Do you remember The Seeburg Jukebox Company in the U.K.
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Do you remember The Seeburg Jukebox Company in the U.K.
Do you remember The Seeburg Jukebox Company in the U.K. The above had was for the opening of Seeburg (great Britain) Ltd in the U.K. in 1963 where Seeburg launched their Seeburg LPC-1 model that was to be seen in so many top jukebox locations throughout the U.K. in the early 1960’s. The Seeburg Jukebox Story In 1963 The Seeburg Corporation opened up in London, how many CoinOp Community readers can remember the General Manager Peter Groom, and Jack (Cameron) Gordon, the Seeburg president who had his roots in Scotland, I truly believe that my old friend Jack Gordon contributed more to the advancement of the modern day jukebox from 1955 with the introduction of the extended play record (known as the E.P.) enabling jukebox operators to get more for the price of play . Jack Gordon brought even more enhancements to the jukebox, such as the first Stereo jukebox in 1958 with their models 222 and 220 and their “Artist of the Week” in 1960 when 85% of the record buying public were buying “LP’s” (long playing records) and only 15% on singles. The first “Stereo” jukebox came from Seeburg in 1958 Seeburg wanted to get a part of that record buying public to play their selected music on a jukebox and introduced their ”Artist of the Week” packs consisting of 5 singles with songs from the original soundtracks of an ”LP” these 5 records were the size of a 45 rpm but played at a speed of 33-1/3 rpm the same as a 12 inch “LP” (long playing record). The first “Artist of the Week” models were introduced on their “AY” model in 1960, Seeburg also brought out a kit to upgrade their 1959 models the “Q-160 and Q-100” models to “Artist of the Week” models. After the models in 1960 through to their revolutionary “DS-160” model with directional sound by way of two side speakers.) Most operators removed the side mounted speakers because of their awkwardness when doing an installation at a location. Seeburg introduced their most adventurous model to date: The Seeburg LPC-1. Seeburg invested heavily in promotional materialto promotethe LPC-1 Seeburg under Jack Gordon was the first jukebox manufacturer to produce a promotional flyer featuring a potential customer in the form of a black person. (still looked down upon in the U.S.A. especially in the South). He also introduced the bill validate to jukeboxes and so much more, When Jack died in 1987 so did a great part of the Seeburg empire.