Christopher Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Anyone know the brand of the radio featured on the A.M. album cover?Looks like a Zenith or Philco? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deepseacatfish Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I'm at work, but is that the same radio that is in the Wilco book? If so it's got a description in there about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Speed Racer Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Nope. The radio in the Wilco Book was given to Jeff by Tony, and the radio featured on the cover of A.M. belonged(s?) to Jeff's dad. I think it might say what the model is in the liner notes, but I could totally be making that up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Nope. The radio in the Wilco Book was given to Jeff by Tony, and the radio featured on the cover of A.M. belonged(s?) to Jeff's dad. I think it might say what the model is in the liner notes, but I could totally be making that up.You totally made that up, but I found this: Panasonic. Above the dial is an interesting phrase: "Solid State" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Speed Racer Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Above the dial is an interesting phrase: "Solid State" That means it's not a tube radio. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Right..it includes transistors in the construction. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Right..it includes transistors in the construction. LouieB Oh my God. I now know I am an old fucker with that needing to be explained. (For you younguns the line "We've got Solid State Technology..." means, in effect " We got a bunch of old, obsolete shit that is pretty cool" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Oh my God. I now know I am an old fucker with that needing to be explained. (For you younguns the line "We've got Solid State Technology..." means, in effect " We got a bunch of old, obsolete shit that is pretty cool" It's not obsolete at all, and often, solid state is considered kinda lame (especially amongst electric guitarists). Go to Best Buy, Sears, Wal Mart, or any other store selling stereo equipment and check out their stereo amps/receivers. They're all solid state. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Solid state is definitely lame. When I think of solid state , I think of small practice amps (where sound quality doesn't really matter anyway), or those solid state digital effects amps that have tube amp emulators etc... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Yep, just say no to solid state amps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 You totally made that up, but I found this: Panasonic. Above the dial is an interesting phrase: "Solid State" I do not think that was fabricated -- I remember reading that in the Wilco Book too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Nope. The radio in the Wilco Book was given to Jeff by Tony, and the radio featured on the cover of A.M. belonged(s?) to Jeff's dad. I think it might say what the model is in the liner notes, but I could totally be making that up. Just checked the LP -- all it says is "Radio Courtesy of Robert G. Tweedy." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I do not think that was fabricated -- I remember reading that in the Wilco Book too.It is not in the liner notes of A.M. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Speed Racer Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 It is not in the liner notes of A.M. I knew the radio got a credit in the liner notes, and in my wishful thinking I thought I remembered reading that the model was listed in the liner notes too,but it isn't. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I knew the radio got a credit in the liner notes, and in my wishful thinking I thought I remembered reading that the model was listed in the liner notes too,but it isn't.No problem with me. I was just clarifying after checking the notes before I posted. Charlie did the opposite. No big deal, folks. If you go by the album cover, the radio brand is Reprise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Old fucker perhaps...but I used to listen to tube radios and watch TVs that had tubes. We may have also had a tube 78 player with steel needles. It was not uncommon for Woolworths and hardware stores to have tube testing equipment. I wish I had my old bakelite tube radio that my parents let me use. Ah the memories. At this point the only tube technology that has any cachet are stereos. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doug C Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Louie,Wow! I hadn't thought of those machine to test tubes in I don't know how long! Those were in many stores. Remember waiting for the tubes to warm up before you could watch the Tv or listen to the stereo? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I sure do. You could put on a record and the sound would finally start a minute later. Yea, there were tube testers in all sorts of places back in the 50s and early 60s. I know there is an entire underground culture that still trades in tubes and other old components for ancient electical equipment. It used to be you could use that kind of equipment forever, but it certainly had problems. Now you just have to throw old boomboxes and TVs away. Solid state technology was all the rage in the 60s. I remember my father getting his first portable transister radio. He couldn't have been more excited. We set it up and listed to the news at dinner time. It was small for the time, maybe 6x10 inches, but that was really small in those days. It had a turcoise blue plastic case. Really futuristic for the mid01960s. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 It is not in the liner notes of A.M. Yes -- I realize that the notes do not say what kind of radio it is, only whom it belongs to. I just figured out that you were talking about the gifting of the radio... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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