Ex Juke Box - What's The Rarest

[Stateside]

I bought this on ebay some years back and was pleasantly surprised to find the juke box insert fall out when I took the record out. It immediately conjured up a diner in Detroit where the single could have been blasting out. I would imagine that most juke boxes in Detroit would have been bursting at the seams with Motown and maybe other local labels like Revilot, Ric Tic etc. Perhaps Pat Lewis was a bit of a hit in 1966 so automatically found its way on to local juke boxes.

Anyway, Pat Lewis isn't that rare, but does anyone have a juke box insert for a really rare track

[pikeys dog]

Got a full strip for Barbara Lynn Movin' On A Groove....

[Jim Elliott]

Not rare I know but my fave of mine is King Diamond ' Message to black woman'.

Was very surprised when it fell out, not sure record was ever played tho.

Jim.

[Chalky]

I have a Deon Jackson "That's What You Do To Me" somewhere.

 

A mate has loads including some for records considered rare nowadays. 

 

I also have some templates somewhere if you want to type your own out.

[Modernsoulsucks]

Theresa Lindsey "It's Love" and Jimmy Conwell "To much" but spelt correctly on strip.

 

Got a couple of the latter.

 

ROD

[Stateside]

I have a Deon Jackson "That's What You Do To Me" somewhere.

 

A mate has loads including some for records considered rare nowadays. 

 

I also have some templates somewhere if you want to type your own out.

Pete S  has/had a juke box, so I suppose he will have had the rarest 45's ever loaded onto a juke box!

 

Kev

Edited May 4, 2014 by stateside

[Guest turntableterra]

not rare but still........ in a juke box........

Edited May 6, 2014 by turntableterra

[Stateside]

20140506_073907.jpgno rare but still........ in a juke box........

Amazing! Maybe because he was a welll known artist and it was RCA he was promoted more. It did cross my mind that maybe every record had a juke box insert, but if that was the case then we would have seen a lot more turning up. I'll never forget hearing it for the first time at Wigan, covered up as Johnny Caswell

[Steve Foran]

My copy of the Hi EP with the Champion has about 6 or 7 Juke box strips all typed up for the juke box.

[Pete S]

My copy of the Hi EP with the Champion has about 6 or 7 Juke box strips all typed up for the juke box.

 

That was the exact purpose of that six track EP / mini LP format, but it is nice to see the complete package.

[Mal C]

Remember somebody on here sold a Bobby Bland Mini Lp/EP (Here's the man) some time ago, with the covers and all the strips... lovely thing, got to it late so missed bidding on it..

 

there are a few different series of them (Bobby Bland's), one series has 5 discs, No1 - No5, I have 4 of them but need the 1st desperately, dont suppose anybody has one?

 

M

Edited May 6, 2014 by Mal C

[Pete S]

Pete S  has/had a juke box, so I suppose he will have had the rarest 45's ever loaded onto a juke box!

 

Kev

 

This is 80% of whats on the jukebox at the moment...apologies for Phil Collins, me and Sam both like the drum break

 

 

[Guest MrC]

This is 80% of whats on the jukebox at the moment...apologies for Phil Collins, me and Sam both like the drum break

 

 

 

Great to see you have Lulu - "Man who..." on there Pete, but was very surprised to see some old skool house on there, but  " Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air" , guess you do too.

 

You got the Love indeed mate!

 

Edited May 6, 2014 by MrC

[SHEFFSOUL]

20140506_073907.jpgnot rare but still........ in a juke box........

 

rare enough..and on black iss too...i'm impressed!!

[Guest]

It is well known that the major US labels (thinking RCA, Columbia, Decca etc.) pressed up lots of promotional copies in search of placing a hit, which is why on average promotional copies of a specific disc far out-weigh the stock copies; and the majority of these promotional copies went to juke box service agents (as well as radio stations/DJs)...and the majority of juke boxes were for business use rather than in private hands. So, a question, why would stock copies be accompanied by a juke box strip? Not saying it didn't happen, just a thought.

 

[Peter99]

Flynny, on 06 May 2014 - 4:02 PM, said:

It is well known that the major US labels (thinking RCA, Columbia, Decca etc.) pressed up lots of promotional copies in search of placing a hit, which is why on average promotional copies of a specific disc far out-weigh the stock copies; and the majority of these promotional copies went to juke box service agents (as well as radio stations/DJs)...and the majority of juke boxes were for business use rather than in private hands. So, a question, why would stock copies be accompanied by a juke box strip? Not saying it didn't happen, just a thought.

 

Thanks Flanny

 

Your post has helped me to understand the thread a bit more. In terms of the question in the thread anything could have been put on a juke box couldn't it? Therefore a nigh on impossible question to answer.

 

Peter

 

[Pete S]

Great to see you have Lulu - "Man who..." on there Pete, but was very surprised to see some old skool house on there, but  " Sometimes I feel like throwing my hands up in the air" , guess you do too.

 

You got the Love indeed mate!

 

 

I never thought of that as anything but a great record mate, didn't even know it was 'house'!

[kevinsoulman]

HERE ARE A FEW OF MINE

 

 

KEV

 

[Frankie Crocker]

It is well known that the major US labels (thinking RCA, Columbia, Decca etc.) pressed up lots of promotional copies in search of placing a hit, which is why on average promotional copies of a specific disc far out-weigh the stock copies; and the majority of these promotional copies went to juke box service agents (as well as radio stations/DJs)...and the majority of juke boxes were for business use rather than in private hands. So, a question, why would stock copies be accompanied by a juke box strip? Not saying it didn't happen, just a thought.

 

Hi Dave. Surely the juke boxes for businesses such as bars, diners etc would be stocked with proven chart sounds rather than obscure promos. ABC, MGM, CBS, RCA and other major outfits must have had links with the strip printing enterprises that fed the juke box distributors. Obviously, local independent labels who failed to secure radio station air-time would also miss out in the juke boxes as their operators would replace one money spinning record with another potentially lucrative sound.

[Pete S]

Hi Dave. Surely the juke boxes for businesses such as bars, diners etc would be stocked with proven chart sounds rather than obscure promos. ABC, MGM, CBS, RCA and other major outfits must have had links with the strip printing enterprises that fed the juke box distributors. Obviously, local independent labels who failed to secure radio station air-time would also miss out in the juke boxes as their operators would replace one money spinning record with another potentially lucrative sound.

 

I agree. The whole point of jukeboxes is to get people to feed money into them, so obscure / new releases wouldn't be taking any money - it was usually just hits of the day, and these flukes that we find were probably just local hits.

[Guest john s]

This is 80% of whats on the jukebox at the moment...apologies for Phil Collins, me and Sam both like the drum break

 

Jukebox1.jpg  Jukebox2.jpg

I hope that's a repro of 'Crawdaddy Simone' ! 

[Pete S]

I hope that's a repro of 'Crawdaddy Simone' ! 

 

Of course :-)

[Chalky]

It is well known that the major US labels (thinking RCA, Columbia, Decca etc.) pressed up lots of promotional copies in search of placing a hit, which is why on average promotional copies of a specific disc far out-weigh the stock copies; and the majority of these promotional copies went to juke box service agents (as well as radio stations/DJs)...and the majority of juke boxes were for business use rather than in private hands. So, a question, why would stock copies be accompanied by a juke box strip? Not saying it didn't happen, just a thought.

 

 

Would demos go put to Juke Box service agents?  I would have thought they wanted hits, local or national only, who would feed money into a machine if they didn't know the records, people tend to stick with what they know or what was the current rave.  After all Juke boxes were big business and those who serviced them would want maximum return. 

Edited May 6, 2014 by chalky

[Guest]

I have "It's Just My way Of Loving You" /  "Walk Like A Man" - Johnny Moore - Date 1562. 

 

That juke box tag came with the green issue when I bought it.

Edited May 6, 2014 by Guest

[Md Records]

Always pick these up in the U.S. , have amassed quite a few odd ones - printed rather than hand written, amongst these the most interesting ones are:-

 

Z.Z. Hill - You Were Wrong

Oscar Weathers - Just To Prove I Love You

Etta James - Seven Day Fool

Don Gardner - My Baby Likes To Booaloo (Note spelling!!)

George Smith - I've Had It

Inspirations - Touch Me Hold Me Kiss Me

Dean Parrish - Tell Her

Bobby Bland - Shoes

Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum, Durr - Your Love Keeps Drawing Me Closer

Marvin Smith - Have More Time

Dee Clark - That's My Girl

Sam & Bill - I'll Try

Nathan Mckinney - Oh How I Love You

Exits - Under The Street Lamp

Baltimore & Ohio Band - Condition Red

 

Des

Edited May 6, 2014 by SOUL INC

[Guest gaz thomas]

I found a copy of Lebron Bros Together on Cotique a few years ago 

 

Actually a rare Latin soul 45 in my opinion, but not well known, 

 

A boogaloo temptations thing, really decent

 

the little card duke box strip with the 45 was nice

 

got a few etta james seven day fool, gene chandler song called soul etc common things

 

But never had a latin soul juke bo strip 

 

It is actually a really nice 45 and one you do not see, so if you do see it get it !!!

 

Edited May 9, 2014 by gaz thomas

[Mick Boyle]

Ascots  Another day MIR-A-DON  complete with jukebox labels 

[Citizen P]

Only ones I have were with the Lou Rawls Mini LP, with Breaking My Back on.. , er "Soulin" I think..