RECORD PLAYBACK APPARATUS

A record player with an endless record tape or band carrying several parallel sound tracks and a slot therein at the end of the tracks, including a mechanism operated by the slot for stopping the record player and rotating a cam to randomly select the groove in which the stylus will enter when the record player is restarted. The mechanism includes a shaft pivotally mounted on the record player housing, with an arm thereon which lies against the tape to move through the slot and thereby pivot the shaft. The shaft also carries a pawl that "flicks" the cam and a lug that separates switch contacts to de-energize the record player motor, when the shaft rotates as the arm moves through the record slot.