Category Archives: Classic Times

Sound Leisure’s blog written by and about members of the Classic Jukeboxes team.

On Yer Bike Chris!

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 … Continue reading

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A part for every machine…

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 … Continue reading

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Mick’s NEW pride and joy

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, … Continue reading

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Rocket 88 : Recreating the Glass

One of the key visual elements to the new Rocket 88 is the glass design. I thought I’d take a little time to tell you just how this was recreated and the process required. Joe Armitage – Graphic Designer : … Continue reading

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Rocket 88 Jukebox : How we did it Part 2

With only six weeks to design and manufacture a brand new version of our chosen silver age Jukebox, a Rock-Ola 1455d, we knew we would need to call on all the experience and skills that our team had to offer. … Continue reading

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Rocket 88 Jukebox : How we did it Part 1

Rocket 88 Jukebox Part 1 : Introduction or “Let’s enter the silver age” Sound Leisure have been reproducing ‘Golden Age’ jukeboxes for nearly thirty years based on the iconic designs made world famous by the likes of Wurlitzer’s Paul Fuller … Continue reading

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Creating a Classic : Part 6 : The Final Build!

In the final part of our  “Creating a Classic” Video we see the jukebox cabinet moved to the build area where all the components are hand fitted.

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Creating a classic: Part 5 : We make everything

In This part of “Creating a Classic” you will see that we manufacture as many of the components contained within our jukeboxes as possible. From the amplifier and lighting to the cd mechanism and title rack, everything is designed and … Continue reading

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Creating a classic : Part 4 Ageing the cabinet

In part 4 of our video “Creating a Classic” We show you how we use differing shades of woodstain and varnish to give the cabinet its distinctive “aged” look. It takes years of skill to be able to blend the … Continue reading

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Creating a Classic. Part 3 : building the door

Creating a classic Part 3 building the door : Sound Leisure Classic Jukeboxes. The door starts to come together. So much work is put into making the door as strong and durable as possible.

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