Mini "pocket" phonograph

[chefhog]

Never knew they made these...wonder how it sounds?
not mine.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintage-Philco-Ford-Mini-Radio-Record-Player-1968-Hip-Pocket-R-1376-B-/281224957251?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item417a504d43

 

[SoundsAlike]

There are a number of products like this from every decade some even made today!

They're pretty much useless crap though.

 

[roberttx]

Plus, you have to fold up your LPs, to get them to fit in your other hip pocket...

 

[steerpike2]

Still better and less damaging to LPs than the abyssmal junk made now by crosley, ion, etc.

 

[Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

Philco/Ford made records especially for those little players too. http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=346982

 

[steerpike2]

The Philco shown in the ebay link is a full-sized player though, it will play a standard 12-inch LP. I get the impression from various reading that they made a player specifically for the 3-inch records that could not handle 'normal' LPs.

 

[Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

I think they offered one that handled the 3", 5" and 7" 45 rpm discs.

 

[sregor]

maybe not as retro, but google "audio technica portable turntable" images and check out their player.

 

[steerpike2]

The 'original' of this style is probably the Baird-Emerson "Wondergram" from 1960.

Unless you go back to the acoustic era, they were quite common & popular in the 1930s and 1940s: