Jukeboxes

Author : Kerry Segrave
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786462604
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jukeboxes written by Kerry Segrave and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work traces the history of the jukebox from its origins in the invention of the phonograph by Thomas Alva Edison in the 1880s up to its relative modern obscurity. The jukebox's first twenty years were essentially experimental because of the low technical quality and other limitations. It then practically disappeared for a quarter-century, beaten out by the player piano as the coin-operated music machine of choice. But then, new and improved, it reemerged and quickly spread in popularity across America, largely as a result of the repeal of Prohibition and the increased number of bars around the nation. Other socially important elements of the jukebox's development are also covered: it played patriotic tunes during wartime and, located in youth centers, entertained young people and kept them out of "trouble." The industry's one last fling due to a healthy export trade is also covered, and the book rounds out with the decline in the 1950s and the fadeout into obscurity. Richly illustrated.

Author : Michael Adams
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780887408762
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jukeboxes written by Michael Adams and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jukeboxes and their records, symbols of the lively days of petticoats and rock'n roll, are making a comeback. Collectors world-wide are searching them out wherever they can find them. The American chrome giants made by Seeburg, Wurlitzer, Rock-Ola, and AMI enjoy the greatest popularity in museums and collections, for they were in the witnesses of the "Golden Fifties". In Jukeboxes, these musical machines come to life again. Here is the history of the development, the technology, and the stars. Here also is information on the manufacturers, a photo chronicle of their evolution, and advice on collecting, maintaining and restoring jukeboxes from the `50s and `60s. An illustrated index of model numbers by manufacturer will be especially helpful to the collector.

Author : Nidhi Chanani
Publisher : First Second
ISBN 13 : 1250845610
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jukebox written by Nidhi Chanani and published by First Second. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grab some coins for the jukebox, and get ready for a colorful, time-traveling, musical tale about family and courage. A mysterious jukebox, old vinyl records, and cryptic notes on music history, are Shaheen's only clues to her father's abrupt disappearance. She looks to her cousin, Tannaz, who seems just as perplexed, before they both turn to the jukebox which starts...glowing? Suddenly, the girls are pulled from their era and transported to another time! Keyed to the music on the record, the jukebox sends them through decade after decade of music history, from political marches, to landmark concerts. But can they find Shaheen’s dad before the music stops? This time-bending magical mystery tour invites readers to take the ride of their lives for a coming-of-age adventure.

Author : William Bunch
Publisher : St Martins Press
ISBN 13 : 9780312110130
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jukebox America written by William Bunch and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author recounts his journeys throughout the United States, in search of the ideal jukebox and the treasures of old popular, rock, and country music it would hold

Author : Vincent Lynch
Publisher : Chronicle Books (CA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Jukebox written by Vincent Lynch and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1990 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: boxs from the classic era. Includes vintage advertising of the period and an appendix of detailed notes on each jukebox. Full-color illustrations.

Author : Vincent Lynch
Publisher : Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jukebox written by Vincent Lynch and published by Putnam Publishing Group. This book was released on 1983 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nicholas Rinaldi
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476766487
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jukebox Queen Of Malta written by Nicholas Rinaldi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jukebox Queen of Malta is an exquisite and enchanting novel of love and war set on an island perilously balanced between what is real and what is not. It's 1942 and Rocco Raven, an intrepid auto mechanic turned corporal from Brooklyn, has arrived in Malta, a Mediterranean island of Neolithic caves, Copper Age temples, and fortresses. The island is under siege, full of smoke and rubble, caught in the magnesium glare of German and Italian bombs. But nothing is as it seems on Malta. Rocco's living quarters are a brothel; his commanding officer has a genius for turning the war's misfortunes into personal profit; and the Maltese people, astonishingly, testify to the resiliency of the human spirit. When Rocco meets the beautiful and ethereal Melita, who delivers the jukeboxes her cousin builds out of shattered debris, they are drawn to each other by an immediate passion. And, it is their full-blown affair that at once liberates and imprisons Rocco on the island. In this mesmerizing novel, music and bombs, war and romance, the jukebox and the gun exist in arresting counterpoint in a story that is a profound and deeply moving exploration of the redemptive powers of love.

Author : Frank Adams
Publisher : Slack
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jukeboxes, 1900-1992: Obscure, mysterious, and innovative American jukeboxes written by Frank Adams and published by Slack. This book was released on 1992 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Julianne Couch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781932636345
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jukeboxes & Jackalopes written by Julianne Couch and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jukeboxes & Jackalopes is an apt description of this collection of essays in which the author shares her impressions of some of the unique bars scattered throughout small towns in Wyoming--some so small that the bar may be the only business at a location named and noted on the map but perhaps only claiming two residents. Regardless of size or remoteness of location, these watering holes often serve as community centers and living rooms away from home for those folks who populate the neighboring ranches and energy industry camps and offer a delightful experience for travelers who dare to leave the Interstate in search of a unique experience.

Author : Steve Turner
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062475592
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beatles '66 written by Steve Turner and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose groundbreaking legacy would forever change music and popular culture. They started off as hysteria-inducing pop stars playing to audiences of screaming teenage fans and ended up as musical sages considered responsible for ushering in a new era. The year that changed everything for the Beatles was 1966—the year of their last concert and their first album, Revolver, that was created to be listened to rather than performed. This was the year the Beatles risked their popularity by retiring from live performances, recording songs that explored alternative states of consciousness, experimenting with avant-garde ideas, and speaking their minds on issues of politics, war, and religion. It was the year their records were burned in America after John’s explosive claim that the group was "more popular than Jesus," the year they were hounded out of the Philippines for "snubbing" its First Lady, the year John met Yoko Ono, and the year Paul conceived the idea for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. On the fiftieth anniversary of this seminal year, music journalist and Beatles expert Steve Turner slows down the action to investigate in detail the enormous changes that took place in the Beatles’ lives and work during 1966. He looks at the historical events that had an impact on the group, the music they made that in turn profoundly affected the culture around them, and the vision that allowed four young men from Liverpool to transform popular music and serve as pioneers for artists from Coldplay to David Bowie, Jay-Z to U2. By talking to those close to the group and by drawing on his past interviews with key figures such as George Martin, Timothy Leary, and Ravi Shankar—and the Beatles themselves—Turner gives us the compelling, definitive account of the twelve months that contained everything the Beatles had been and anticipated everything they would still become.