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Post by dlagrua on Oct 11, 2024 14:06:38 GMT
Knowing that I like Lionel trains my wife found this at a yard sale for 10 cents. The pic was taken on a tablecloth at our shore home in Cape May. This is a cheaply made record on very thin vinyl stock around a cardboard card. She brought it home and I can't identify where or what these came from. My guess is that it came out of a cereal box back in the 1950s but I'm not sure. Anyone have a clue?
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Post by david1 on Oct 11, 2024 14:37:26 GMT
I had something similar back in the 50's. There were lots of these givin away as advertisements on boxes etc. Lionel even had some of these. You could play them on your record player. 10 cents is on the high side of value.
Dave
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Post by MartyE on Oct 11, 2024 14:37:42 GMT
It looks like these were sold by Lionel back in the day from a Google Search I did.
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Post by josef on Oct 11, 2024 18:10:52 GMT
I would have bought them and framed them. Good buy.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Oct 11, 2024 22:14:38 GMT
It looks like these were sold by Lionel back in the day from a Google Search I did.
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Post by dlagrua on Oct 12, 2024 0:32:38 GMT
It looks like these were sold by Lionel back in the day from a Google Search I did. Perhaps these cheap promo records were made to play on your small record player while you ran your trains.
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Post by david1 on Oct 12, 2024 4:55:30 GMT
I'd be interested to know what you found. I agree that these are worth framing. I wonder if they had some practical/service use? Seems odd to produce sound effects unless there was some specific use they were made for. Perhaps these cheap promo records were made to play on your small record player while you ran your trains. Bingo, that's a winner. We had some of them back in the day and after a couple of times of playing them they were just wore out. The sound also didn't last too long. It was a gimmick that did not last too long. My brother and myself used them as a frisbee not long after we got them. Dave
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Post by Adam on Oct 12, 2024 12:22:13 GMT
Fascinating archeological find. Did you dare try to play them?
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Post by dlagrua on Oct 13, 2024 18:35:10 GMT
Fascinating archeological find. Did you dare try to play them? Did not try to play them even though we still own two high end turn-tables. They appear to be be cheaply made of thin vinyl over equally thin cardboard. They are used and have been played but its my understanding that they are only good for a few plays. I would expect something that you would hear from a Noma Talking station. Still can't determine where these came from. Cereal or cookie box would be my best guess.
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Post by Adam on Oct 13, 2024 18:38:27 GMT
Normally I would look on archive.org to see if a copy of the recording was archived by someone, but it seems to be down right now. Fascinating indeed.
Reminds me of some of the cold war Russian bootleg records that they printed on X-Ray material.
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Post by david1 on Oct 13, 2024 19:21:22 GMT
These were usually made from cardboard and they were part of the cereal box. Never thought of keeping them.
Dave
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Post by MartyE on Oct 15, 2024 11:14:54 GMT
Perhaps these cheap promo records were made to play on your small record player while you ran your trains. Bingo, that's a winner. We had some of them back in the day and after a couple of times of playing them they were just wore out. The sound also didn't last too long. It was a gimmick that did not last too long. My brother and myself used them as a frisbee not long after we got them. Dave
This website has some information.
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Post by dlagrua on Oct 15, 2024 21:21:16 GMT
Bingo, that's a winner. We had some of them back in the day and after a couple of times of playing them they were just wore out. The sound also didn't last too long. It was a gimmick that did not last too long. My brother and myself used them as a frisbee not long after we got them. Dave
This website has some information. Congrats; You solved the mystery completely and that webpage also allows you to hear what was recorded on that record. Pretty much what I expected. The recording takes you back to a far different time and it brings back memories. Thanks for the good info and for doing the research.
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