duran duran "ordinary world"

How common were the "For Jukeboxes Only"
45's in terms of them being available in
stores? I spent many hours in various
record stores in my area and never saw any
45's with that label on them. In fact, by
the time this song was on the charts,
pretty much all of the stores I went to
seemed to have stopped selling 45's
altogether. By that time, Cassette and CD
Singles had taken over as the main Singles
configurations.

thecdguy wrote: How common were the "For Jukeboxes Only" 45's in terms of them being available in stores?

I bought a bunch from my mall store, The Wall, from
1993-1996. We were in a small town in New York but they
were part of a bigger chain -- though not sure if they
Trans World Entertainment had acquired them yet -- so I
suspect they had them available fairly widely.

I bought a bunch from my mall store, The Wall, from
1993-1996. We were in a small town in New York but
they
were part of a bigger chain -- though not sure if they
Trans World Entertainment had acquired them yet -- so
I
suspect they had them available fairly widely.[/QUOTE]

I worked for The Wall during the years you mentioned.
I don't remember seeing 45's come in to the warehouse
or seeing any in their stores, but it's entirely
possible I just didn't notice any the times I went.
Maybe the section they had of 45's were small enough
to the point where they didn't catch my attention. On
the other hand, by the 90's I don't remember seeing
very many 45's in Sam Goody or Tower Records, either.

Edited by thecdguy

The "For Jukeboxes Only" 45s were easy for us to get here
at Record Research. Our wholesaler stocked them all.
IIRC, most were Country hits at the time.