Behold the Rek-O-Kut turntable, my father’s pride and joy. Special were the days we were allowed to play records on it. Many more were the days we played records without permission.

Finally hooked it up to an amp and speakers tonight. My god this is a great turntable. Rock solid performance and completely isolated from ambient vibration. The motor is strong enough to drive a tractor. The platter has more inertia than many solar systems. Unfortunately the stock tone arm went somewhere in the late 70s or early 80s. Still, this aftermarket Pioneer arm is the schnizit.

I have a hankering to dig up the Big Sounds of the Drag Boats LP and play a little Tricky Nicky.