RePlay Magazine Podcast - Eddie Adlum Part 2
RePlay Magazine Podcast - Eddie Adlum Part 2
As host publication RePlay Magazine celebrates its 50 years of covering the coin-op industry, it’s only right that Randy Chilton sits down with Publisher Eddie Adlum for a two-part episode. The...
Highlights
- Eddie Adlum joined Cashbox magazine in 1964 after leaving the Army/National Guard
- Replay Magazine has published approximately 599 issues over 50 years (11 issues in first volume + 12 per year for remaining 49 years)
- The Castle Kings' 'You Can Get Him Frankenstein' sold 1,365 copies and lost money
- Phil Spector helped Ahmet Ertegun write clean lyrics for the Frankenstein record and produced it with Atlantic Records
- Eddie invested approximately $18,000 of his own money to launch Replay Magazine
- Key figures in Replay's founding included operator list contributors Lenny Schneller (U.S. Bigots), A.D. Palmer (Wurlitzer), George Hinker (David Rockola), Al Rodstein (distributor), and Millie McCarthy (NY State Operators Guild president)
- Eddie worked at Cashbox for 11 years covering the coin-op/pinball/pool table section
- Eddie met John Lennon at Cashbox in Hollywood and gave him a signed photo for his babysitter named Gabriella
Notable quotes
“I'm just Eddie from the East Bronx. That's it.”
“I have to say that I had two wants, and one of them was to be in the music business playing rock and roll... And the other was to make movies.”
“that was 61 years ago and I'm still doing the same job.”
“Bert taught me the benefit of competition... Competition is good. See? And I believe he's right. You know, competition makes people improve, improve, improve, improve, improve.”
“I levitated six inches off the seat and I heard the voice of God little Richard Kahneman one of the greats”
“George says, F you, you're hogging the booze.”
“here We Are Pinball at the 50th year. Go figure.”
“I look at the screen here on my computer, and I see a guy who's very old... I don't think I'm that old. I think I'm 21, and I guess that's why I live past 86, you know.”
Entities
- Betson Distributing· company
- Castle Kings· organization
- A.D. Palmer· person
- Ahmet Ertegun· person
- Al Kress· person
- Al Rodstein· person
- Bert Betty· person
- Eddie Adlum· person
- Elton John· person
- George Albert· person
- George Hinker· person
- Ingrid Adlum· person
- John Lennon· person
- Keith Snodgrass· person
- Lenny Schneller· person
- Little Richard Penniman· person
- Millie McCarthy· person
- Phil Spector· person
- Tiny Weintraub· person
- Vic LeVay· person
- Cashbox Magazine· publication
- Replay Magazine· publication
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