Auto Change Record Players - Just A Gimmick?

In which I take a look at auto change record players and decide on their main drawback.

[@thudeets]

So THAT'S why side one and two can be on different discs of a 2-disc album. I learned something new. I always just assumed it was a production error missed in quality control.

[@MarkPMus]

Glad to have been of help! As I said in the video, the 1/4 and 2/3 arrangement was a rarity and a bit of a gimmick.

[@CREANER]

The truth is - if you had an autochanger player - this 1- 4 : 2-3 arrangement worked well. it was never an audiophile solution. I had a copy of David Live at Tower Philadelphia that had this side structure. I played it to death on an ITT autochanger . I loved it. It served its purpose and served it well.

[@proote]

Interesting what you said about secondhand records Mark. We had a Bush that could take several singles when i were a lad .

[@MarkPMus]

I remember the 45 singles that were on constant rotation on my childhood record player, ABBA- The Name Of The Game, Le Freak, Darts - Get It, Showaddywaddy, Don't Stop Me Now, From New York To LA, Black Is Black, Oliver's Army, Oxygène. And as a kid, unless it were ABBA, I'd rarely ever play the B side so all my criticisms as an older me would have fallen on deaf ears, aged 9 or 10!

[@alanmorris8783]

As you said, auto changers were mostly for singles and created something akin to a juke box. With singles, you probably only played the B-side once as “B-sides” were usually crap and usually not good enough to make it onto an album.