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Always Jukin: Official Guide to Collectible Jukeboxes

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What a great resource! This book is fulled with pictures, history and information; all designed to give the novice and the expert a true and futher appreciation of jukeboxes. Mike Baute has done an exceptional job of combining technical and informative context in one comprehensive guide. However, Amazon buyers beware!!! The price guide was not included in my shipment...however I called Mike, and he graciously sent me a price guide, a free copy of his newsletter and a nice note. His generosity and prompt attention to my request has made me even more enthusiastic about this book and the world of jukeboxes. If you have the opportunity, subscribe to the Always Jukin' newsletter...trust me, you won't be sorry! Buy this book, subscribe to Mike's newsletter and support a great resource. Once you buy the book...watch out! You will become a collector in no time!!!

This book not only has all the regular features you expect in a comphrehesive, expert 'Last Word & The Word' by the world's leading Jukebox history & price student, but it even features a free yearly price update, so it never becomes obsolete. Considering how many of this book were printed & how few people in the world care about the Price of a used Jukebox, it is a good thing some price update was built into the formula: the print run will last at least 10 years & in that time the prices will be all over the chart. The author of this book is a genius. If you have even the slightest interest in Jukeboxes, you will be glad to have this book.

This book is much more than just a "Price Guide". It is a great review of just about all jukeboxes out there, and a REALISTIC value guide. The author did his homework, and the writing shows it. It is easy to read, very entertaining, lots of pictures, and full of info that any jukebox fan will find very valuable. It is a fantastic reference, I have worn one out, and am on my second. The best way there is to learn about jukes, which ones to lust for, and which to leave down in the dark basement where you found it. Buy it, you won't be sorry!

Full of information, photos, history. If this book doesn't mention and/or picture the type of jukebox you are looking for, it probably doesn't exist. Time after time again I have easily identified machines from the 1940's through the 1970's with accurate information. I was even trying to estimate freight costs for a Rockola Princess and found the weight and dimensions right in this book! Highly, Highly, recommended!

For essential descriptions, histories, and values of various makes and models, this jb afficianada recommends this *Always Jukin Official Guide to Collectible Jukeboxes* with its periodic updates. But it looks like a thin phone book and is printed in black and white on "newsprint" paper. So, for the "jump and jive" to bring alive the era of classic Juke, take a look at *American Jukebox" by Vincent Lynch and the Chronicle Books LLC Staff : a drop dead gorgeous color glossy photographic celebration of "the Classic Years" of American Jukes. Buy `em both for an excellent composite resource of these Grand Old Music Machines. /TundraVision