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A collection of a Sony portable cassette-corder and mixed records including examples by Frank Sinatra and Aretha Franklin. The group features a Sony model TCM-939 portable cassette recorder constructed with a black plastic housing and top-loading deck. The unit is printed with the marks SONY, FULL AUTO SHUT-OFF, CUE & REVIEW FUNCTION, and CASSETTE-CORDER TCM-939. It is accompanied by a Sony branded AC power adapter fitted with a UK 3-pin plug.
The media assortment comprises approximately twenty 7-inch vinyl singles, fifteen 10-inch shellac 78 RPM discs, and one 12-inch vinyl LP. Identifiable titles include Frank Sinatra, I Have Dreamed on a Reprise Records label marked MADE IN ENGLAND and Recording first published 1963; the Four Tops, 7-Rooms of Gloom on a Tamla Motown label marked MADE IN GT. BRITAIN and ℗ 1967; and Aretha Franklin, See-Saw on an Atlantic Records label marked Under licence from Atlantic Recording Corpn. U.S.A. and ℗ 1968. The 78 RPM discs include Frankie Vaughan, What’s Behind That Strange Door on a Philips label and David Ross, Diana on an Embassy label marked Recdg. First Pubd. 1957. The 12-inch vinyl is a Dire Straits Money for Nothing compilation featuring a pink hype sticker. The records are housed in various paper and card sleeves, including examples marked Stateside and EMI Record Tokens.
Condition report:
The Sony cassette recorder is in used condition with visible surface dust and light scuffing to the plastic casing (photo 1); the functionality of the device is untested. The record collection shows varying degrees of wear consistent with age. The discs exhibit surface dust, light scratches, and handling marks (photos 2-6). Wear is visible to the central labels of the 78 RPM records (photos 5 and 6). The accompanying sleeves are in poor to fair condition, showing significant creasing, edge fraying, toning, and foxing (photo 1). Several records are housed in mismatched sleeves (photos 2 and 4).
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