Sony Walkman


This cassette recorder was a gift to Dad on his 70th birthday in 1988. His six children all chipped in and bought it for him.
Nineteen years later, after I inherited the Walkman, I used it to playback a tape of songs my Dad recorded in the 1940s. The cassette was a gift that Mom gave him for the same birthday.
Play this performance of "Sympathy" from 1947. On the same cassette are performances of "The Lord's Prayer" and "Sweet Little Jesus Boy."
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David said...

The Sony Walkman was given to my Father on his 70th birthday in 1988 which was held the day after Barbara and I got married. We spent the night at Maramede, an inn in Middletown valley. All six kids combined to buy this little gift which matched exactly one that I had recently bought for myself. It’s nice to have this one since mine is broken. In fact, this one once broke and I brought it from Frederick to an authorized Sony repair shop in Norwood, MA. They fixed it and shipped it back to Dad. I used it to play some of the audio cassettes of Dad’s singing into my computer in order to make an audio CD for him. A couple of the pieces are done and there are couple more to do.

6/5/08, 3:54 PM
Aunt Carol said...

Dad, I love the performance of "Sympathy". It has been going on in my head much of the day after hearing it. Happy Father's Day! Who was the other singer in the duet?

6/15/08, 10:32 PM

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