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1975 · Chicago Coin

Gold Record / Top Ten

Known for Spinning disk, Advance & Change buttons and Left drop targets. Mid-blue field scattered with white and pale-blue five-pointed stars, tilted overlapping rectangular picture panels in yellow, pink, orange and purple and central blue-and-white map-like shape with a striped arrow.

Year
1975
Maker
Chicago Coin
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels

Known for

  • Spinner

    Spinning disk

  • button

    Advance & Change buttons

  • Target

    Left drop targets

2 games under this title

On the playfield

Spinner 1

  • Spinning disk

Targets 3

  • Left drop targets
  • Upper right standup
  • Lower right standup

Lanes 4

  • Center top lane
  • Upper right side lane
  • Left out lane
  • Right out lane

Post or gate 1

  • Center peg peg

Control 1

  • Advance & Change buttons button

On the backglass

Who and what

  • man Blue-tinted bearded man in a hat at top left, beside a second blue-tinted man in a dark hat
  • woman Smiling red-haired woman in a purple wide-brimmed hat at top right, yellow and green panel behind her
  • woman Green-clad winged woman with a yellow halo floating at centre, one arm raised
  • woman Woman in a teal dress at middle left, beside an enormous pink musical note and pink swirled panel
  • woman Red-haired woman holding a guitar at bottom left, with a purple-haired woman beside her
  • man Man in a brown suit at right, standing next to a blonde woman in a yellow dress

Setting

  • Mid-blue field scattered with white and pale-blue five-pointed stars
  • Tilted overlapping rectangular picture panels in yellow, pink, orange and purple
  • Central blue-and-white map-like shape with a striped arrow

Text on it

  • Chicago Coin's
  • GOLD RECORD
  • 1ST PLAYER
  • 2ND PLAYER
  • 3RD PLAYER
  • 4TH PLAYER
  • Nashville
  • BALL TO PLAY
  • PLAYERS
  • GOLD

Made by

Design
Albin Peters
Design
Jerry Koci
Design
Wendell McAdams
Art
Christian Marche

Reference

Linked terms
  • Spinning disk also called Center spinner
  • Advance & Change buttons also called Advance and Change
Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Gold Record / Top Ten backglass

Backglass Gold Record

  • blue
  • yellow
  • pink
  • red

Fingerprint: Bright cartoon collage of tilted panels on starry blue field. Central yellow light-bulb-bordered marquee reading "GOLD RECORD" in red-yellow striped capitals. Four black capsule-shaped reel windows with player numbers 1ST to 4TH. Green-clad winged woman with yellow halo at centre, black-white striped arrow beside. Vignettes: musicians, Nashville sign, giant pink musical note, roaring pink-furred monster head. Red-haired woman with guitar.

Distinctive

The whole surface is a patchwork of tilted, overlapping cartoon panels on a starry blue background, each panel a separate vignette of a different performer. Dominating the centre is a yellow marquee of round light bulbs reading GOLD RECORD in red-and-yellow striped outline letters. Four black capsule-shaped reel windows with arched 1ST to 4TH PLAYER caps ring the centre. A green-clad winged woman with a yellow halo floats mid-glass beside a black-and-white striped arrow, and a roaring pink-furred monster head fills the lower right corner.

Setting

  • Mid-blue field scattered with white and pale-blue five-pointed stars
  • Tilted overlapping rectangular picture panels in yellow, pink, orange and purple
  • Central blue-and-white map-like shape with a striped arrow

Symbols

  • Row of round marquee light bulbs
  • Large pink musical note
  • Black-and-white striped arrow
  • Yellow halo and green wings
  • Five-pointed stars
  • Two red pinballs at bottom
  • Playing-card rank pips

Lettering

  • Tall condensed outlined capitals with red-and-yellow horizontal striping for the main title, arched white sans-serif caps on black plaques for player labels, white cursive script for the maker line

Themes

  • Music
  • Recording studio
  • Song and dance
  • Variety show
  • Panel collage
  • Stars

Title on it

  • Gold record

Text on it

  • Chicago Coin's
  • GOLD RECORD
  • 1ST PLAYER
  • 2ND PLAYER
  • 3RD PLAYER
  • 4TH PLAYER
  • Nashville
  • BALL TO PLAY
  • PLAYERS
  • GOLD
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Blue-tinted bearded man in a hat at top left, beside a second blue-tinted man in a dark hat
Woman Smiling red-haired woman in a purple wide-brimmed hat at top right, yellow and green panel behind her
Woman Green-clad winged woman with a yellow halo floating at centre, one arm raised
Woman Woman in a teal dress at middle left, beside an enormous pink musical note and pink swirled panel
Woman Red-haired woman holding a guitar at bottom left, with a purple-haired woman beside her
Man Man in a brown suit at right, standing next to a blonde woman in a yellow dress
Creature Roaring pink-furred monster head with open jaws at bottom right
Other Brown cowboy hat with a small head peeking from the far right edge
Full description

A brightly coloured cartoon-illustrated backglass laid out as a collage of tilted rectangular panels on a mid-blue field scattered with white and pale-blue stars. Four black rounded score windows with cream mechanical reels are arranged across the glass, each capped by an arched label: 1ST PLAYER (upper left), 2ND PLAYER (upper right), 3RD PLAYER (middle left, on a pink stripe) and 4TH PLAYER (middle right). Dead centre sits a yellow light-bulb-bordered marquee panel reading GOLD RECORD in tall outlined yellow-and-red striped capitals, with white cursive text on a black band above it. Around the centre are cartoon vignettes: top left, two blue-tinted men (one bearded, one in a hat) behind a yellow-and-red sunburst; top right, a smiling red-haired woman in a purple wide-brimmed hat beside a yellow panel lettered Nashville; middle left, a woman in a teal dress with pink swirled panels and a giant pink musical note; centre, a green-clad winged woman with a yellow halo floating over a blue-and-white map shape with a black-and-white striped arrow; bottom left, a red-haired woman with a guitar beside a purple-haired woman near a yellow panel; right, a man in a brown suit with a blonde woman in a yellow dress; bottom right, a roaring pink-furred monster head. BALL TO PLAY is printed at the bottom centre above two red balls.

Gold Record / Top Ten backglass

Backglass Top Ten

  • blue
  • red
  • yellow
  • pink

Fingerprint: TOP TEN in pink block letters on white marquee with orange light bulbs, four tilted postcard panels with place names, mint-green-teal-magenta-yellow panels, grinning cowboy and redhead, small pinball machine vignette bottom

Distinctive

The bulb-studded white marquee reading TOP TEN in pink block letters, with the cursive Chicago Color's script above it, is the unmistakable centrepiece. Four separate tilted postcard-like panels fan out around it at jaunty angles against a starry blue sky, each carrying its own place name and its own cast of figures. Two separate black oval score reels with rounded end caps read 46640 and 39980. A large salmon-orange face shape is cropped hard by the top edge, and the whole lower edge is crowded with a blue pinball-machine vignette and a small portrait medallion.

Setting

  • Deep blue night sky
  • Small white four-pointed stars
  • Fan of overlapping tilted picture panels

Symbols

  • Round marquee light bulbs
  • Star field
  • Pinball flippers and two round bumpers
  • Red sunburst rays
  • Green and blue striped grandstand railing
  • Circled numerals 1 and 2

Lettering

  • Tall condensed pink block capitals on a white bulb-bordered marquee; a white cursive script word above it; heavy red capitals tilted with each panel

Themes

  • Postcard gallery
  • Carnival marquee
  • Variety revue
  • Southwestern scenery

Title on it

  • Top ten

Text on it

  • TOP TEN
  • Chicago Color's
  • 1 PLAYER
  • 46640
  • 39980
  • Star
  • COLORADO
  • Nashville
  • BALLY PLAY
  • PLAYERS
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Upper left mint-green panel, grinning, wide-brimmed cowboy hat, blue shirt, facing viewer
Woman Upper right yellow panel, smiling, bright red hair, red hat
Other Large salmon-orange face shape cropped by the top edge, centre top
Woman Middle left pink star panel, dancing in a sparkling pink leotard against a red sunburst
Woman Second dancing figure in the pink star panel, also in pink
Woman Seated figure at the left of the pink star panel
Animal Brown horse in the teal colorado panel
Woman Middle right colorado panel, blonde, white hat, green blouse, yellow skirt
Woman Bottom centre, in the blue pinball-machine vignette, green top, arm raised toward two red and white bumpers
Woman Small oval portrait medallion at the bottom right
Full description

Flat printed backglass art with a deep blue night-sky background sprinkled with small white four-pointed stars. The centre is dominated by a white marquee sign studded with round orange light bulbs, carrying the words TOP TEN in tall pink block capitals, with the cursive script Chicago Color's in white directly above it. Around the central sign, four overlapping tilted rectangular picture panels fan out at angles like scattered postcards. Upper left: a mint-green and teal panel showing a grinning man in a wide-brimmed cowboy hat and blue shirt; a black oval score window across its base reads 1 PLAYER and 46640. Upper right: a yellow panel reading Nashville over a green-and-blue striped grandstand, with a smiling red-haired woman in a red hat at the right edge, and a black oval 1 PLAYER window reading 39980. Middle left: a magenta and pink panel titled Star, with a red sunburst behind two dancing women in sparkling pink leotards. Middle right: a teal panel titled COLORADO in red capitals, showing a cowboy on a brown horse beside a blonde woman in a white hat, green blouse and yellow skirt. Bottom centre: a blue pinball illustration with two red and white bumpers and a woman in a green top reaching up. BALLY PLAY is printed in small white capitals at the bottom edge, with PLAYERS set vertically at lower left beside circled 1 and 2.