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late 1960s
There are several different ways to tell. If the console has a built-in 8-track tape player, its likely from the 1970s. If the radio face says ASTRO-SONIC its from the mid or late 1960s. Also, assuming the record player hasn't been swapped out in the past, that's a good way to check. From the late 1950s to the mid 60s, the needle arm was black with a gold elliptical piece in the head. In the late 60s the arm was very slim and gray. Towards the early 70s, it was even slimmer and silver. Hope this helps.
Stereo sound technology was introduced in the late 1950s, becoming popular in the 1960s. The first stereo records were released in 1958.
The first gaming system was made in the very late 1960s and saw its release in 1973. The name was Magnavox and it was only capable of playing one game. Pong was the game and it went on to be the only game on the first Atari also.
In 1966-1968 when prime time TV converted all color, a 23 inch console sold for between $400 and $500. Prices were higher for high end models and entertainment centers.
Ron Goodwin did not compose "Elizabethan Serenade", it was composed by Ronald Binge. Ron Goodwins recording was an early UK music chart success in the 1960s. He recorded it for several releases in Mono and Stereo.
Stereo (short for "stereophonic sound") uses two audio channels to give the impression of sound sources at different locations or from different directions. Stereo was a significant improvement over monophonic sound, which used only one channel and the sound was localized in a single speaker. The advantage of stereo is that it captures some of the auditory perspective and ambience (whether real or artificial) of a three-dimensional space, which makes the sounds seem much more realistic. In the real world, sounds come to us from all directions, and our sense of hearing is well-adapted to localizing the direction of sounds.The stereophonic effect was first discovered in the 1880s. Stereophonic recording was invented in the 1930s, but did not become commercially viable until the 1950s, when motion pictures began to be released with stereo soundtracks and shown in theaters equipped with stereo sound systems. Stereo sound in the home was made possible by LP records which had different audio signals cut into the two walls of the groove in the vinyl. Home stereo systems, incorporating a special two-channel phonograph pickup, as well as two amplifiers and two speakers, became available in the early 1960s and became immediately popular. By 1966, virtually all new recordings were being released in stereo LP format.In the 1970s, various four-channel and surround-sound systems, designed to further enhance the three-dimensional effect, were developed and marketed. These were not so successful. Today, surround sound is available in home theater systems, but the vast majority of digital audio players and sound systems for home and auto are still two-channel stereo. Most music recordings are sold only in two-channel format.
1960s and 1970s, 1960s and 1970s,
in the 1960s there was no peanutbutter
The 1960s-1970s
1960's