1957 record changer: Minuet by Boccherini & El Condor Pasa

Here is my 1957 Dual 1004 D record player again. This time you see its automatic changer mode. That historic apparatus can do the same performance with up to 15 records at one haul. Both are rather famous instrumental tunes - here played in German. The first being a minuet by Luigi Boccherini, supposedly composed in 1771 and here performed by German conductor Ferry Taby and his concert soloists. I consider this record as being pressed in the mid fifties, but I don´t know for sure. The second tune is the renowned folk song El Condor Pasa, which was written in 1913 by Peruvian composer Julio de La Paz, here performed by the "Sortilège de la flute des Andes avec Facio Santillan" (You haven´t never ever heard of them before? I haven´t either!). The record was released in 1970 - as well as the better known version sung by Simon & Garfunkel. In case you don´t like the music and prefer real thrilling action: The changing performance starts at 3:42 (Sorry, I didn´t have any Justin Timberlake records being released once upon a time in earlier decades... And if I had them, I´d never play them likewise - to show all my due respect for that 50 year old machine doing its work here). Regarding the scary sound you hear when the music don´t play: I guess I have to grease the mechanics soon... Please note: The record player was never refurbished in any way and is shown in original condition! So who wouldn´t forgive this minor malfunction? ;) P.S.: There´s more to come one day. Still working on my 1961 Rex Perpetuum-Ebner record changer and my Parlophon gramophone (undated, but estimated pre 1920).

Author: Animatronixx
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