[Jukebox-list] 12" singles

John Travelletti johntrav at suddenlink.net
Tue May 8 10:38:42 PDT 2007


I believe some Seeburg home units played 12" singles at 16 rpm.
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From: "Jay Hennigan" <jay at west.net>
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Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] 12" singles


> Gerald Pearce wrote:
>> Just out of interest, was there ever a jukebox that played 12" singles?
>>  When I bought my wurlitzer superstar the guy who sold it to me gave me 
>> about a thousand 12" singles from the 80s.  Mostly a lot of rubbish but 
>> I can't bring myself to bin them.
> 
> The Seeburg M100A played 12-inch 78-RPM singles.  Since the 78 era, 
> 7-inch are the largest played by any coin-op juke that I'm aware of.
> 
> Seeburg made a home hi-fi unit that played 12-inch LPs.  If yours are 33 
> RPM they would play there.
> 
> The 10-inch and 12-inch singles were popular for DJ and disco use in the 
> 1980s.  Some are 33 RPM, some 45, all I've seen are small center hole. 
> If the music is to your taste, most were very good recordings with 
> excellent fidelity.
> 
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