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12. Fun! We cousins used to borrow our uncle's 3 inch reel to reel to make up stories we'd pass it around or play ...

Wed Jun 11, 2025, 08:53 PM

Jun 11

songs off the radio. One if my uncle's had a 5 inch r 2 r but just at his lounge room.

My first one as mid teen was a Craig Cassette Recorder as a B-Day present 1970, about 9" x 5" in. I snuck it into The Metropolitan Opera House when The Who played Tommy. A few other of their later shows, too.

Them an AIWA "walkman" cassette play/record. I was always buying blank cassettes!
Snuck into more concerts of other groups! 😄

GOOD times!!!

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What was your first tape recorder? [View all] Archae Jun 10 OP

1962 Sears 5 inch reel to reel. $50 Sneederbunk Jun 11 #1

Christmas 1968. A little Panasonic cassette deck. rsdsharp Jun 11 #2

I had a small reel-to-reel tape recorder LogDog75 Jun 11 #3

Me too! some_of_us_are_sane Jun 11 #9

Realistic CTR-11 my dad bought. LudwigPastorius Jun 11 #4

Yes!!!! My birthday gift around 1970 from my dad! LSparkle Jun 11 #5

Yeah, hours of entertainment for me and my brother, making silly/stupid recordings. LudwigPastorius Jun 11 #6

i played with my moms portable that she used for dictation and got a full size radio shack boom box. AllaN01Bear Jun 11 #7

when mom was teaching kindergarten for glendora ca unified , AllaN01Bear Jun 11 #8

I don't remember the brand, ... surrealAmerican Jun 11 #10

My grandfather gave me and my siblings his old "portable" tape recorder... hunter Jun 11 #11

Fun! We cousins used to borrow our uncle's 3 inch reel to reel to make up stories we'd pass it around or play ... electric_blue68 Jun 11 #12

A VERY Early Akai ProfessorGAC Jun 12 #13

Back in the early 60's dad had a reel to reel that Emile Jun 12 #14