It sat in my parents' dining room for 20 years or more: an old oak stereo console with large speakers concealed by green fabric -- similar to the photo above.

Nobody in my family knows when we got rid of it, but thoughts of the old music box fill me with tremendous nostalgia.

See an excerpt on our old console in my upcoming book, "Rollicking Recollections of a '60s and '70s Kidhood!"

And let me know what you think at Tom@TomPurcell.com.