Invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison as a phonograph, in its later forms also called a gramophone or since the 1940s called a record player, is a device for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound.
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Record players from the ’50s and ’60s evoke the first era of rock ‘n’ roll. Most of people in this period wanted a record player. Rock ‘n’ roll began in the ’50s and they wanted to listen to the latest hits on a cheap, portable record player.
Record players, though, were often not cheap, but nevertheless many of them made the sacrifice.
Here below is a set of cool photos that shows people posing with their record players in the 1950s and 1960s.
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