tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post6946655970230057770..comments2023-09-24T08:46:14.947-05:00Comments on The Great Vinyl Meltdown: Story of a Jukeboxcaithiseachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13973481580774229302noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post-27478471699132734522014-04-04T15:04:30.547-05:002014-04-04T15:04:30.547-05:00Hello! My husband Bob Allbright worked for Sherfi...Hello! My husband Bob Allbright worked for Sherfick Music at the time and he probably was the one who gave you the record. His brother, George used to repair jukeboxes and had his own business. He, too worked for Tom.<br />Patty Allbright<br /><br />P.s. We now own Tom's house on High Street.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post-91759543678352397712010-05-03T05:27:49.942-05:002010-05-03T05:27:49.942-05:00Hi, regarding your jukebox memories, well, memory ...Hi, regarding your jukebox memories, well, memory can be fanciful but there was never any such machine.<br /><br />What existed were machines that could play EP's -these units had no exceptional features in their playing mach's, just the ability to charge a slightly higher price for the EP which required that they be confined to a specific Letter/number section of the machine.<br /><br />By 1959 "little Lp's" were integrated into Seeburg, Rock-Ola and some AMI machines..Wurlitzer didn't incorporate this feature 'till 1962. Little Lp's were 7 inch just like 45's but with a small center hole and it was this feature that allowed a juke to switch from 45 to 33rpm. They had three songs each side and some machines made by AMI and Seeburg (LPC1 and LPC 480) could play both sides in-order but gain, no track selection.<br /><br />from what you describe of seeing a "a semicircular metal hook" -called a "gripper bow" that was probably a Rock-ola or, if the tonearm was on the left side it would be an AMI JEL or JAL from 1962-63 That was the first juke I played and Four Seasons' "Sherry" was the first record. <br /><br />Regards, R.Kennedy<br />NYCR Kennedynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post-3169549782470877142008-04-21T20:16:00.000-05:002008-04-21T20:16:00.000-05:00OK, Cyndy,Do you remember Dick and Eva's son, Jack...OK, Cyndy,<BR/><BR/>Do you remember Dick and Eva's son, Jack? If he was ever there, so was his scrawny kid. That would be me. I know I met Tom Sherfick. So, between Elizabeth's father and your grandfather, the guy who gave me this record has almost certainly been mentioned. Thanks for writing.caithiseachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973481580774229302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post-64042818847429995212008-04-21T17:36:00.000-05:002008-04-21T17:36:00.000-05:00Hello. My grandfather was Tom Sherfick (who owned ...Hello. My grandfather was Tom Sherfick (who owned the Jukebox Service). My dad also serviced many jukeboxes around Shoals. Someday I would love to find an old Wurlitzer Jukebox from the Sherfick era. What's more coincidental is that my first job in high school was at Dwyer's Cafe. I wasn't very good at it so I didn't last long as a waitress, but I ate there a lot in hs. I have a nice record collection from the 60s too but I melted some in the sun while rollerskating to the music as a kid. What a dork. It was nice thinking about younger years. I graduated from SHS in '74.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084339731583346141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post-11045079681046707902008-04-16T09:25:00.000-05:002008-04-16T09:25:00.000-05:00Elizabeth, your dad could have been the guy who ga...Elizabeth, your dad could have been the guy who gave me the 45. Do ask him how that machine knew which song to play, if you get a chance. If you graduated around 1980, you went to school with my cousins, Lora and Brian S. And you would have been old enough to have gone to the Dwyer Cafe before Oscar Albright bought it around 1971. If you get info about the jukebox, you can email me with it via the link or leave it here. Thanks!caithiseachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973481580774229302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post-9802200744376999962008-04-16T07:52:00.000-05:002008-04-16T07:52:00.000-05:00Hello! I grew up in Shoals, and lived there until ...Hello! I grew up in Shoals, and lived there until I went to college in 1980. My dad worked for Sherfick's in the 50s-60s and serviced juke boxes all over southern Indiana -- I bet he knows how that juke box worked.Elizabeth M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08388506285634116174noreply@blogger.com