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I think there is one restaurant (waffle house) here in town that has a 45 box. From what I hear, internet jukeboxes are the latest thing. And, one can still buy new pressing 45 rpm records (some of these records are current hits). These records are geared towards the jukebox crowd. I've actually seen some recent 45's that had the words "for jukeboxes only" printed on the label. In the early-to-mid '90's, EMI released many Beatles 45's on colored vinyl and these were meant for jukebox use. I used to have some of these colored beatles records; but, gave them away. Now, I wish I still had them.
My neighbor ran a drive-in restaurant from the early '50's until the early 2000's. This place was most popular during the '50's and '60's and by the time his health got too bad to keep it open, it was more like a bar that did very little business and it was basically just somewhere for him to go everyday. He told me that back in the day, the jukebox would make him enough money to pay the power bill. In later years, he said the jukebox didn't bring in enough money to justify having it there.
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