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FEATURE MUSIC

CUTE AS A TUNE-BUG If you want to play your records in the park, y’all know what to do: get your mitts on a portable LP player.You can pick up a first-rate, modern suitcase version at JB (see: the Flea Market player), but the turntable production companies of yesteryear really were a dab hand at adorable design (if occasionally lacking in the quality department). Here are our faves, with one contemporary inclusion which will take your listening from Das Auto to Das Awesome.

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COLUMBIA ROBIN REDBREAST TURNTABLE During the ‘60s and ‘70s there

COLUMBIA SE-8 LADYBUG TURNTABLE

Open the ladybird’s wings and you’ll find a world of sound underneath! There are still plenty of these charming

was a trend that saw mini piano keyboards included within kids’ turntable designs, so that musical tots could play along with their favourite tunes. This one’s as cute as a Murakami mural.

1. HARRY STYLES Harry’s House 2. TYLER, THE CREATOR 3. DOJA CAT Planet Her 4. HARRY STYLES Harry Styles 5. VANCE JOY 6. FLEETWOOD MAC Rumours 7. ARCTIC MONKEYS AM 8. HARRY STYLES Fine Line 9. QUEEN Greatest Hits 10. THE POLICE Greatest Hits (30th anniversary vinyl) Call Me if You Get Lost In Our Own Sweet Time

‘70s-era players around on eBay, s h o u l d you find yourself in that polka-dot frame of mind.

JANEX THE FLINTSTONES BIG SOUNDER 45 TURNTABLE About the convenient size and shape of a handbag, the Flintstones Big Sounder boasts a sweet 3D-relief cover scene of Barney scratchin’ and Fred getting jolly – and there’s a grate in the lid, so you can close it up and still hear the music while you admire the art. Our only criticism is that the designers missed an opportunity by making the stylus a regular straight arm, instead of shaping it like the long-beaked bird from the cartoon.

HITACHI MQ-22 PANDA TURNTABLE This one is far too charming to pass up – plus, pull out one of panda’s ears and you’ve got yourself a microphone, perfect for amplifying your angelic voice as you wail along to Belinda Carlisle.

STOKYO RECORD RUNNER Touted as the world’s smallest record player, the ‘Sound Wagon’ (as it’s also known) is an official Volkswagen product. It’s self-propelled, so you just find a flat surface to put your record on, plop the Wagon at the outer groove, and watch the li’l bugger trundle in circles around your record. Motor, amp and speaker are all by Audio Technica, and are all in-built.

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