Close N play by Kenner 1978 classic tv commercial

[salglutz2]

1978 Nope more like mid 60'

[store275]

What the heck was "Solid State Sound" ??

[MegamanX4ThArmor]

@store275

That it used Transistors and other discrete electronics. The first Version of the Close n Play was with Mechanical Amplification.

[aerorider04]

@store275 Solid state was a marketing gimmick, meaning transistorized amplification. Earlier versions of this player used an acustic system, similer to an old victrola. Ealier phongraphs (after victrolas) had tube type amplifiers.

[DS1221]

Nice IPOD

[duanerichardson1]

sorry to burst your bubble....but this wasn't 1978...this was 1967 and you can quote me on that.

[aldiakaroofus]

@duanerichardson1 This is a solid state version, with electronic amplification. The original 1967 version only had accoustic amplification.

[silverojo]

Yes, this was an ad from when the Close N Play first came out. The 1972 ad tried to be cooler, but failed miserably, LOL.

[mdallen67]

@sygo7g Most Definitely!!!! I have a friend who's dad bought THE first RCA Selectavision VHS vcr in 1976. I would love to go through those original VHS tapes and pluck out the commercials or whatever. I didn't get my first vcr until '84!

[mdallen67]

Mr Nelson here is correct. This was probably recorded on a reel to reel VTR. They definitely were B&W only. I remember this commercial very well. It ran 1977-78. I had a friend who had a C & P that he got in 1971 for Christmas that was still the old accoustic pick-up design(killed the hell out of your records, too).

[selander62]

I hate to argue, but this has to be way before 1978. The fact that it is in Black & White. Color became the norm around 1968. I remember growing up, we had a B & W Tv with the dial channel selector and the remote had only two buttons the on/off and channel select, which turned the channel dial, then my folks bought that big beautiful Magnavox console which was color. The radio and main controls in the top right door, and the phonograph in the left.

[JRNelsonSr]

@selander62 I can't account for the B&W, but C&P's were acoustic well into the 70's. Most 70's vintage units replaced the one piece tonearm/diaphraghm with a contact linkage that touched a mounted diaphraghm on the lid, but this is even later than that. If this were from the 60's, you'd have seen that huge black excuse for a tone arm. This design didn't exist in the US B&W era. Maybe recorded with an open reel VTR? Those were B&W by design.

[MattTheSaiyan]

I want one for the novelty value.

[selander62]

The one I had wasn't like this one, not the arm. The turntable was the same but mine had the sound diaphragm like a 78 phonograph. this must have been a redesign. I know a longer one came out later,more sleek designed. For the year, I was about 5 years old when I got mine, so that would put it around 1967. My first record player, and first records were "How Far Is Heaven" by Kitty Wells, and "All In My Mind" by Maxine Brown.

[RockinEd]

@selander62 I had Johnny Horton, The Diamonds, and Cash on Sun..the kitty wells i had on LP

[djlorenzohouston]

I miss my close n play I got in 1977

[dvgale]

Wow! They were still selling this as late as 1978? I think even 8-tracks were dead & gone by then, the SONY Walkman was soon to come, with CDs not far behind - talk about longevity!

[Rlotpir1972]

8-tracks were dead around 1981. The walkmans came in around 1982.

[heine71]

1978