April 27, 2014 — In all it’s glory … My Craig Model 212 reel-to-reel tape recorder … Christmas 1966 …
… the cigarette lighter microphone.
“Produced from 1965 to 1968, the Craig 212 was THE portable tape recorder of its day. It was featured at the beginning of “Mission: Impossible” episodes when Peter Graves listened to his assignment (“Good morning, Mr. Phelps…) and, in trademark fashion, the tape self-destructed in a puff of smoke.”
“Part of the fun was rewinding the tape with the unique toggle switch. Learning exactly when to stop, when to advance the tape …” – The Wayward Journey
I love you, you little reels of glossy brown tape. All the fragments of movies you captured. The grandest adventure … secretly recorded all, that’s right, ALL of Lawrence of Arabia at the Rosemont Theater (?), Portland, Oregon, summer 1971 (?) … Transcribed it by hand and typed the “script” on my portable manual typewriter (when Moris and I were in the North Seattle house, before I moved to San Diego, January 1977).
Movies, Of Course! 