VARIOUS ARTISTS
♫ Your chance to own a classic record from various artists! ♫
Item:♪ USED 7 inch (7”) 45 rpm vinyl record (Rowe-AMI Records, USA).
♪ Can be used on any turntable/record player and in all juke boxes.
♪ This record has a large centre hole. Plastic record centre adapter/"spider" (see scan) will be supplied ** FREE ** if required.
Back in the 1960's (in particular 1966), the luminaries at Rowe-AMI juke box company had the idea to have various artists record a "Come on and play me, the Rowe AMI stereo jukebox over in the corner" record in the hope of stimulating jukebox-play on site. These were introduced with the MM-1 "Music Merchant" model in September/October 1966.
From memory there were about 60 records, all bright red vinyl with a white label, with many different artists and groups - most records have a different artist on the A- & B-sides.
The 30-second records seemed to tickle the fancy of most of the juke box operators.
There are four types of "Play Me" records available:
The first, and the most popular, is the actual celebrity
artist. On these, the record starts with the artist singing a chorus
or two of his/her song. Then he/she stops singing and tells the customer
to come over and play the juke box (especially his/her record).
The other three types of "Play Me" records centre around comedy impersonation
and the voice of "Rita Rowe". The comedy records contain messages
based on an exaggerated mimicking of famous performers, such as Mae
West. On several of the records, the voice of Rita Rowe, backed by
soft music, asks the location's patrons to liven up the house - "go
over and play the jukebox". Other records featuring Rita Rowe,
tells patrons that the jukebox accepts dollar bills.
PAYMENT: PAYMENT MUST BE MADE WITHIN ---- 4 ---- DAYS FROM END-OF-SALE – UNLESS YOU ARE STILL BIDDING OR INTENDING TO BID, AND THEN YOU MUST LET ME KNOW THAT.
♫ NOTE: Some eBay sites around the world (in particular the U.S.A. eBay site), will give you a message that “This seller does not offer combined postage”. That is not correct, because I do offer combined postage. If you get that message, send me a message through eBay indicating which 2 or more records you are interested in buying, and I will re-arrange the postage figures within eBay for those items for you.
POSTAGE: We have had special cardboard mailers made to 7 inch 45 rpm record size, exclusively for us. We do NOT use Jiffy Bags, Pizza boxes or envelopes !
Within Australia: 1 record: $8.00: UN-TRACKED; add just $1 p&h for each extra record. If you are buying 2 or more records, please do NOT pay the eBay-generated invoice because their system will not combine items for postage discounts. Please send me an email asking for an invoice with combined postage.