@@draketungsten74 but they kind of do. Japanese FM frequencies start at 76MHz and go up to 95MHz, where European FM frequencies don't start until 87.5MHz, so a European radio wouldn't understand more than half of the Japanese spectrum.
I must say, the Sopic looks incredibly modern for a device from '76! The LED, the design itself, that clear cover for the bottom, the manual, the case, all of it looks like it was designed in the 2010s or later.
Classic design is timeless. Look how modern the Eames Chair still looks. And the Villa Savoi, as long as you dont look at the bathrooms. The taps and bathroom suite are solidly early 20th century.
Only to someone who never saw the 70s. It looks perfectly normal for the time. But it sounds shockingly good for that sort of thing...I don't know who made the driver, but it's much above average for the type and size.
1976 and looks like something a modern electronics company would make. Incredible design aesthetics and beautiful font. I was expecting to see bluetooth and USB at points. :D
The only problem is that they packaged it in a solid wooden box with brass buckles. Today it would be sold in a horrid nylon zipper bag or a thin plastic case.
Yes, I agree. I was surprised it dated back to mid 70s. I liked the combination of miniature electronics, mechanics and the beautifully designed and made wooden box.
I agree. It was surprising to me when I actually saw the record playing device. The slick shape and font used evoke modern electronic devices to me. This thing is decades ahead of its time from a visual design perspective.
This was my first thought.... but I was like, no one else will think Jupiter Minning Corp..... what if... this was the minning company's initial business?
Sound quality is pretty decent also, as well as build quality Never expect that from nah-looking plastic thing, more like cheap chinese crap)))) P.S. Hi, Fran!) being your subscriber (btw from Russia ))) ) never knew you also watch Mat, thats fun)
I have a 1975 LED calculator (Rockwell International/Anita/ House Of Fraser model 30F), but true that it was towards the start of LEDs becoming mainstream.
I was about to say, the industrial design of this thing is WAY ahead of the curve for a device of that time: you could release a modern Bluetooth speaker with identical aesthetic design and it'd still come across as suitably modern. The most aged element of the whole aesthetic is the brownish-gray power button: otherwise, I'd have never guessed this device was 45 years old.
Waterloo Road brings back memories...I remember learning Les Champs-Élysées in my high school French class, but had no idea it was originally in English.
Champs-Elysees sung by Joe Dassin was a golden oldie and an instant party sing along in Russia all through the 80s, 90s and probably still is for old millenial farts
I love the honesty. Most TH-camrs say "I'm not that good at painting, but I'll give it a go" and then produce a Caravaggio. But when Matt says he's not that good at accents, he's not lying.
I don't get why people assume they either have to be perfect right away the first time they try a new skill or they just assume it's impossible for them to do. Like how people think some people are good at math or bad at math. You're not bad or good, it's a matter of how much you learned and practiced it. Most of the time. Nobody was every perfect at anything from birth. Every skill we have was something we had to learn with time and effort. Including many failures, which is a natural part of the learning process. In fact, you can learn more from failing than you ever could from doing something perfect like that.
This set is kind familiar my grandma generation. They carry those set to “Ohanami” party -Cherry blossom party- and drink and sing. And words written in tape’s side edge is Korean. Almost those generations are gone now. They are almost around 90. My grandpa was past away 3years ago. edit :side edge is just number sorry. Those items were sold via infomercials. or in adv in news paper.
17:39 - Ah yes, those old classics like "Sorrowful Stop," "That Person," "I Love You Without Seeing You," "Memories of Green Glass," "Memories Pillow," "Crust Champs," "Manufactured By Name," "You're Crowned Too Much," and "The Sun Is Hot."
@@emusunlimited Or it could just be glass coloured green - like in wine bottles (Memories of getting totally drunk??) But here it is definitely green grass - Techmoan uses it as an example in the beginning of the video
This thing is so futuristic looking for the 70s, I would have never guessed 70s just by looking at it. The text sort of gives it away but that's it, what a cool little device.
6:07 i was in that village in Serbia visiting my grandmother and when i arrived home, got notified about you new video, and when i opened it, well, i was a pleasant surprise. Greetings from Serbia.
The song that plays at 17:08 is called 港町十三番地 - Minatomachi Juusan Banchi - Recorded by Misora Hibari, and it could be translated as The habor town's 13th District (which is D-140-B song)
It was only a matter of time before he sang.. This is TH-cam gold. Yet another cracking piece of tech nostalgia, expertly presented with the unique Techmoan charm and humour. Thanks for everything you do, Mat. 👍😊
Amazing! I never realized that the Joe Dassin song was actually a cover of an English original. I was two years old when the French version came out, and by the time I was five it was almost everywhere. It's good to know that the Brits suffered it, too.
@@jmi5969 It wasn't just the Brits who suffered. We, the Dutch, had our own version. Have a look: th-cam.com/video/NIcX74xM46M/w-d-xo.html The "Waterlooplein" was a very famous second hand market in Amsterdam, a little like Petticoat Lane. The single never charted, but everyone in The Netherlands knows it, it's that famous...
@@fayelinae When I was 5 or 6, we sang it as "Oh scheiß in den See" (oh, shit in the lake) because we obviously didn't speak French and these were the more funny words that we found to fit the French ones ;-) But I'm very happy to hear, that this song is not totally forgotten by youngsters like you.
@@fayelinae :D :D:D My dad was best, when he sang "It's a fine old downtown" to the tune of Europe's "Final Countdown"... seems to make sense to him to write a hymn to a nice place to have a walk and go sightseeing
@@pyeltd.5457 japan caps tend to go bad? All capacitors tend to go bad. Some old 70's Japanese (grey or blue elna's, some Matsushita blues) seem to retain there spec very well and not leak which is downright remarkable. Btw 'bad' for caps is a sliding scale. They can be out of spec a bit, out a lot, or the magic smoke is escaping.
It took me a while to figure out what this reminded me of, physically, but it finally hit me: the case with the discs in it looks like something a character on the original _Star Trek_ would have carried an assortment of data cartridges in. It has that same "23rd century going on 1965" aesthetic as a lot of the props on that show. (Except the Starfleet-issue one would have that black crackle 1960s camera case finish on it.) Also, I feel like the thumbnail is not period-complete without a giant bottle of Suntory. :)
The property master for ST-TOS was Irving Feinberg. The props he came up with were affectionately known as Feinbergers. Dr. McCoys medical scanners started out life as salt shakers.
I believe Matt has mentioned several times that he's a fan of Hip Hop and he's dropped more then a few references across all his videos. And it is a beautiful reality check against preconceptions.
All this thing looks like perfect system to take it to the park, drink sake and sing you heart out using small transistor radio. And i bet that setup would be pretty portable and have decent battery life
I absolutely LOVE your content mate, it really hits the spot. Very interested in vintage stuff so it's like Christmas morning, every time you come out with a new vid! Life can sometimes be humdrum and I suffer from debilitating anxiety at times. Not looking for sympathy just wanted to say that your videos really helped me through some bad times. I really appreciate how interesting and informative they are..........Keep up the great work mate.....Cheers!!
I echo your comment; after a trying day at work, this channel immediately cheers me up. I'd go so far as to say that it has made me feel more alive and aware in recent months, wanting to do more things and be more active, etc. I don't know why, but it has been amazing.
@@someonebald2022 Rimmer would have complained why it does not have any "classical" music such as Britney Spears or why there are no Morris Dancing tracks available
The Japanese are the masters of electronic equipment. As you can see, this 1976 model looks up to date. I wish the market was still flooded with Japanese electronic music equipment.
That was some fantastic singing Mat! Just in case the audio gets muted by a copyright strike, I recorded just to save it to my personal collection of you doing some akin to singing. My favourite is when you sing along to Get Lucky. :D
I can imagine things like this were party hits in Japan in the 1970’s. Sometimes it’s the simple things. Also, Mat, are you sure your last name isn’t Sinatra? 😊👍
Hah, that village in Serbia 6:07, visited it a couple of days ago, couldn't dream of it being mentioned in Techmoan video 😄 Btw, there is a flea market being held there, every Friday and Tuesday if I'm not mistaken. Never seen ancient Japanese karaoke machine though 😄
"My Way" was originally a French song, "Comme d'habitude" (As Usual), composed and written by Claude François and Jacques Revaux. Canadian singer songwriter, Paul Anka wrote the English lyrics for Frank Sinatra.
"I'm not an inventor. I simply put things that already existed together, which is completely different. I took a car stereo, a coin box and a small amp to make the karaoke. Who would even consider patenting something like that?" Man, these humble Japanese people!
Incredible really, what patent doesn't contain pre-existing inventions or technologies? I'm sure some smart-ass will volunteer something, but it would certainly be an outlier!
@@carlhartwell7978 Old ones like lightbulbs and stuff. I don't imagine anything recent does, mind you. Just incremental improvements on earlier technologies. Even the proto-"internet" dates back to the 60's or 70's!
It's always nice to see devices like this, that were not put together to get the most production in a short time, but to get the best product to last a lifetime. I can just imagine all the hours of fun this gave to family and friends. It would be nice to see things like this come back, and get people off their social media.
Minute I saw this it reminded me of the FisherPrice Talk-to-me record books from the late 70s early 80s. I had one as a child. Loved the Disney ghost book (think it was the only one I had...either that or it was the only one I liked). Good ol' nostalgia))
I love the content you put out, i really admire how your genuine passion can make me, as well as many other people who started the video with 0 interest in old karaoke machines, be excited for the technology and the craftmanship of the objects. It’s such an incredible quality in a storyteller - 22 minutes well spent! props to you!
@@kane2742 well you’d be surprised That comment reminded me of a tale from Guadalcanal. The marines captured a bunch of Japanese supplies including lots of 1 litter brown bottles and complain ‘this is the worst beer ever’ And intelligence officer looks at it and says ‘I’m not surprised it’s mosquito killer
Uncle Dougie is the best uncle, Uncle Mat just is the rich uncle who impulse buys a bunch of random junk and justifies his purchases by taking them to family gatherings.
Almost all of these modern minimalist fonts usually came from the mid to late 60s. But you’re right that they’re far more popular today than when they were first created.
Matt, I thought that was actually a really good version of the song you did there. I could totally hear that on something like a late 60s Kinks album. The tinny vocal actually worked really well, and your accent was good enough for this yank.
Loved it, it's your interest and coverage of 'older' and obscure media types and players that brought me to your channel many moons ago. Also goes to show how items were properly built, there'd be so much plastic in a modern version that it probably wouldn't survive the 40 odd years for Techmoan 2 to review ;o)
Pardon me while I run off to add "Crust Champs," "Memories of Green Graph Scan," and "This Chest Crush" to my audio playlist. Thanks very much, Big Bro Mat.
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I took the liberty of typing up the song list since it wasn't too long, in case anyone wanted to search them.
D-101-A. 酒は涙か溜息か
D-101-B. 緑の地平線
D-102-A. 男の純情
D-102-B. 誰か故郷を想わざる
D-103-A. 目ン無い千鳥
D-103-B. 新妻鑑
D-104-A. 三百六十五夜
D-104-B. 湯の町エレジー
D-105-A. 無法松の一生
D-105-B. 悲しい酒
D-106-A. 心のこり
D-106-B. 千曲川
D-107-A. 我が良き友よ
D-107-B. やすらぎ
D-108-A. 港のヨーコ・ヨーコハマ・ヨコスカ
D-108-B. 昭和枯れすすき
D-109-A. 悲しみの終わるとき
D-109-B. 酒場にて
D-110-A. おんなの夢
D-110-B. シクラメンのかほり
D-111-A. 東京ナイト・クラブ
D-111-B. 銀座ブルース
D-112-A. コモエスタ赤坂
D-112-B. 雨の銀座
D-113-A. 好きだった
D-113-B. 逢わずに愛して
D-114-A. 泣きぼくろ
D-114-B. 私祈ってます
D-115-A. 噂の女
D-115-B. 知りすぎたのね
D-116-A. 銀座の恋の物語
D-116-B. 哀愁の街に霧が降る
D-117-A. 爪
D-117-B. そっとおやすみ
D-118-A. おんなの朝
D-118-B. ベッドで煙草を吸わないで
D-119-A. あいつ
D-119-B. 粋な別れ
D-120-A. 硝子のジョニー
D-120-B. 夜霧の第二国道
D-121-A. 時の過ぎゆくままに
D-121-B. ロマンス
D-122-A. ささやかな欲望
D-122-B. 天使のくちびる
D-123-A. 人恋しくて
D-123-B. 思い出まくら
D-124-A. 面影
D-124-B. ふたりの旅路
D-125-A. 北へ帰ろう
D-125-B. 中の島ブルース
D-126-A. ろくでなし
D-126-B. 枯葉
D-127-A. 想い出のグリーン・グラス
D-127-B. わかっているよ
D-128-A. 別離
D-128-B. おお シャンゼリゼ
D-129-A. 愛の讃歌
D-129-B. 夜霧のしのび逢い
D-130-A. シバの女王
D-130-B. 時計
D-131-A. 襟裳岬
D-131-B. 女の宿
D-132-A. 好きになった人
D-132-B. ふるさと
D-133-A. 星影のワルツ
D-133-B. 思案橋ブルース
D-134-A. 昔の名前で出ています
D-134-B. 宗右衛門町ブルース
D-135-A. 他人船
D-135-B. 哀愁波止場
D-136-A. 旅の夜風
D-136-B. 君の名は
D-137-A. 湖畔の宿
D-137-B. 長崎の鐘
D-138-A. 浅草の唄
D-138-B. 襟裳岬
D-139-A. 別れ船
D-139-B. 誰か夢なき
D-140-A. 妻恋道中
D-140-B. 港町十三番地
D-141-A. 夜のメロディー
D-141-B. 想い出のソレンツァラ
D-142-A. 太陽は燃えている
D-142-B. この胸のときめきを
D-143-A. マイ・ウェイ
D-143-B. ラ・ノビア
D-144-A. 恋はみずいろ
D-144-B. ある愛のとき
D-145-A. ケ・サラ
D-145-B. ブルージーンと皮ジャンパー
D-146-A. 夕陽が泣いている
D-146-B. 長い髪の少女
D-147-A. 君といつまでも
D-147-B. 街の灯り
D-148-A. 黒の舟唄
D-148-B. また逢う日まで
D-149-A. 人形の家
D-149-B. 遠くに行きたい
D-150-A. 昭和ブルース
D-150-B. 煙草の髪かざり
I recognize a lot of the songs. 人形の家 is my favorite. I feel like I'm watching a Bond film.
This is awesome! And “wasn’t too long” …I’ve done major writing projects in college that are shorter than this.
My favourite was D-176-B ギブ・ユー・アップ
D-145-B. ブルージーンと皮ジャンパー is a true banger.
Just a few song eh!
The styling on the Sopic player itself looks far more modern than the 1970s.
I agree. I'd imagine people would mistake them for something like Bluetooth speakers.
It is looks like decent 90s tech
Yeah, it looks shockingly modern.
Agreed. It's hard to believe the Panapic shown was a later device - it hasn't aged as well.
Even the instruction manual looks modern, in fact, I've seen manuals from brand new devices looking older.
"Fortunately I have a few Japanese radios in the house" - of course you do Matt.
Absolutely 👍
I would have fallen off my chair if he'd said he didn't.
I got a kick out of that, because I was thinking it sounded as if the radios had to understand Japanese to play Japanese music.
@@draketungsten74 but they kind of do. Japanese FM frequencies start at 76MHz and go up to 95MHz, where European FM frequencies don't start until 87.5MHz, so a European radio wouldn't understand more than half of the Japanese spectrum.
@@Milamberinx Yeah, but I meant the language, not the frequency.
I must say, the Sopic looks incredibly modern for a device from '76! The LED, the design itself, that clear cover for the bottom, the manual, the case, all of it looks like it was designed in the 2010s or later.
You're absolutely right. It looks like a modern Bluetooth speaker and even the manual looks very modern.
Classic design is timeless. Look how modern the Eames Chair still looks. And the Villa Savoi, as long as you dont look at the bathrooms. The taps and bathroom suite are solidly early 20th century.
Yep
@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep Yes, I was thinking that, I owned a bluetooth speaker that was essentially the same exact form factor.
Only to someone who never saw the 70s. It looks perfectly normal for the time. But it sounds shockingly good for that sort of thing...I don't know who made the driver, but it's much above average for the type and size.
1976 and looks like something a modern electronics company would make. Incredible design aesthetics and beautiful font. I was expecting to see bluetooth and USB at points. :D
The only problem is that they packaged it in a solid wooden box with brass buckles. Today it would be sold in a horrid nylon zipper bag or a thin plastic case.
Yes, I agree. I was surprised it dated back to mid 70s. I liked the combination of miniature electronics, mechanics and the beautifully designed and made wooden box.
Yeah, wouldn't look twice if it was a Bluetooth speaker.
Yeah, for real
I agree. It was surprising to me when I actually saw the record playing device. The slick shape and font used evoke modern electronic devices to me. This thing is decades ahead of its time from a visual design perspective.
JMC will always be "Jupiter Mining Corporation" for me!
Drawfers rule .
Fish!
This was my first thought.... but I was like, no one else will think Jupiter Minning Corp..... what if... this was the minning company's initial business?
No Hammond recordings included.
Stoke me a clipper!
The most innovative thing in this is the bright LED - they cost a fortune in '76, and used a lot of current. Beautiful though....
I was thinking the same thing!
Sound quality is pretty decent also, as well as build quality
Never expect that from nah-looking plastic thing, more like cheap chinese crap))))
P.S. Hi, Fran!) being your subscriber (btw from Russia ))) ) never knew you also watch Mat, thats fun)
I have a 1975 LED calculator (Rockwell International/Anita/ House Of Fraser model 30F), but true that it was towards the start of LEDs becoming mainstream.
The design aesthetic looks out of the 90s so for the 70s it was definitely ahead of its time.
Does techmoan have time ⌚ machine? 🤔 😱
This doesn’t look 70s at all. It looks a lot better than many things in 2020s.
I was about to say, the industrial design of this thing is WAY ahead of the curve for a device of that time: you could release a modern Bluetooth speaker with identical aesthetic design and it'd still come across as suitably modern. The most aged element of the whole aesthetic is the brownish-gray power button: otherwise, I'd have never guessed this device was 45 years old.
@@guerillagrueplays6301 yes even the design of the box and the font used look bang up to date
I love the player, just looks like a lot of modern bluetooth speakers.
Perhaps it's because it looks like a modern bluetooth box.
Yup. Also couldn't get my head around the 1970s origin. Looks so modern.
The shell of Sopic player looks so modern, I can't believe it's from the 70's!
Truly! It easily looks like it could've been released in the mid 2000s or even later, it's wonderful
Even the Sopic logo looks mid 2000s. It's like a time traveller designed it!
John must have needed some funding.
I was thinking the same thing! Had to check comments to make sure I wasn’t going mad.
Yeah, but the build quality of the insides certainly is different from the crap they sell today.
Waterloo Road brings back memories...I remember learning Les Champs-Élysées in my high school French class, but had no idea it was originally in English.
Champs-Elysees sung by Joe Dassin was a golden oldie and an instant party sing along in Russia all through the 80s, 90s and probably still is for old millenial farts
It sounds familiar to me, but not sure where I heard it
Maybe you'd be still more surprised to know "my way" was a remake of a French song from Claude François but with unrelated lyrics
Yeah, high school French for me too, learned about the English song today.
@@GoetiaTV i remember it mostly from the closing credits of The Darjeeling Limited
I love the honesty. Most TH-camrs say "I'm not that good at painting, but I'll give it a go" and then produce a Caravaggio. But when Matt says he's not that good at accents, he's not lying.
I'm impressed with his utter lack of self consciousness in singing, bad or not, and with no alcohol involved.
😂🤣
@@MikehMike01 Fair point. lol
@@MikehMike01 He's not Scottish.
I don't get why people assume they either have to be perfect right away the first time they try a new skill or they just assume it's impossible for them to do.
Like how people think some people are good at math or bad at math. You're not bad or good, it's a matter of how much you learned and practiced it. Most of the time.
Nobody was every perfect at anything from birth. Every skill we have was something we had to learn with time and effort. Including many failures, which is a natural part of the learning process.
In fact, you can learn more from failing than you ever could from doing something perfect like that.
When are you releassing the Techmoan Christmas album for us?
This set is kind familiar my grandma generation. They carry those set to “Ohanami” party -Cherry blossom party- and drink and sing. And words written in tape’s side edge is Korean. Almost those generations are gone now. They are almost around 90. My grandpa was past away 3years ago.
edit :side edge is just number sorry. Those items were sold via infomercials. or in adv in news paper.
Thanks for the insight. We would never know if you didn't tell us!
Oh, for sure! I can imagine this would make for an amazing hanami party! 😂
It looks like numbers on the sides
I bet those parties were a lot of fun! Thanks for sharing. :) Sorry to hear your grandpa has passed.
@@worldcomicsreview354 Yes !I watched again and that is just number!
17:39 - Ah yes, those old classics like "Sorrowful Stop," "That Person," "I Love You Without Seeing You," "Memories of Green Glass," "Memories Pillow," "Crust Champs," "Manufactured By Name," "You're Crowned Too Much," and "The Sun Is Hot."
i really hope its memories of green grass, not glass... green glass is trinitite, which is a byproduct of an atomic explosion......
@@emusunlimited Or it could just be glass coloured green - like in wine bottles (Memories of getting totally drunk??) But here it is definitely green grass - Techmoan uses it as an example in the beginning of the video
@@runeodin7237 Maybe... But in any case yeah you're right I went back and listened to it.
idk about you but "manufactured by name" sounds rad as hell
This thing is so futuristic looking for the 70s, I would have never guessed 70s just by looking at it. The text sort of gives it away but that's it, what a cool little device.
Thanks, I looked for a comment like yours to agree with as I couldn't agree more!
yeah it has the modern can-shape of today's entertainment appliances like bluetooth speakers and the alexa and the mac pro computer.
I like uncle Mat. He's kind of weird but the stuff he brings over is kind of interesting.
This thing looks so modern. It could have come out just a couple years ago.
Indeed, mind-blowing for 1975.
@@hk0O7 Or modern designers still following 1960's minimalist design principles? :)
Looked exactly like the little Bluetooth speakers nowadays.
@@TassieLorenzo at least it's minimalist and not fucking brutalism and the modern neo brutalism.
@@michealpersicko9531 IKR only thing worse was Belligerentism and Nuvo Cantankerous Kitsch. Had enough of that during The Moxy era.
If there was ever a time for the return of the puppets, that "Waterloo Road" was it.
Uncle Mat's back from Japan, and he's brought _another_ karaoke machine with him.
He's in the corner singing songs he barely knows in a cockney accent, and we can't get rid of him!
6:07 i was in that village in Serbia visiting my grandmother and when i arrived home, got notified about you new video, and when i opened it, well, i was a pleasant surprise. Greetings from Serbia.
I’m curious how it’s pronounced! Is it similar to this product, like Soh-Pick?
Shopich if you were to spell it like in English
Uncle Mat’s down the road with the box again, pretend we’re not in
Singing away in that awful cockney accent
And hide behind the couch.
The song that plays at 17:08 is called 港町十三番地 - Minatomachi Juusan Banchi - Recorded by Misora Hibari, and it could be translated as The habor town's 13th District (which is D-140-B song)
Both Sopic and Panapic look like modern Bluetooth speakers. Especially Panaptic looks like interesting gadget that could be made in 2021.
It was only a matter of time before he sang.. This is TH-cam gold. Yet another cracking piece of tech nostalgia, expertly presented with the unique Techmoan charm and humour. Thanks for everything you do, Mat. 👍😊
That was the most amazing rendition of "Waterloo Road" I've ever heard. First time I've ever heard the song.
Amazing! I never realized that the Joe Dassin song was actually a cover of an English original. I was two years old when the French version came out, and by the time I was five it was almost everywhere. It's good to know that the Brits suffered it, too.
@@jmi5969 It wasn't just the Brits who suffered. We, the Dutch, had our own version. Have a look: th-cam.com/video/NIcX74xM46M/w-d-xo.html
The "Waterlooplein" was a very famous second hand market in Amsterdam, a little like Petticoat Lane.
The single never charted, but everyone in The Netherlands knows it, it's that famous...
Great singing Matt, real vintage voice, lika a half drunk 1960's sailor :-D loved it !
The nightmare fuel was a lot more enjoyable than it should have been.
Huh?
@@mryan89 Mat's singing.
I was expecting it to be actually scary XD
"Champs Elysee" (sung in French) was a big hit in Germany. I was born in 76 and know it well from my childhood.
There is a NOFX cover of that song. th-cam.com/video/AmR2wWywByc/w-d-xo.html
I was born in 1998 in Germany and I knew it too, lol. I was kind of confused why he explained it like nobody knows the song.
@@fayelinae When I was 5 or 6, we sang it as "Oh scheiß in den See" (oh, shit in the lake) because we obviously didn't speak French and these were the more funny words that we found to fit the French ones ;-)
But I'm very happy to hear, that this song is not totally forgotten by youngsters like you.
@@Schwuuuuup Ahahaha, another Agathe Bauer song :D
@@fayelinae :D :D:D My dad was best, when he sang "It's a fine old downtown" to the tune of Europe's "Final Countdown"... seems to make sense to him to write a hymn to a nice place to have a walk and go sightseeing
‘Ain’t no party like a Japan Metals & Chemicals Co Ltd party’!
Yeah, I'm surprised they didnt come up with a catcher name a la 3M.
@@rich_edwards79 Minnesota Mining and Minerals
JMC doesn't sound all that bad, if a little derivative, M&C doesn't look bad either
They put the MC in JMC.
Miyazaki Miso and Minerals
The standard mic check for an FM microphone is: "Hey good looking, we'll be back to pick you up later."
I thought of the same TV ad.
He's in for some lovin'
PLEASE DO NOT USE FM MICROPHONES NEXT TO OPEN WELLS.
@@MolloyPolloy I'm gonna have to ask you to explain that
[EDIT] ah wait, it's obvious isn't it
Oops
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(distant plop)
_Convoooooooy..._
1976 and the only thing that needed fixing was a bit of oxidation on the volume pot?
Wow!
Japanese electronics seem to last and last. It probably doesn't even need re-capped. Chinese electronics on the other hand..
I have a 1976 Japanese tuner in my HiFi and it works perfectly.
@@pyeltd.5457 japan caps tend to go bad? All capacitors tend to go bad.
Some old 70's Japanese (grey or blue elna's, some Matsushita blues) seem to retain there spec very well and not leak which is downright remarkable.
Btw 'bad' for caps is a sliding scale. They can be out of spec a bit, out a lot, or the magic smoke is escaping.
Two years later .... I'm so glad your singing wasn't muted! Brills!
It took me a while to figure out what this reminded me of, physically, but it finally hit me: the case with the discs in it looks like something a character on the original _Star Trek_ would have carried an assortment of data cartridges in. It has that same "23rd century going on 1965" aesthetic as a lot of the props on that show. (Except the Starfleet-issue one would have that black crackle 1960s camera case finish on it.)
Also, I feel like the thumbnail is not period-complete without a giant bottle of Suntory. :)
The property master for ST-TOS was Irving Feinberg. The props he came up with were affectionately known as Feinbergers. Dr. McCoys medical scanners started out life as salt shakers.
"For relaxing times, make it Suntory time" :)
The actual outside of the case reminds me of wooden / leatherette boxes for carrying 10-inch records in.
Gotta love that ‘classic twenty third century design. Black finish. Silver highlights.’
I believe Matt has mentioned several times that he's a fan of Hip Hop and he's dropped more then a few references across all his videos. And it is a beautiful reality check against preconceptions.
What a delightful and fun singing voice you have! Perhaps if this TH-cam thing doesn't work out for you...
All this thing looks like perfect system to take it to the park, drink sake and sing you heart out using small transistor radio. And i bet that setup would be pretty portable and have decent battery life
I rather enjoyed you trying out the karaoke bit. I honestly didn’t think you’d give it a shot. Lovely video.
I absolutely LOVE your content mate, it really hits the spot. Very interested in vintage stuff so it's like Christmas morning, every time you come out with a new vid! Life can sometimes be humdrum and I suffer from debilitating anxiety at times. Not looking for sympathy just wanted to say that your videos really helped me through some bad times. I really appreciate how interesting and informative they are..........Keep up the great work mate.....Cheers!!
I echo your comment; after a trying day at work, this channel immediately cheers me up. I'd go so far as to say that it has made me feel more alive and aware in recent months, wanting to do more things and be more active, etc. I don't know why, but it has been amazing.
I completely agree. Mat’s enthusiasm and humour is infectious and a delight.
Thank you for the nod to A Tribe Called Quest. I always enjoy seeing items from your 90s hip hop collection make their way into some episodes.
I'd love to see how well the puppets can sing.
I do miss the puppets
Matt singing was probably the most cheerfull thing this week for me. I do want to Order the full version!
I didn't realise the Jupiter Mining Corporation had a hand in karaoke machines 😉
Another dwarfer :)
My first thought too!
Rimmer would have used this.
@@wrenchmonkey3920 Nah, Lister would have used it to drive Rimmer insane with anger. ;)
@@someonebald2022 Rimmer would have complained why it does not have any "classical" music such as Britney Spears or why there are no Morris Dancing tracks available
21:03 Sorry mate. You (or we, depending on how you look at it) were NOT saved by the content matching algorithm! 😂
I'm off sick with Covid and hearing you singing in a Cockney accent nearly finished me off. Absolute gold.
Supah Linkio,
Get well soon....
Yeah ! Get well soon !
@@Andrew.quigley @426baron Thanks very much, guys! It means a lot from 2 random strangers on the internet to say that 😃
Stay safe and healthy!
@@benitopussolini544 I'm pretty sick, but I feel like I've had worse when I was younger (famous last words)
That was too much fun! anyone who skipped out on this one just because it was a karaoke device missed a fun video.
That karaoke will keep me smiling all day. A mix of fake cockney and scouse. Might go viral as a meme!
For the sake of humankind let's hope that doesn't happen.
@@Techmoan Grandpa muppet should sing that song!
@@Techmoan too late :)
The Japanese are the masters of electronic equipment. As you can see, this 1976 model looks up to date. I wish the market was still flooded with Japanese electronic music equipment.
i agree ! need more of there stuff, way better build quality and made to last, unlike all the throw away Chinese junk
Sony is doing their best
: Don't sweat it. Your vocal stylings reminded me of Eric Idle doing the Galaxy DNA Song.
A classic!
it's incredible how modern that device looks. Like the styling
That "song" sounded like it was recorded on a wax cylinder. LOL. Cool peice of kit.
Definitely lowfi, LOL but it's mostly the cheap speaker. Good elevator music.
Nasty quotes. ;-)
This sounded way better than most wax cylinders haha
That was some fantastic singing Mat! Just in case the audio gets muted by a copyright strike, I recorded just to save it to my personal collection of you doing some akin to singing. My favourite is when you sing along to Get Lucky. :D
I can imagine things like this were party hits in Japan in the 1970’s. Sometimes it’s the simple things. Also, Mat, are you sure your last name isn’t Sinatra? 😊👍
Or Munro, perhaps? 😉
I wonder what 'cockney japanese' would sound like?
Cockney cover of Bakamitai when? 🤔
@Williston Audio Labs mattu teloru?
@@GryphLane Varnish ?
I'm amazed at how modern this player is. it will now look authentic next to modern bluetooth speakers!
That player looks like the latest internet-enabled hipster device fresh from Kickstarter.
Looks a lot like the Wheel record player indeed.
Do not give them ideas! :)
* Bluetooth - because of course it is. Stream your favorite songs and podcasts to the included crap 2” speaker!
@@nickwallette6201 And of course it fails after a year when the cloud servers get shut down.
11:50 I love how even a bit of right soundtrack makes repair scene much more intense)
Hah, that village in Serbia 6:07, visited it a couple of days ago, couldn't dream of it being mentioned in Techmoan video 😄 Btw, there is a flea market being held there, every Friday and Tuesday if I'm not mistaken. Never seen ancient Japanese karaoke machine though 😄
I didn't visit it but it shocked me that he mentioned it.
had to do a double take when I heard it
I was looking in the comments, if someone would comment coming from that village, living in it or having visited it
So the quality is infinitely better on these discs than the bad MIDI/synth tracks we get in karaoke today.
The design is really impressive for 1975. It looks like something that could be sold today.
"My Way" was originally a French song, "Comme d'habitude" (As Usual), composed and written by Claude François and Jacques Revaux. Canadian singer songwriter, Paul Anka wrote the English lyrics for Frank Sinatra.
I thought JMC was the Jupiter Mining Corporation!
EDIT: As did several other people, I probably should’ve read the comments first
The funny part is that your comment is the first one that I saw.
My god I knew I found that familiar and I've been sat here scratching my head for the rest of the video xD
@@Fireberries Ditto. And I'm a big Red Dwarf fan!
What a cool little device. Looks like it's built like a tank as well. Very cool.
"And it comes with a microphone."
I have a bad feeling about this.
what do you mean feeling? it says "nightmare fuel" right there in the description
🤣
"Don't worry, everyone, I've brought a party in a box!"
Reels and reels of LSD.
"I'm not an inventor. I simply put things that already existed together, which is completely different. I took a car stereo, a coin box and a small amp to make the karaoke. Who would even consider patenting something like that?"
Man, these humble Japanese people!
@@someonebald2022 Did you know him?
@@Satansclawps3 just another jealous keyboard warrior without talent.
And so the comment was deleted.
Incredible really, what patent doesn't contain pre-existing inventions or technologies? I'm sure some smart-ass will volunteer something, but it would certainly be an outlier!
@@carlhartwell7978 Old ones like lightbulbs and stuff. I don't imagine anything recent does, mind you. Just incremental improvements on earlier technologies. Even the proto-"internet" dates back to the 60's or 70's!
It's always nice to see devices like this, that were not put together to get the most production in a short time, but to get the best product to last a lifetime.
I can just imagine all the hours of fun this gave to family and friends. It would be nice to see things like this come back, and get people off their social media.
Why would anyone watching skip the actual Techmoan singing part of this video? It's the best part. :)
Minute I saw this it reminded me of the FisherPrice Talk-to-me record books from the late 70s early 80s. I had one as a child. Loved the Disney ghost book (think it was the only one I had...either that or it was the only one I liked). Good ol' nostalgia))
Fascinating how the principle of records was applied in different ways. Always a pleasure to watch you, Mat!
The presentation of the box and player are very neat and beautiful. Very cool piece of Japanese history, thanks for sharing!
11:58 that should become your regular montage music. Use it under all disassembly/reassembly sequences.
I know it’s just the rhythm of the Clave but gave me very strong “In the Heights” vibes
You are my favorite vaudeville performer, Techmoan.
I was affraid that you won't sing for us. Phew! I'm happy you did
I was really confused because I know that song as "Les Champs-Élysées". Turns out Waterloo Road is the original. The more you know.
I love the content you put out, i really admire how your genuine passion can make me, as well as many other people who started the video with 0 interest in old karaoke machines, be excited for the technology and the craftmanship of the objects. It’s such an incredible quality in a storyteller - 22 minutes well spent! props to you!
Uncle Mat with his party in a box sounds like a euphemism for your friendly neighbourhood drug dealer :D
Maybe that's what kind of "chemicals" Japan Metals & Chemicals Co Ltd makes.
@@kane2742 well you’d be surprised
That comment reminded me of a tale from Guadalcanal.
The marines captured a bunch of Japanese supplies including lots of 1 litter brown bottles and complain ‘this is the worst beer ever’
And intelligence officer looks at it and says ‘I’m not surprised it’s mosquito killer
As long as it's not Uncle Ernie...
Uncle Dougie is the best uncle, Uncle Mat just is the rich uncle who impulse buys a bunch of random junk and justifies his purchases by taking them to family gatherings.
I thought of Uncle Travelling Matt from the Fraggles.... he might bring Karaoke. That could be a whole episode. Fraggles love to sing.... 🤔
Its mindboggling how sturdy these things are and how well they were kept.
We need to start making plans for the Techmoan museum.
Parts of the staff should be animatronic puppets. We could get Tim Hunkin to do the mechanicals!
Absolutely! Techmoan certainly is on the way to the history textbooks.
It could go next to Look mum no computer's museum.
I would love to work at the museum.
Maybe uni of huddersfield department of music studies
Can you imagine how many would be returned now if you had to select "FM mic", then tune it with a small screwdriver and seek it out on a receiver.
You got to admire Matt for relentlessly taking one for the team.
This is an unbelievable piece of technology that came out in the 70s I am super impressed.
Pretty blown away by the amount of functionality built into that mic!
It looks to be higher quality than the conf room mikes we have at work, that cost hundreds apiece.
That Sopic looks like it was designed in the past 5 years. That thing is beautiful on the outside.
Once you hear Mr Moan "singing", you can't un-hear it. He did warn us!
Good idea. Any idea of a group name? Maybe "Mr Moans Wailing Survival Group"
I really feel that he would be prudent not to leave his day job for a crack at singing stardom.
@@joncrawford3485 "Mat and the demons"
The tech for the FM mic was used in a toy. I remember getting one for Christmas in the early ‘80s.
Anyone else expecting massive feedback when Matt was tuning in the radio with the mic next to the speaker? :-)
Yah i did.
“We should just hear silence” - yeah, after you dive for the volume knob.
The design is really timeless. Even the font still looks modern today. Wonderful piece of technology!
The design of the speaker looks like a modern bluetooth speaker.
My first thought exactly!
You mean a modern bluetooth speaker looks like the Sopic....
Alexa
The graphic design on the device is impressive. It looks new. Amazing how fashion in fonts seems to cycle
“Fortunately I have a few japanese radios around”. Matt, we all demand a video of your storage unit.
Physically one of the most gorgeous things yet. In its wooden box the set just looks so beautiful - so Japanese.
Yaaaaaas, always loved Techmoan singing!
Soon to be released on cassettes.
Sound quality is like MP3 at 22 KHz sampling frequency with 64Kbps bitrate.
The font used for “sonic” looks more from today than the 70s
Almost all of these modern minimalist fonts usually came from the mid to late 60s. But you’re right that they’re far more popular today than when they were first created.
The devices themselves look modern, either one could be mistaken for a smart speaker.
I thought the black one looked more like a modern product. Like a hip bluetooth speaker or something....
Matt, I thought that was actually a really good version of the song you did there. I could totally hear that on something like a late 60s Kinks album. The tinny vocal actually worked really well, and your accent was good enough for this yank.
Yeah it reminded me a little of Lazy Sunday by the Small Faces, guv'nor.
That singing was brilliant Mat.
Loved it, it's your interest and coverage of 'older' and obscure media types and players that brought me to your channel many moons ago. Also goes to show how items were properly built, there'd be so much plastic in a modern version that it probably wouldn't survive the 40 odd years for Techmoan 2 to review ;o)
I can't believe that Sopic was designed in the 70s - it looks so modern and fresh and would be worthy output of a design consultancy these days!
Mat singing along was the highlight of my morning! 13/10!!
Blown away by how modern the Sopic looks like, and how well it has held up.
I can hardly believe how much I was looking forward to hearing you sing!
Verdict: PUT THE PUPPETS BACK ON
Voice of an angel.
Pardon me while I run off to add "Crust Champs," "Memories of Green Graph Scan," and "This Chest Crush" to my audio playlist. Thanks very much, Big Bro Mat.
@@craigjensen6853 "Memories of the CT Scan" ..that sounds like something worth singing about.. And its sequel, "Colonoscopy Blues"
Astonishingly modern looking product. The music all sounds like vintage anime outros.