[78-L] Capitol Compact 33s

Bertrand CHAUMELLE chaumelle at orange.fr
Sun Feb 28 09:43:14 PST 2010


I have "That Old Feeling" by Sinatra on Capitol X1-1417 (stereo), but I 
can't tell if it's a jukebox only issue.

BC
Le 28 févr. 10, à 17:24, Sean Miller a écrit :

>
> Jukebox only issues by Capitol on compact "mini LPS" and many other
> companies lasted way into the 1970s.  Beatles '65 wasn't issued in that
> format, true, nor were any other Beatles issues after Something New, 
> but
> lots of other Capitol stuff was, like almost every Nancy Wilson LP and 
> Peggy
> Lee, who's "Big Spender" mini LP is sitting right here.
>
> I doubt the home format was terribly successful, judging by how few of 
> them
> turn up in private collections.  These same issues though were also 
> used by
> jukebox operators prior to the jukebox only "Stereo LP Album" issues, 
> I've
> got just about all of them, most obtained from a retired jukebox 
> operator.
> Seven inch stereo "33 singles" were issued as singles and packs of five
> complete with a slick of the LP cover for Seeburg jukeboxes and their
> "Artist Of The Week" promotion beginning in 1960.
>
> Sean (a collector of these jukebox only issues)






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