Danny mcGuire pops in on the way to victory!

Alan, Danny and Eddie

On Friday we had a visit from Leeds Rhino’s superstar Danny mcGuire.

After kindly posing for some photos with staff he then sped off to play in the Rhino’s quarter finals of the challenge cup. Danny scored to help lead the Rhinos to a 60 – 12 victory over Leigh Centurions. We wish the Rhino’s and Danny all the best in their season and hope to see them in the finals later this year!

Above – Sound Leisure Chairmen Alan Black (left) and Eddie Moss (Right) With Danny mcGuire and at the front – Skip the dog.

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On Yer Bike Chris!

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Sound Leisure’s Managing Director is taking part in a 260 mile Charity bike ride next week from Yeovil to Huddersfield in aid of Yorkshire Air Ambulance and Huddersfield Towns youth academy. The ride which starts on Wednesday 2nd May and finishes in a welcome home parade at HTC’s Galpharm stadium prior to the end of season match on Saturday. Huddersfield Town have been supporting the Yorkshire air ambulance for 3 years and have raised in excess of £400,000 during this time. This year see’s the largest group of cyclists (approx 300) to set off with the aim of raising 500,000. If you would like to donate to Chris you can do so by logging onto his Just Giving page:

http://www.justgiving.com/Chris-Black2

and if you see a large group of cyclists heading up the South West of England next week, give them a toot – Chris will be recognisable – not just because of his his new Sporty top that has been sponsored by Classic Jukeboxes but because he will probably be at the back of the pack!

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What the customer Wants…

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What the Customer Wants!

We can pretty much spray a jukebox cabinet in any colour requested (within reason – we have problems with sky blue pink!). Last week We had a request for a bright red 1015.

We were all trying to guess whether the customer was a Man U fan, Arsenal fan, labour party MP? Any reason for why they wanted this red box? The buyer is actually from Germany and this 1015 is to be sent to him next week. The reason he gave us was that he simply felt that red would look right in his living room. That black would have been to cold and brown would have looked too “standard”.

I guess the story is that “anything goes”. Everybody has a dream jukebox and the finish can make a difference whether there is a significance to its colour or not. Because we DO build our jukeboxes by hand, TO ORDER, and spray them on site we are in the unique position to offer customers their jukeboxes in a colour or wood finish of their choice…even if its just to stand out from the crowd.

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A part for every machine…

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One of the areas often overlooked when on a tour of Sound Leisure’s factory*  is the stores area.  I am not quite sure how this is possible as the area takes up an entire bay of our 4 bay factory and an area of around 8000 square feet of space! It is also one of the most vital areas to the ongoing success of Sound Leisure and extremely interesting.

*(Yes we do tours of our Leeds based factory and our showroom here is open everyday except Sundays : please ring us to arrange a visit)

We are proud to be able to support, to the best of our abilities, every single machine we have ever built since our first model, the 1050, back in 1984. In fact, we have had two 1050 models back in for refurbishment in the past month still going strong after nearly 30 years and only in need of some cosmetic repairs and a services to bring them back to new. With our stores department being so good, it took only minutes to find the correct components to replace the ones that were showing signs of wear after all these years of good service.

We have over Three and a half Thousand different components on the stores shelves and who knows what you might find lurking there. A replacement coloured gel for the rotisseries of a Manhattan. A tasseled curtain for the backdrop of a gazelle. Coin mechanisms, metal knuckles, fuses, speakers, capacitors, springs, hinges, title racks and cogs. From the raw materials of seasoned woods and laminates to the minute elements of different sized screws, nuts and bolts that hold the jukebox together, everything finds a home in our stores. If your every lucky enough to take a tour here at Sound Leisure…Make sure you take a look!

Our stores department are always on hand to give any advice you may need regarding parts for your Sound Leisure jukebox. You can call on: +44 (0) 1132 32 700

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Awesome Gadget Show!

Classic Jukeboxes at the Gadget Show

Thank you to everyone who made this years gadget show a huge success for Sound Leisure Classic Jukeboxes. The stand was packed every day with folks lining up to come and find out more about the most “retro” gadget at the show! The kids loved the buttons and lights, The geeks liked the technology and everybody liked the music!

The Rocket looking good at the gadget show!

In particular the beautiful chrome and glass of the Rocket 88 silver age jukebox really caught the public’s eye and seemed to draw in admiring glances from all ages. This is pleasing to know as the Rocket’s Silver age looks are quite different from the traditional “domed topped” image that most people associate with when they think of a jukebox. The Rocket 88 is the first Silver Age machine Sound Leisure have designed and was only released late in 2011. It’s great to know that the 50′s style jukebox is as popular with the general public as the earlier 40′s dome topped machines.

If the Rocket 88 kept the retro-nuts enthralled the New Yorker, with it’s Sonos based music system which allows music to be played from an internal hard drive or streamed through internet radio stations or services such as Spotify or

Sonos New Yorker at the gadget show

Sonos New Yorker at the gadget show

Last.Fm, was more than enough to keep the most ardent of techno-junkies happy. They seemed ecstatic that they could find a machine that was stylish enough to turn heads at Two hundred paces and yet still provided them with music from all their favourite streaming services, had drives, and internet radio stations plus, they could still plug in their ipods to the New yorker too!

Classic Wall Speaker : Coming Soon!Not only did the jukeboxes go down a storm, our new range of speakers wowed the public and “lit up” our facebook page this weekend. We hope to have some more details, specifications and prices on these fabulous new speakers this week. For now, its back to work and following up on all the enquiries generated at the show.

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Show Time!

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Gadget Show Live 2012!

If your planning on going to the Gadget Show Live at the NEC this week. Why not drop past Sound Leisure’s stand D125 and see our range of Classic Jukeboxes in the flesh! (or is that in the wood, metal, glass and sound?) We will also be demonstrating our NEW remote cable less classic speakers!!

Sound Leisure will also be exhibiting at the annual Jukebox and Retro fair : Brighton. The show is on the 28th & 29th April and is surely going to be a great weekend of jukes, hotrods, swing dance, rock ‘n’ roll and ice creams!

The show is held at Brighton Racecourse, Freshfield Road, Brighton BN2 9XZ and for further details please visit:

www.jukeboxandretrofair.co.uk

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Easter Opening Hours

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Sound Leisure will be open the following times over the Easter period.

Trade Counter
Thursday 5th April : 09.00 – 17.30 ALL COLLECTION SERVICES RUNNING AS NORMAL – NO DELIVERIES WILL TAKE PLACE ON GOOD FRIDAY – PARCELS WILL BE DELIVERED ON SATURDAY IF REQUESTED AT TIME OF ORDER.
Good Friday 6TH April : 09.30 – 16.00hrs – NO COLLECTIONS BY COURIERS OR POST.
Saturday 7TH April : 09.00 – 13.00 – NO COLLECTIONS BY COURIERS OR POST
Easter Sunday 8th April : CLOSED – NO COLLECTIONS BY COURIERS OR POST
Easter Monday 9th April : 09.30 - 13.00 – NO COLLECTIONS BY COURIER OR POST
Tuesday 10th : BUSINESS AS USUAL

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Digital Technical Support
Good Friday 6th April : 09.30 – 16 .00
Saturday 7th April : 09.00 – 12.00
Easter Sunday 8th April : Closed
Easter Monday 9th April : 09.30 – 13.00 - LIMITED TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Tuesday 10th : BUSINESS AS USUAL

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Thank you for your continued support, we hope that you enjoy the Easter break.

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Come and see us on Good Friday

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If anyone is considering purchasing a Sound leisure Classic machine, why not drop into see us on Good Friday, we are here. Just drop us a line to arrange a time.

You can call us on: 0113 232 1700 or email:
sales@classicjukeboxes.co.uk

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Mick’s NEW pride and joy

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We delivered the first ‘Rocket 88’ jukebox to Mick and Gill Flack of Brandon, Suffolk, Mick first saw the prototype at the ‘One More Time’ show in Holland, last year.

Mick’s house is a shrine to jukeboxes. Everywhere you look, there are jukeboxes, wallboxes and rock’n’roll memorabilia.

The ‘Rocket 88’ shares Mick’s bar room, with an equally stunning original Wurlitzer 1100.

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Dr Martens Latest Rocket!

Dr Martens Jukebox - The Rocket 88

 

We were pleased to deliver yet another Dr Martens branded “Rocket 88″ recently, this time to their store in the St Enochs Centre, Glasgow, Scotland. This will be the 4th jukebox to be installed in one of their stores and hopefully there are many more to be built and delivered.

Jenni from the Dr Martens store happily agreed to pose with the jukebox for us! Thanks Jenni!

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