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Turner Ham Microphones of the 1940s

The Turner Model BD Microphone Today we'll look at several Turner microphones of the 1940s which were marketed to Radio…

15 years ago

QST Magazine in the 1940s

QST magazine is the monthly publication of the American Radio Relay league (h.f. ARRL).  ARRL has published QST since 1915.  …

15 years ago

Out-Of-Print-Book Report: “Electric Rock,” Richard Robinson 1971

"Electric Rock" (Pyramid Communications, 1971, 224pp) was written by Richard Robinson.  It's a small paperback volume, mainly text, which offers…

15 years ago

Carvin Mixing Consoles 1979

Download a fifteen-page scan of the mixing consoles on offer in Carvin's 1979 Catalog: DOWNLOAD: Carvin_Mixers_1979 Above is the playing-field…

15 years ago

Carvin Guitars, Amplifiers, and PA equipment: 1973 Catalog

Download the thirty-two page 1973 Carvin catalog (presented in two sections): DOWNLOAD AMPS, SPEAKERS, AND PA: Carvin_1973_part1 DOWNLOAD GUITARS: Carvin_1973_part2…

15 years ago

Carvin Guitars, Amplifiers, and PA equipment: 1971 Catalog

Download the thirty-two page 1971 Carvin catalog, presented in the original glorious black-and-white (9.9M zipped file): DOWNLOAD: Carvin_1971_Catalog.pdf Dig the…

15 years ago

Carvin in the 1970s: Part 1

What If I told you that there was a US company that had been making good-quality electric guitars, PA equipment,…

15 years ago

Music at Home 1973

Dave Brubeck, his sons Darius, Chris, and Danny, and friends Mark Morgenstern, Perry Robinson, and Gerry Mulligan make music at…

15 years ago

Magnecord Historical Archive Material Part VI

Today we'll wrap up our series of original-source documents pertaining to Magnecord corporation, one of the pioneers of high-fidelity recording.…

15 years ago

Magnecord Historical Archive Material: Part V

Continuing the thread from yesterday's post: here are the 1952 issues of Magnecord, INC.  Click on the link to download…

15 years ago