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It’s official, the Sony Walkman Cassette player is no more

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So it’s official, Sony, is discontinuing it’s line of Sony Walkman Cassette players as of today, October, 25, 2010, 30 years after it first came out with the popular Sony Walkman Cassette player!

To be honest with you, I thought it was out of production decades ago!

The final batch of Walkmans have been made and were shipped from Japan in April. According to the Sony website, they created and shipped more then 220 million of their popular Walkman Cassette player since 1979 when the company first introduced us to them.

I had one of these beauties that came with an AM/FM radio in it. Man, that was really impressive back then. I have no idea where it ended up to, but every time I see one it makes me smile!

So hats off to the men and women who helped develop the Walkman.

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Gibson honors John Lennon with guitar

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Gibson guitars are honoring John Lennon by releasing a acoustic guitar with his name on it. They decided to help celebrate what would of been the ex-Beatle’s 70th birthday this past Thursday the 7th of October. The guitar is called 70th Anniversary John Lennon J-160E.

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John Lennon 70th Anniversary Gibson acoustic guitar J160E. Courtesy of Gibson Guitars

Robi Johns, Gibson’s Acoustic director of sales and marketing, told AP that they were approached by Yoko Ono who inquired about a limited release of a number of the guitar that her husband had once played. They will range from $4,700 up to 15,000 (US).

Lennon’s famous “John and Yoko” caricature sketches, representing the appearance of the guitar during the famous Lennon-Ono “Bed-In” peace protests of 1969. Gibson

This guitar, the Gibson J-160E, was the first quality American acoustic guitar that both John Lennon and George Harrison bought with the help of their manager in 1962 (Brian Epstein) as a a co-signed purchaser.

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Historic Toronto Music Studio Leveled

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I just found out that someone is tearing down a music recording studio that RUSH and many other great Canadian and international bands once used to record some great classic albums.

Here is a short of who once called this once Toronto historical music recording studio home at one time in their life.

  • RUSH
  • Ringo Starr
  • Steve Winwood
  • Gordon Lightfoot
  • Aretha Franklin
  • Bachman-Turner Overdrive
  • Rosemary Clooney
  • Chubby Checker
  • James Brown

This ordinary one story unit was called the McClear building. It was located at 225 Mutual St., in Toronto.

“I’m a little saddened that it’s gone,” said former McClear chief engineer Jeff Wolpert. “It could have been designated historical. It had a lot of great ghosts.”

Just a side note here folks but another historical music site is just within ear shot of this place. It’s called Maple Leaf Gardens. Another historical site is within a stones throw as well, it’s the old CBC recording studio’s on Jarvis, directly to the south east of the McClear Building. My favorite and the one who influenced me the most as a very young player was Glenn Gould who recorded at the CBC studios for most of his career.

Scott Yellan, property director for Arsandco Investments, a company with ties Yellan would not precisely describe to both 225 Mutual and the nearby Best Western Primrose Hotel, said the studio building would be replaced by a parking lot. Toronto Star

In the infamous words of Joni Mitchell they paved paradise and put up a (F- – – – – -) parking lot!!! Assholes!

To read more about this story check out this link.

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