Answering my own question from yesterday

The blog from yesterday on HELP!: https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2026/04/help.html 

 Yes, the shot of George and the grass cutter guy:

does show a record player in the background.  It appears to be a KB Discomatic EL-POR:

The next question:  was it John Lennon's Discomatic OR did John acquire it while making the movie ?  Because he had one:

https://www.lawrencestrauss.com/jljukebox.html

wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon's_jukebox

And so did Beatles manager Brian Epstein:

source: https://www.capitol6000.com/recordplayers.html

So I'm suspicioning that the movie shoot inspired the Discomatic purchases.  I do remember seeing the show: John Lennon's Jukebox on PBS - it concentrated on some of the songs in the Discomatic - here is the English version:

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgABKFLOKj8

unless interested in a LOT of English ads, skip ahead to about 13:30

Here's a site on the unit:

https://discomatic.uk/

So what about the price ?  Here is an announcement from Practical Wireless, June 1965, 69 guineas ?:

Another ad in 73 Magazine, November 1969 for $89 (that's more like it :)

Inflates to:

Keep in mind that doesn't include a cabinet, a speaker or an amplifier but in any case it wasn't cheap.

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm