[Phono-L] The Elusive Edison Victrola

Ron L'Herault lherault at bu.edu
Sat Aug 12 16:16:47 PDT 2006


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

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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" <richard_rubin at hotmail.com>
> To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> 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.
>
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