Vintage Stereo (circa 1963)

[kirksnosehair]

My mother let me take this off her hands since she doesn't really have room for it anymore.  Her uncle left it to her when he passed away last year.  It's a 1963 model Magnavox Stereo system.  Thing is absolutely pristine.  We're talking museum-quality pristine.  It was parked in my uncle's finished basement for the better part of 40 years.  My mother had it in her house until last month when she moved into the in-law apartment in my new house. 


Front View:



Looking down from above with components compartment closed:



Looking down from above with compartment open:



Close-up of the logo on the bottom-right side of the "Micromatic" turntable: 



Original purchase receipt from January of 1969:



First vinyl I'm gonna spin on it:





Pretty cool.  Wife's going away to Vegas for a few days this week.  Gonna crank that album 

[Orbert]

That's pretty sweet!  My parents had one of these in the living room for years.  Not quite this fancy, but similar.  Big cabinet, tuner and turntable inside, built-in speakers.  I guess the idea was that since it was gonna be sitting there in your living room, it should look like a nice piece of furniture.

Coolest thing ever:  Stacking LPs on the turntable and letting them play.  The original 6-disk changer!

[kirksnosehair]

Coolest thing ever:  Stacking LPs on the turntable and letting them play.  The original 6-disk changer!

Yeah, my family had one of these, but it was newer, purchased in the mid-70's.  This one I have now looks like it will do the multi-album thing as well.

[black_biff_stadler]

Damn! Nice score, Barry

[BlobVanDam]

You weren't exaggerating when you said museum quality pristine! Very nice.

[King Postwhore]

Barry, my dad had a similar stereo just like that.  If I can find the picture at his house it is of me on my tippy toes looking in.  I was brainwashed at an early age and loved it!  Later he went with a Quadrophonic stereo

[jingle.boy]

Absolutely gorgeous.  Definitely the right album to spin first.

[bout to crash]

That is beautiful, but I have to disagree on the album choice. Just think of the 1969 options: Led Zeppelin II, Hot Rats, In the Court of the Crimson King, ABBEY FUCKING ROAD.

Kids these days...


edit: I just noticed it was purchased in '69 but a '63 model. STILL.

[Nihil-Morari]

That is beautiful, but I have to disagree on the album choice. Just think of the 1969 options: Led Zeppelin II, Hot Rats, In the Court of the Crimson King, ABBEY FUCKING ROAD.

Kids these days...


edit: I just noticed it was purchased in '69 but a '63 model. STILL.

 

[bout to crash]

I was just looking through the list of top records in 1963. There's lots of good jazz, and all the way at the bottom, this:

[Orbert]

Surf guitars are awesome because they're waterproof.

[black_biff_stadler]

REVERBCORRRRRRRRRRE!!!!!!!!!!! 

[Phoenix87x]

I was just looking through the list of top records in 1963. There's lots of good jazz, and all the way at the bottom, this:

Saw him live 2 years ago and I must say it was pretty incredible.

[gmillerdrake]

Barry, have you gotten that appraised? I don't know anything about vintage items like that but if the original purchase price was $300....I have to imagine that bad boy is worth a little something.

[bout to crash]

Yeah, $300 in the sixties was serious shit. Never sell it, though!

[jingle.boy]

Yeah, $300 in the sixties was serious shit. Never sell it, though!

Take it to Antiques Roadshow if one ever comes up there.

[Podaar]

My Mother had one that was very similar to this but was dark walnut and the entire top could fold open one half at a time. It had the exact setup as yours on the left side with AM/FM tuner and turntable. The right side had a reel-to-reel deck that you could record with from either a microphone or from either of the left side sources! It was seriously cool!

[edit]
Actually, I guess it wasn't exact...her tuner had a headphone jack at the bottom. Other than that, these pictures bring back great memories.
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