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TIL the portable vintage Sharp VZ-V20R boombox, which weighs 29.8 lbs. without batteries, has the capability to play vinyl records vertically and play both sides of a record without the need to flip it to the other side. It also has an extended FM radio range of 76 Mhz to 108 Mhz and a cassette deck

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