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Juke Box Transition. A Brief Review Of The History And Future Of The Juke Box.

By: Jon Stratis
 

Can the venerable Juke Box survive in the digital and MP3 world? The MP3 Jukebox is a available in various types and expressions although still the standard Juke Box lasts.

Juke Box design came along from the stark wooden boxes in the early 1930s to glorious light displays with plastic and color animation in the Rudolf Wurlitzer 850 Peacock juke box of the early 40's. Alas once the United States government entered into the 2nd world war, metal ore as well as plastic were required for the war effort.

Music juke box output was restricted. The 1943 Wurlitzer 950 juke box sported wooden coin slides to conserve on metal alloy. It should also be noted that since the juke box mechanisms were made of alloy, they weren't manufactured during this period, instead, an untested console was developed and the interior components of the juke box were set into it. Since most of the internal workings were assembled by hand, many of these juke boxes had parts which never fit the right way and required refitting.

The 1943 Wurlitzer Victory console had glass illuminated panels instead of plastic. After the war, materials were available once again and there was a great growth in juke box construction. The Bubbler juke box symbolises the look and is arguably the hottest juke box styling of all time. Many of of these lived on into the 1950's in active use and are alternatively related with the fifties in pop music culture despite their 40s origin, because of their unique visual prominence and production volume.

After the '40s, the juke box trends as a whole went more three-dimensional and "hi-tech" in their look, distancing themselves from "standard" juke box fashions such as ancient Grecian, renaissance, and Gothic architecture motifs observed in the 'forties model juke boxes.

Music juke boxes from the forties came to be known as Golden Age because of the yellow catalin plastic. Music juke boxes from the fifties are known as Silver Age because of the predominant chromium-plate design. With the ascension of drive in restaurants in the sixties, eateries wanted to get clients in and out quickly.

Nowadays, the diner juke box has been replaced by other forms of amusemententertainment media, yet when you go to a place that still has a juke box, young and old are still attracted to their almost garish styling. The juke box as a mass media device may be dying yet the nostalgia is something that may never leave us.

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