My first time (with a tape recorder, that is) was at a family friend's
house. He was a career Marine Corps officer and was home on Christmas
leave from Korea (where there was a war going on). He bought two tape
recorders, one to leave at home and one to take with him to send tapes
back to the family. He took back a recording of Christmas dinner at
their house. We were all laughing at how funny our voices sounded. I
don't remember the brand of recorder, but it was
pre-Wollensak/Revere/Webcor.

The first tape recorder I owned was a V-M (voice of Music) that I
bought from an older cousin who had a "hi fi" system. It was a mono
recorded but had stereo playback and he gave me a couple of
prerecorded stereo tapes along with it. It took me about a year to
save enough money to build another speaker and amplifier so I could
listen to stereo.

My second tape recorder was an Ampex and it's been all down hill from
there.

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