Hear 1966 Sonny James / Ray Price - Play Me Sales 45 for Rowe AMI Jukebox
Sonny James / Ray Price - "Play Me Sales" (AMI Promotional Records 1005). In 1966, the luminaries at Rowe-AMI had the idea to have various artists record a "Come on and play me, the Rowe AMI stereo juke box over in the corner" record in the hope of stimulating juke box-play on site. These were introduced with the MM-1 "Music Merchant" model in September/October 1966 (along with the "2", Dollar Bill acceptor and "Change-a-Scene" functions). All were 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 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 song. Then he/she stops singing and tells the customer to come over and play the juke box (especially his/her record). This is one of the early discs and features Sonny Janes with "Room in You Heart" at the beginning and with Ray Price doing an opening of "Another Bridge to Burn" on the flip. Each disc runs approximately 30 seconds including song and message. Red Vinyl Promotional item, Record is in strong VG.
