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Coin Slot Magazine - #016 - 1976 - March [International Arcade Museum]
THE COIN SLOT
March
1976
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John W. Caler
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WurlTIzer
THE GOLDEN ERA
by: Richard A. Nelson
In the last several years the world of coin-op collecting has witnessed the
arrival of a new collectible, the 1940fs 78 RPM jukebox. Oui magazine, on the
cover of its January 1975 issue, had a nymph basking in the warm glow of a
Wurlitzer 850 (or vice versa). The authors of the jukebox articles in that issue
proclaimed the 850 to be the King of all the old jukeboxes. This national expo
sure among what some consider a hip and trendy audience was the final push
needed to propell jukeboxing into the big time. The earlier revival of fifties'
music, plus Wurlitzer's nostalgia jukebox and going out of business announ
cement, had previously begun a movement that snowballed after the Oui article.
The evolution of the jukebox into todays chrome and glass robot took place
in several stages. The first was largely a developmental stage, covering the
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1930's. Many of these early jukeboxes resembled floor model radios with their
simplicity of design. The mechanisms were uncomplicated and the audio re
production often scratchy and coarse. Today these machines are sought after
mostly by the more serious collectors.
terized by the elaborate and varied use of multi-colored plastics, rotating col
or wheels, heat activated bubbler tubes and intricately designed glass.
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