#forjukeboxesonly

[vinylanswer]

So close! Back in the 1990s, I used to work near a jukebox distributor in midtown Manhattan and would occasionally go in there to buy records on my lunch hour, even though vinyl was basically dead by then. One day, they had a few Beatles 7”s on colored vinyl and I couldn’t resist—classics on crazy colored vinyl for $1.50 each? Bring it on! I got maybe five—and had no idea I was starting a quest that would take almost 30 years to almost complete. Capitol released two series of “For Jukeboxes Only” Beatles 7” in the Nineties for a total of 34 different records. Naturally some are worth more than others and all are fairly hard to find since they were never sold at regular record stores. I found this half-dozen (!!!) the other day and that brings me to 30. Out of the four left, there’s one that goes for $15 (“Norwegian Wood” on that unusual record color, black) and then the rest are in the realm of Stupid Money—variously between $90 and $1,000. Someone may have that kind of money to throw around, but not me, so I am almost done completing what will have to be an incomplete set. I see it as one of those self-teachable moments in record collecting, where the hobby reminds you to enjoy what you have and not to focus on what you don’t have. Also, to appreciate the journey, because it’s been a thrill to find these records over the years, like brightly colored Easter eggs at shops throughout the US. I’m blessed to have gotten a running start on this project back in the Nineties, and I’m blessed to have been able to follow it down through the years to now. And most of all, blessed to get to enjoy the music, because that’s the whole point.

[itsmattferran]

One time for jukebox 45’s! Yo, I may be over caffeinated but someone needs to make a t-shirt of that fly generic #ForJukeBoxesOnly label. But yo does label mean I can’t play these out? Is it like ripping the tag off your mattress? 🤔 . . . . . . . . . . #joints #jointswithmattferran #seveninchvinyl #7inchvinyl #7inchsingle #jukeboxsingle #jukebox #hiphopshit #djshit (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFP-N3sjUrU/?igshid=ll55udug3gff

[jinshit]

27/04/2016 Kottonmouth Kings "Dog's Life" (1998) #recordaday #record #recordcollection #recordcollector #vinyl #vinyljunkie #vinylcollection #vinylclub #vinylcollectionpost #vinyligclub #vinylsocialclub #vinyljunkies #vinyladdict #vinylcollector #onevinylcommunity #instavinyl #jinshitcollection #45rpm #7inch #レコード #forjukeboxesonly #jukebox #KottonmouthKings #DogsLife #srh #kmk

[itsausten]

Blind Melon : No Rain single on clear goldenrod #vinyl #forjukeboxesonly #45rpm #vinyljunkie #vinylcollector #records #music #nowspinning #90sthrowback #90svinyl

[jinshit]

20/04/2016 A Perfect Circle "3 Libras" (2000) B-side"The Hollow" #recordaday #record #recordcollection #recordcollector #vinyl #vinyljunkie #vinylcollection #vinylclub #vinylcollectionpost #vinyligclub #vinylsocialclub #vinyljunkies #vinyladdict #vinylcollector #onevinylcommunity #instavinyl #jinshitcollection #45rpm #7inch #レコード #forjukeboxesonly #jukebox #APerfectCircle #3Libras #MaynardJamesKeenan #Tool #toolband