"We used to sit down with a guitar, play the record over and over again and work out the chords - I despair!"
I'd tend to agree but assume someone asks on Mudcat when they're beat. The missing chord you can't come up with is often one you've used already but don't realise.
Record Player? I still have mine from the 70s. New cartridge several times. Gave up smoking to buy the turntable and never smoked since.

I sing Poor Murdered Woman once in a blue moon. Not a happy song to fit in - but I always have sung it unaccompanied.