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December 2016 saw the official release of the Vinyl Rocket, a 140-selection mechanism playing 7" 45 rpm records. This was the first vinyl playing jukebox to be manufactured by the company in over 25 years and the only manufacturer to currently sell a vinyl jukebox anywhere in the world.
The most common rotational speeds for gramophone records are 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 revolutions per minute (rpm), 45 rpm, and 78 rpm. Established as the only common rotational speed prior to the 1940s, the 78 became increasingly less common throughout the 1950s and into more modern decades as the 33 and the 45 became established as the new standards for ...
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It played up to fifty 45-RPM records, making it a 100-play. It was very colorful, with chrome glass tubes on the front, mirrors in the display, and rotating animation in the pilasters. [4] 1967 Rock-Ola 434 Concerto – The jukebox interior used in the credit sequence for the 11th and final season of Happy Days. Like the Seeburg M100C, it ...
1959 Seeburg "Basic" Record. A Seeburg Background Music record is a vinyl record of a non-standard 9 inch (23 cm)-diameter size with a 2-inch (5 cm) center hole. The recording is monaural, with a playing speed of 16⅔ rpm and a density of 420 grooves per inch. [2]
Seeburg was an American design and manufacturing company of automated musical equipment, such as orchestrions, jukeboxes, and vending equipment. Founded in 1902, its first products were Orchestrions and automatic pianos but after the arrival of gramophone records, the company developed a series of "coin-operated phonographs."
In the 1950s, American radio DJs appeared live at sock hops and "platter parties" and assumed the role of a human jukebox. They typically played 45-rpm records, featuring hit singles on one turntable while talking between songs. In some cases, a live drummer was hired to play beats between songs to maintain the dance floor.
Rock-Ola continued to produce a new model every year up until 1942 when the constraints of World War II had an impact. After the war, they produced what some consider as their most attractive 78rpm player, the model 1428. In the early 1950s, the arrival of the 45rpm seven inch record brought major changes to jukebox designs for all manufacturers.