I'm surprised it hasn't already been uploaded because I thought it was very popular at the time. It's sentiments are very much in tune with those of the 20's about love in the context of college and memories of the old ivy covered buildings and talking about a dreamhouse for two. The machine is a Zenith Cobra-Matic High-Fidelity from about 1957 or 1958--it uses a generic VM (Voice of Music) changer, as did many other makes at the time, but Zenith chose to embellish it with the pretty chrome ring around the turntable. Of course it still uses the Cobra tone-arm, but it is made of metal by this time.

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12 years назад

Jerraru

@VictrolaJazz lol, I'm only off by six years. =P

12 years назад

VictrolaJazz

@shadowgirl32 Well it's not quite that old, but glad she enjoyed it anyway!

12 years назад

Jerraru

my grandma had me find this - she hadn't heard it in something like sixty years.

13 years назад

Fantupo Marsupialis

@ketefollen1984 The ritual of the vinyl and the sound of the tune. Unique.

13 years назад

VictrolaJazz

@ketefollen1984 Thanks! It really didn't cost that much, but that was several years ago too!

13 years назад

Fantupo Marsupialis

Zenith is priceless. Too high cost for me

13 years назад

VictrolaJazz

@johnbrowneyes Yes, they are superb machines, about the best portables of the late 50's! Thanks and best of luck finding the tubes, shouldn't be too difficult.

13 years назад

johnbrowneyes

I have the same model as you.....I have posted a few videos. It's a great machine, I just need to find some new tubes.

13 years назад

VictrolaJazz

@75capriceconvertible Well Zeniths were very nice machines, hand-wired in those years! This is a High-Fidelity machine. I had a portable a few years ago that was a couple of years newer that was Stereophonic as well, but it just was not as nicely appointed machine. Where this one has a real Zenith emblem and lettering on the front, it just had the emblem and name stamped on the front of the case.

13 years назад

VictrolaJazz

@75capriceconvertible They used the plastic ones from about 1948 to 1952, but discontinued use when 45's became common. I can remember my parents and their friends going out to their country club to square dance. The juke box was free but they bring their own records. I can remember watching in fascination as one of their friends loaded the juke box--I was transfixed by my first Cobra tone arm!

13 years назад

VictrolaJazz

@75capriceconvertible The knob on the left is on/off and volume. The larger ring on the right controls bass, the little lever knob inside of it controls treble.

13 years назад

VictrolaJazz

@75capriceconvertible The Cobra is made metal. It seems counterintuitive because the whole rationale behind the plastic Cobra in '46 was to create a much lighter tone are than the heavy metal clunkers in use up to that time because records would soon be made of vinyl. Once the VM changers were adopted, the Cobra was made of metal. It may have had to do with patent or something, I don't know, but it is identical to the earlier plastic ones.

13 years назад

VictrolaJazz

@Vinylrecordsneverdie Thanks! I kinda thought you might like that record!

13 years назад

Vinylrecordsneverdie

Nice song and sweet turntable!

13 years назад

VictrolaJazz

@chompo7 Thanks! I think he was too--nothing ever scandalous associated with him!

13 years назад

joe f

beautiful machine and song.perry como was always a class act.

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