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Old 10-11-2022, 07:47 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Trollheart View Post
Well duh. I came up on 78s (don't ask) then records and tapes (cassettes) then the wonder of CDs followed by the attraction but ultimate pointlessness of Minidiscs and so on to digital downloads. I remember buying styli for my record player. I remember tapes getting twisted and caught in a deck. I remember the state-of-the-artness of auto-reverse, and a walkman that was the size of a credit card almost. I remember blowing dust off albums, records that had skips in them that identified them for you, and cowboy hats. Anyone here remember cowboy hats in relation to records?
Yep, I remember all those formats too, except Minidiscs. I also remember second-hand ex-jukebox singles with their tell-tale snap-in adaptors in the centre:



Cowboy hats, though?! What were they?
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