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True! I played my Little Golden's & Peter Pan's (which I still have) on a beloved 78 rpm-only Cecil & Beany suitcase player I'd received for Christmas & got records for it through the mid-60's (including Red Ravens which I , unfortunately, defaced with additional pen markings to see how they'd reflect in the spinning mirror). The tone-arm & soundbox were much like plastic versions of those of the floor-model Victrola I later received (which replaced the worn-out Cecil & Beany machine & required standing on a chair for me to access the turntable). Found the player in semi-woking condition on hoo-boy some years ago, along with clean copies of the Red Ravens & a new mirror at pretty steep prices. The family "big people's player" was a mono "hi-fi" in a Magnavox b/w TV console, which became off-limits after my younger brother broke the tone-arm in half during a squabble with me over what to play. He had a bad temper even as a toddler! Peter Muhr > "Kiddie records" were different; their manufacturers seemed to > assume their customers still used "kiddie" phonographs, which > were usually 78rpm...and that the parents wouldn't let the > chilluns use the "big people's player," which was usually a > stereo system...?! > > Steven C. Barr > --