[Jukebox-list] RE: Seeburg's "promise"

[David Breneman]

--- Jay Hennigan <jay at west.net> wrote:

>  The 78-RPM Select-O-Matic
> had been in development and production (in the form of the SICM)
> starting in 1939 and wasn't introduced in a Jukebox until 1949, the
> same year they demonstrated the 45 RPM mech to distributors. 

Are you sure of these dates, Jay?  I thought Seeburg bought
the Andrews mechanism right before the start of WWII, and it 
was the war that delayed its development.  Frank Adams'
Seeburg book says the M100-A was "introduced" in December,
1948, although is seems to be acknowledged that units
weren't shipped until January.
 
> Note that RCA debuted the 45 to the market on March 31, 1949.  It
> seems
> to me that Seeburg had to be aware of the specifications far before
> that date to unveil the 45 mechanism to their distributors in
> August of that year.

Yes, Seeburg was involved with the marketing very early on, but
they had no role in the development, which went way back to
the mid 30s (and puts the lie to the assertion that the 45
was just a "reaction" to Columbia's LP).



David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com

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