Landmarks, part 2

Todays landmark is not a place but an item from my childhood. This is the 1982ish fisher price record player. My first turntable. I remember being in the back bedroom in the old house on Means ave. In New Orleans east. Back then i was mostly listening to "see & say" records(kid stuff) or "show and tell" records that went along with books that I couldn't ever find. But I also started swiping my parents 45's and listeng to their music, everything from KC and the Sunshine Band to Elvis, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, and Gino Vanelli(that's right, Gino Vanelli), which is probably one reason why I like the old stuff so much today. This is also the 1st turntable I ever tried to "scratch" on. Hip-hop was in its infancy and I liked it from the begining, I haved moved away from it in the last 15 or so years but from Kurtis Blow to the Fat Boys to RUN-DMC, I was hooked





Here is the Record player/"Wheels of steel" that I am refering to, and yes, you could close the top and it has it's own built in handle. You know we 2nd grade DJ's need to be portable.

The control on the front left isthe volume dial, the one on the right is the speed controler. 45rpm or 33 1/2 rpm. Only problem is that if you wanted to play 33's you had to take the lid off because the ablums were so big.

I don't recall what ever became of this audio masterpiece but I do know That whenever see a DJ spinning records or I hear the pops and hiss's of vintage vinyl, this baby will be on my mind.