The asking price will depend mainly on age, brand and style. Seeburg's marketing name for this new selection and pricing system was 'Microlog'. The first Seeburg Digital jukebox, introducing the Black and Gray boxes. While 78 RPM phonographs bring a good price, the 1950's 45 RPM players don't fall far behind. LS3 Apollo 160 selections, 45 RPM native, 33 RPM with Auto-Speed engaged. The average jukebox, between the mid 60's, through the end of record phonograph production, are easy to locate and bring a very affordable price.
Jukeboxes that bring a higher $$ will be those where the playing record is visible. It had been an ambition of Alans to build a vinyl LP/12 jukebox for decades and he first sketched up this mechanism concept back in 1968 So, with heaps of. This brings us to the Rock-Ola Princess, Model 1493. Manufactutured in 1962, this was one of the smallest coin operated phonographs made, weighing in at 205 pounds. With a somewhat limited supply and the fact that some of the mechanics are visible and the record playing is displayed, this machine can be difficult to find and brings a fairly high price. You must have the desire to own this particular machine, or the frustration of refurbishing and finding parts, will raise your stress level. Although I am very pleased with refurbishing my Princess, I learned that this is a dog eat dog hobby. Parts are extremely rare and if you find them, there are those who are willing to exploit your pocket book. Be prepared to learn on your own and scavenger the internet looking for parts. Ebay sometimes turns up Princess parts that the junkyard dogs place a premium price.ĭon't give up hope yet. With no help from others, I successfully completed my Princess. I researched many sources for parts and information, not to discount the shortcuts that can be taken. Before refurbishing a Princess, decide what you want for an end product. If you want the machine to be like new, you are in for some big headaches. If you want it to look and perform very well and you're not concerned with original design, then the road gets easier.
There are several on-line suppliers, offering Princess reproduction parts. Some of the information that went into the making of this list, -you can find here: Thanks & Happy Record Hunting! There is still hope though, - some missing releases do suddenly appear and I will list them when they do. Since most jukebox operators discarded these records after they were through with them, we may not ever see most of the missing releases. Please read each note I have written on these releases listed below because some of them reference the 12-inch vinyl LP album since the actual 7-inch jukebox issue has not been submitted into this database yet. This list is in order according to the Catalog Numbers from lowest to highest. They are Capitol 33 Compact / For Coin Operated Phonographs Only / The Star Line / Artist Of The Week and Top Talent (2). You will also see 5 "Series" that will appear on some of these releases. Creative Products was the name of Capitol Records' special-markets label from 1966 to1972. Another label tied to these releases is Creative Products. Most of them were issued in a Hard Cover Picture Sleeve that came with jukebox title strips and mini images of the front record cover. Each record has an average of 6 songs per record, 3 songs per side (In most cases). In most all cases, these records shared the same catalog number as the larger 12-inch album version except with a different prefix of letters (Example: DU, SU, and SXA). These records were made specifically for the Jukebox Industry (To help promote the 12-inch album) and were not available to the public. This is a list of 7-inch 33⅓ RPM Jukebox Albums issued by Capitol Records.
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