Introduction Now in the beginning of the 21st Century the automatic music machines for public entertainment have been around for more than a century, and the first steps to make the modern electrically amplified multi-selection phonographs possible were taken in the late 1880s in London, England, by Charles Adams-Randall (1888) and especially in San Francisco, California, by Louis T. 67 Eye- and ear-appeal of audio/visual jukeboxes. 64 Coin-operated telephone line music systems. 57 Chapter VIII: Replica design and new technology, 1986-1998. 52 Chapter VII: Jukeboxes going down but not out, 1963-1985. 49 Chapter VI: The ‘Silver Age’ of jukeboxes, 1949-1962. 46 Connection between music- and jukebox-industry. 30 Chapter V: The ‘Golden Age’ of jukeboxes, 1936-1948. 14 Chapter IV: Birth of modern selective phonographs, 1925-1935. 12 Chapter III: Multi-selection phonographs, 1906-1924.
9 Locations, ‘juke-joints’, in the United States. 7 Chapter II: The coin-op concept spreading, 1891-1905.
4 Chapter I: The ‘Pay to Play’ concept is born, 1888-1890. Almind All Rights ReservedĬontents Introduction. AlmindĪn Illustrated Documentary On Coin-Op PhonographsĬopyright © 2009 - Gert J. THE HISTORY OF COIN-OPERATED PHONOGRAPHS 1888 - 1998Īn Illustrated Jukebox Documentary by Gert J.