A friend of mine has a radio phono combination that has a 78 only turntable as I recall and an AM FM Tuner so it must be late 40s vintage, I would think. It is labeled on the machine as an RCA Victrola.
Ron L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Baron Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 10:33 AM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] The Elusive Edison Victrola Then there's Jimmy Buffet singing about growing up hearing Elvis singing on the "RCA Victrola". I think the song is called "Life is Just a Tire Swing" or something like that. On Aug 12, 2006, at 2:16 AM, Robert Wright wrote: > Aye, but then again, I've heard people refer to their 1960's stereo > Magnavox > console as 'the victrola'. Alannah Myles didn't help matters in > the late > 80's when she sang "Jimmie Rodgers on the victrola up high..." in > "Black > Velvet". DD phonos had a volume control of sorts, but... > > r. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Rubin" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 3:54 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] The Elusive Edison Victrola > > >> In my experience, when people mistakenly use the term "Victrola," >> they're >> usually talking about an inside-horn machine. If it were an >> outside horn >> machine thay would have most like said "gramophone" or just >> phonograph. > My >> guess would be that it's an Amberola. > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ Support Phono-L http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
