K-tel "Record Selector" commercial

[@rickypresley1593]

It's the Space Age Design that sold me on this re-CORD selecTOR.

[@ferociousgumby]

I like how he says "rec-CORRD".

[@rogers7116]

I had one of these when I was 12 years old and thought it was so cool! However, I stopped using it after about a year because the slots that held the records left ugly rectangular marks at the bottoms of my album covers. Also, it COULD flip smoothly and slowly like you see in the ad, and then other times it would go really fast, which then caused it to tip over and send your albums crashing to the floor.

[@robertmilo5203]

Hence "works fast or slow"

[@AllRequired]

@@robertmilo5203 And "with a mind of its own."

[@GilBurgh]

Hence, for times like these the availability of finger-tip control technology!!!

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

lots of people commenting on how he pronounces "record"..... He's doing it right. You play Reh-cords, but when you copy something you Ree-CORD it. Only nowadays that ponces call them "vinyl".

[@sambancroft5050]

Watching this in 2015 and I want it so bad!

[@jpolar394]

I still have mine and it still works of over 40 years of having it.

[@smedleylt]

I feel blessed knowing that I remember this commercial!

[@jamesdodge7268]

I feel old.

[@zibbyzubb]

This K-Tel merchandise always made great Christmas gifts. They were cheap enough that kids could afford to buy them for parents or older siblings. I remember the TV ads ran heavily leading up to the holidays.

[@AllRequired]

What about that bottle cutter?

[@jonnysurf6023]

@@AllRequired I had the bottle Cutter too! Too funny, but it actually worked.. Grade 7 I think. Good times. Also had a huge chemistry set that probably had many toxic chemicals. Used to mix up some crazy stuff, and try experiments that would probably not be approved now.

[@viccorrell224]

I couldn't help but notice that the reCORD selected was 20 Explosive Hits by KTEL !!

[@stephenericwalsh]

They always fascinated me as a kid. We never had one but lots of friends of my folks did. They never worked.

[@wallofvideo]

that guy's got rather eclectic tastes in music - - herb alpert, booker t & the mg's, the mamas and the papas, andy williams, johnny cash, sly & the family stone.

[@frankiewelfare8087]

i thought the same thing!

[@denknee]

That could have been my collection then. I liked all kinds of music. Now, I'm a bit more selective.

[@zibbyzubb]

But those are the best record collections. Diverse with multiple genres.

[@d.a.elliottjr.367]

That's pretty much what I have in my music collection so I guess I have eclectic tastes in music too.

[@mr_diatribe2324]

Eclectic people have a broader sense of taste. It would do your nut in if you came round and saw my collection.. ;)

[@flyspith7686]

Seein that vinyl is comin back with a vengeance this 'record selector' may come into some use.. I'm gonna order me one..

[@baphomick]

Oh my god, 24 whole records would just be too many to keep track of.

[@Karlbrentwood]

Amazing. Can't wait for the future.

[@carlkane7544]

if these ever make a comeback I,ll buy one.

[@tamspeci]

I got one of these for my 8th birthday in 1971. I remember it worked pretty much as it did in the commercial though it wouldn't fit box sets. One day I found it busted on the floor, I don't know what happened.

[@carpo719]

Just saw one of these advertized on the back of a polka LP I am listening to.... had to look it up!

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

My folks had two of these. I do remember them working pretty well.

[@hankbob2000]

I had one. It tended to fall over when all the albums were leaning toward the front! It didn't last long at my house!!

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

Such an amazing decade. LOL. (I was born in '76)

[@thatmuse76]

That's great if you only have about 10 records. I hear this new invention called shelves works pretty well too. Nice Dual turntable by the way.

[@bagelboi66]

I got one of these too as a gift but I hardly used it. It didn't handle double albums well, and the slot that held each sleeve stressed the edge of the record and warped the vinyl. The records also did not rest completely upright but leaned against each other, causing further warping. The thing was a big heap 'o fail.

[@bobdavis4848]

Good testimonial, also some people like me keep all my record jackets in protective clear outer sleeves, which I suppose would have jammed up the slots.

[@ferociousgumby]

"Has this ever happened to you??"

[@CakeTerror]

FINALLY! A SPACE AGE DESIGN THAT WILL LET ME QUICKLY FIND THE RECK-ORD I WANT TO LISTEN TO!

[@mr.grumpy]

+Gordon Shumway Use caution until you master the "fingertip control" system!

[@RaymondTVinyl]

I had one of these as a child. I recall it didn't work very well. Especially towards the end. The records would fall forward super fast. LOL!! I would LOVE to have the box for my record room!!!

[@BW92116]

I had one of these, and I wish I still had it!

[@dallase1]

My Brother bought one of these in the 80s.

[@carolcumming4389]

'Space age design'. Love it.

[@shokdj1]

+Carol Cumming it won't work in space

[@rwyatt26]

Darren Murrey 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Lovejazz01]

When the 70’s “Space Age Design” was finally eclipsed by the space age 2000s “playlist “ lol

[@aldiakaroofus]

That stack of records looks like what I see in yard sales nowadays!

[@SnowDogRedSectorEh]

space age, with a mind of it's own - so it'll start when it wants, go as fast as it wants and it might well never stop at all! 🆗🆒💲🔝🔜🆗🔫🔌💣👿💿📞📲☠🚀🛰

[@somebloke5565]

And we want one anyway.

[@AlwaysHalloween000]

It had a mind of it's own al-right,it basically destroyed all my dad's Dean Martin & Perry Como album covers then got stepped on one day finishing the evil thing off.But boy did it look great in the commercial

[@rusty9890]

These commercials are great

[@Mister_H]

I remember having one of them. Great little gadget at the time.

[@edwardmbishop]

For some reason my parents bought me one of these back in 1972. Useless for obvious reasons unless you a) put your hand in front so that the records wouldn't all come forward and by simple physics fall over, or b) VERY CAREFULLY perused what was there, pulled out what you wanted, and VERY CAREFULLY pushed the rest back. Sheesh. Still, proof that selling via a TV commercial was very effective, since those 'talking bass' and other crap did so well later on.

[@davidellis5141]

This is way to 😎 ! People spent money on that ! 😆

[@Sincopare]

Where my damn Herb Alpert and Tijuana Brass record!! Gotta have "the Loney Bull" right now!

[@christieperry4361]

Sincopare next to the Gentry's my dear

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

Join the "space age" and get the 8 track!

[@dannygillingham7904]

Wow, I never knew K-Tel ever put out such a neat cool contraption back then, and I was all the while buying up records, left n right back then. Don't know how I missed out on that one. Probably becuz we only had 1 TV channel back in them old days.

[@southport97]

This belongs in the hall of shame right next to the DVD REWINDER.

[@AllRequired]

You not seen the Blttle Cutter, have you?

[@Richardpd16378]

My Dad used to have a K-TEL LP with an advert for this on the back of the sleeve.

[@estebansteverincon7117]

Now all those records are at the Goodwill.

[@mitchl847]

I agree....we had one, and it never worked correctly. It kept on stopping.

[@timpriddy349]

Even NASA couldnt be this epic

[@Tiqerboy]

I find it really odd that no music at all was played during this commercial, from one of the greatest purveyors of music at the time!

[@joshua.duque.sarmiento1115]

0:03 PLEASE, PLEASE, DO NOT WASTE YOUR MANDY MOORE & SKRILLEX VINYL MEDIA, WASTING YOUR VINYLS MAY LEAD YOU TO SUDDEN DESTROYING OF YOUR MMVM & SVM COLLECTION, SO YOU'LL NEED THE ONE AND ONLY RECORD SELECTOR FROM K-TEL!!!

[@goldfieldfireworks7352]

I had 2 of these as a kid. They worked beautifully. I thought they were the cat's pajamas.

[@almason253]

I had one as well but I couldn't make a quick enough decision when the records cascaded. Don't know how many times I had to repeat. 😅😂🤣

[@hebneh]

I'm practically speechless with amazement. What will K-tel come up with next??

[@TackyRackyComixNEO]

Notice how it would conspicuously always stop on one of K-Tel's compilations here...you tricky bastards advertising two things in one commercial!

[@Linescrew1Canada]

Ha! Good eye!

[@lenb7275]

I was gonna say that ! 😂

[@tony--james]

@@lenb7275 yeah, we're 4 years too late lol

[@philbo-ns]

i wish i still had this ...

[@dude71761]

Andy Williams....Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass ??? nice LP selection bud !!! LMFAO

[@jaltonz]

I used to use an old milk crate back then...albums fit pretty good in it!

[@davidbanks566]

I lost it at space age.

[@mbresowar3556]

RIP Mr Kives. :(

[@goyadressunofficial]

He was a bloody genius.

[@mottledbrain]

Finger-tip control for slow speed. Now *that's* ingenuity.

[@caryheuchert]

I had one of these back in the mid-70s, and it damaged the bottom of the album covers. Stopped using it!

[@bagelboi66]

I had one when I was a kid. They worked like they said but were terrible fore records. Each disc is clamped at the bottom in the plastic holder. Every time each record falls some stress is put on the vinyl. The records were stored leaned against each other too, another recipe for warping. My Record Selector held some great records though, Santana, Redbone, Derek and the Dominos, Three Dog Night. The 70's were so great.

[@gjc82071]

Gotta love vintage 70's tech,

[@Trund27]

"I sure hope I can impress Janey with my groovy HI-Fi, if i can only stop dumping my albums on the floor like a dork"

[@Mary-Vintage]

I need these for my 50+ records!

[@AllRequired]

A well-intentioned invention whose heart was in the right place (thinking back to the milk crate concept) but ended up being a turkey of a product.

[@stitchgirl9741]

Speaking of milk crates that's exactly what I kept mine in. Lol 😂

[@yyyzzzz]

This is the original "digital" selector, using any digit you care to use.

[@Gasrullen]

Mind of it's own? Sound pretty advanced.

[@bobzwol]

Funny... I still have every one of those LPs!

[@mottledbrain]

It never worked very well for me. Mine tended to either just sit there or dump the whole batch of LPs all at once.

[@MichaelKnouff]

Do you know how much something like this would cost today if made? Somewhere between $40-50. Mind you if vinyl was the "in" thing today.

[@AlwaysHalloween000]

saying this thing was space aged and worked was like saying there was enough life boats on the Titanic..but it was fun nevertheless..i think this item though was actually responsible for wrecking more LP's than being helpful..

[@Linescrew1Canada]

Yeah it chewed up the bottoms of the album covers. Real vinyl collectors never used this...

[@MediaWatchDawg]

"Gift box"? I'll take it!

[@coryjorgensen622]

This is real neat, man! I just hate having flip through all my re-CORDS. What a nifty, space-age design!

[@sterlinsilver]

Haha! K-tel! I remember these guys!

[@albear972]

Ooooh! The cheap piece of plastic had a mind of its own to remember the last reeecorrrd. And seriously, the way this guy pronounced the word, record was fascinating.

[@ratfaceable]

i had one of those,never see stuff like that on dragons den!

[@NotSoProAtThis]

SPACE-AGE!?!?!?

[@polaroidsky]

Hahaha, I have like all of those records!

[@seeburg220]

Anne Murray... Neil Sedaka.... Englebert Humperdink..... KISS !!!

[@bobdavis4848]

Engelbert Humperdinck!

[@gman4321]

I would store my records in milk crates

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

There needs to be better support for the album or else the records will tip over.

[@kbeankbean2368]

Those milk crates go great with my phone cable spool coffee table, cinder block shelves, and the rest of my 70s college freshman decor. Milk crates used to rule for storing records until the dairy companies figured out why their crates were always disappearing and started making them smaller.

[@TellHerNo1965]

Sure, but when you've got 1000 records, then...

[@radar9337]

.....then .....50 K tel record selectors!!!

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

Guess you had a basement full of milk crates...

[@Laceykat66]

@@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry Hey, didn't we all? Not all of us could afford cinderblocks.

[@wahaha918]

Consume

[@egsocomputerservices1341]

Where can we get this space age record selector with a mind of its own?

[@luisreyes1963]

Try your neighborhood charity thrift store. 🏣

[@fromthesidelines]

Or, if you're lucky, the next garage/yard/estate sale in YOUR neighborhood!

[@flamingocupproductions5329]

What year was this

[@wigwagstudios2474]

0:04 WHAT THE HELL!? No one treats records like that anymore!

[@michaelwilson2340]

Simon & Garfunkel? Oh yes. I'm coming over with the chips and Mountain Dew.

[@icemaiden99]

Wow, what a brilliant idea! I am totally getting one of these!

[@oohlalarecordings]

This is so awesome. We need one of these so we can finally decide what to listen to in our office!

[@luisreyes1963]

If you don't mind getting your albums dinged up.

[@schultz970]

I don't remember not being able to find an album without the 'space-age technology' they speak of here. By the way, wasn't the space age 10 years earlier? LOL.

[@OldMusicOnVinyl1]

This was very innovative for its day!

[@joshua.duque.sarmiento1115]

THE K-TEL RECORD SELECTOR STORES NEATLY YOUR FAVORITE MMVM & SVM COLLECTION WITHOUT WASTING YOUR COLLECTION. AND THEN, CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE AND PRESTO!!!

[@Larry]

does it use gravity, or is it actually powered?

[@Laceykat66]

Gravity. The force of the first record pulls the next on forward.

[@kbeankbean2368]

Gerbils.

[@jsmith4230]

F*** me. I watched you open an advent calendar box just this morning! (The egg cup.)

[@Larry]

@@jsmith4230 i dont remember doing that

[@googaagoogaa12345678]

pretty cool unless you have ALOT of records then you will ether have to get or think of something else or throw some out (yeah right!)

[@WrestlingHeretic]

But can it scramble an egg while it's still inside its shell?

[@DJS3]

I wonder if this would work with my LaserDisc collection. 🤔

[@DeadBlackDistortion]

record selector "WITH A MIND OF IT'S OWN WILL AUTOMATICALLY STOP WHERE THE LP WAS TAKEN FROM" yeahhh i'm sure gravity had nothing to do with it lmao...I ove how he said recOrds

[@kurtkauffman4326]

For now it's a Cube Organizer I store my LP Records on.They sell these at WAL MART.

[@Linescrew1Canada]

We used to steal plastic milk crates to store our LPs here in Canada. Of course we got milk in a plastic bag then!

[@fredred8298]

AI voice before AI! 😂

[@Musicradio77Network]

All you need is to get 24 copies of “Whipped Cream & Other Delights” by Herb Alpert, and watch the K-Tel Record Selector do its thing.

[@hofnerman1]

"Space age design" Did this go to the moon?

[@Pigearvet]

Groovy man..

[@d.a.elliottjr.367]

Nobody pronounces the word record like it's pronounced in this ad anymore.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

Why how do YOU pronounce it? Its Reh-cord, unless you're making a copy of something then its Ree-cord.

[@HunterMann]

They hold about 20 records. I had to buy 300 of these gadgets so I could load my whole collection. Shelves? That is sooo 2009!

[@wdashwor]

Do you get the impression that problems were a little simpler back then?

[@TimelordR]

So was the populace.

[@johannes914]

Hi tech for 3.99 ! ... That was space age ! ...

[@1963RRT]

Then someone had the idea that plastic milk crates stored outside behind the grocery store worked more effectively to store your LPs.

[@AllRequired]

With the front cut down.