I moved from Pinky and Perky records (if you don’t know, look them up) and a series of orange vinyl 7 inch records that played at 78 rpm and contained nursery rhymes and children’s stories, to cherry picking from my elder sister’s record collection. That radiogram entertained and educated me. The radiogram was as much a piece of furniture as a functional item and was built for the ages – ours still lives in my mother’s house. The record player and radio were housed in a solid wooden cabinet containing a speaker, or if you were lucky a pair of speakers, and usually a little built in cupboard to store your record collection. The radiogram combined a record player – we didn’t call them turntables back then – with a radio (we didn’t call those tuners yet either). At this point, readers born after 1970 may require some explanation as to what a radiogram actually is. My earliest musical memories centre around a 1950s HMV radiogram that took pride of place in the corner of our living room. I have been fascinated by music and the things that make music for literally as long as I can remember. John Scott gets a bit nostalgic in what is a bit of a departure for Hifi Pig. Many of us of a certain age will remember the radiogram, now Ruark bring it bang up to date with their R7 Radiogram costing £2000.
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