Back in 1981 or 1982, I got a portable stereo for Christmas. It was an AM/FM top-loading cassette unit, which had a shoulder strap to carry it. It was rectangular, bigger than a Walkman, but smaller than a boombox, and silver in colour. I think there may have been a lid over the controls. It had a button that could activate a built-in microphone in case you wanted to listen what was going on around you while you were listening to music. I thought the manufacturer was Yorx, but it may have been Lloyds, Sears or General Electric.

It looked very much like this portable Lloyds 8-track player, but it didn't play 8-track tapes, it played cassettes through a top-loading deck:

http://vintage-technics.ru/Lloyds/3/P9200378LL.JPG

Does anyone have any clue what I'm talking about?

Hi Lanny and welcome to S2G. It's most likely not this one (no mic) but maybe physically close?

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Wow, thanks! Yes, the top of it is almost identical. The only thing missing is the mic button. They must have based it on this model. This gets me a lot closer to finding it. Thanks!

If you still are out there, I found on that looks spot on to the one you have, exept there is no mic you said about, the llyods thing isn't there, and where it says 8-track player, there is a sears electronics logo, and the words, 8 track player in smaller letters.