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April, 1975
Volume 1 / No.5
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PLAt' ItIETER
features
,Wurl itzer Whammy
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Editor and Publisher Ralph C. Lally" ta Iks wIth Deutsche
WurlitLer officIals and their American distributors about
their successes in North America .
Cocktails, Anyon e?
MEMBER
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West Coast Editor Gene Beley and Associate EdItor Sonny
Albarado team up to present a thorough look at the bustling
vIdeo cock tail table market from the vIewpoint o f manu f ac turers,
distributors and operators
Tommy Talk and Teasers
staff
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Several writers discuss the latest vIsual assault to come from
director Ken Russell - a movIe of the Who audIo assault "Tomm y . "
In a specia l section on the f ilm , Associate Editor Sonny
Albarado tells the story and reviews the f il m ; East Coast
Editor Robert Haim gives his own opinions ; and Editorial
Assistant D el Leggett raps about the soundtrack . All of thIS
accompanied by pictures and illustra t ions.
EdItor and Publisher:
Ralph C. Lally II
ASSOCIate EdItor:
Sonny Albarado
dltorlal Assistant :
Del Leggett
West Coast Contributing EdItor:
Gene Beley
East Coast Controbutlng Editor:
Robert Halm
Tales of the Lock
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Play Meter examines the issue o f security by dIscussing the
problem with a prominent operator and ta lking abou t what kind
of equipment and procedures are availab le to protect your
vital income.
Technical dltor:
Perry Miller
Art Director:
Roy WIllis
Pr o du ct Ion Assistant :
Steve Hebert
departments
From the Editor
Reader Service
Circulation Manager:
Carol P. Lally
Ty pography :
Studlo/Comp
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Sound Off
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Mailbox
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Operating
MOA board members meet In New Orleans March 6·8
Distributing
Empire helps the YMCA
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Manufacturing
Bally works hard and gets gambling lIcense
Pocket Change
Music Programming
Chart s, Tommy soundtrack
Coinman of the Month
Ira Bettelman, the LA legaliLer
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Techn ical Top ics
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On the Move
I nternat io na I Datel i ne
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Calendar of Coming Events
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New Products
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Classified
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Next Month
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Advertising Representatives :
Ralph C. Lally II
Del Leggett
Cred i t : March cover photo, (ommy Man·
ning; April cover piloto, Paul Syl vest er ;
" Co ck tail , Any one " actiolJ photos,
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lJeley; "Tomm " se t ion photos, Columbia
Picture and (om
ieman; " MOA Midy ear
M eet," 10 t er Photoyraphy In .,
('w Or·
lean; "IVurli t / er IVhammy, " Ralph C. Lall
II ; all illu trutiollS by No I i llis.
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PLAY METER, April, 1975, Volume I,
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leans,
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