Seeburg Background Music Records for BMS 1000, 16 2/3 RPM
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Description
Up for your consideration is one set of five (5) Seeburg Background Music Library records which were used in the Seeburg Background Music System from approximately 1959 through the early 1980's.
These records are a mixed bag and do not contain the original box.
The included box has a “place in use” date of July 1, 1965.
Records in this collection were pressed before 1960/61 (Seeburg did not print dates on the labels until 1961).
The back of the box has the following item written with a magic marker, “Doe Fast Winner, S.D.”
Records are in rice paper liners. One liner is torn.
The box for this set contains 5 Basic format records.
All records in this listing have been played once by me on a Pioneer turntable, using a .6 or .7 mil stylus and 2.5 grams of weight and are graded below.
Records in this set have just one number and some have both a number and a “Replace” number. I believe the records with only one number would have been the first Seeburg records released. Records have “Capitol Custom” printed on them.
Condition of these records and corresponding label number is listed below:
- 2A – very light scratches and some wear.
- 2B – a few scratches about 1 centimeter in through middle of record. May affect play but did not when I played record.
- 3A, Looks nice and clean but had one skip when played. I cannot find anything but a couple of tiny hairline scratches. Some dirt maybe?
- 3B, Nice and clean, played with no problems. One tiny bruise on last band which did not affect play.
- 16A-B, Replace No. 6, nice and clean, couple of small bruises on Side A that do not affect play.
- 21A-B, Replace No. 6, nice and clean, with a couple of small bruises on Side A that do not affect play.
- 22A, Replace No. 4, nice and clean with a few very light hairline scratches. One small blister about 2 centimeters in. Band 16 had an issue which skipped.
- 22B, Nice and clean.
Records are 9 inches in diameter and have a center hole of approximately 2 inches in diameter. They play at a speed of 16 2/3 rpm.
These types of records were originally played in a Seeburg BMS player which was used in Grocery Stores, Department Stores, Motels, Factories, etc., to broadcast background music over the PA system. Seeburg put out three formats, Basic, Mood and Industrial.
Replacements were issued quarterly. The subscriber of the service was to change out 5 or 7 discs, based on the number on the record label and send back the used discs that were removed from the machine. Failure to do so resulted in the subscriber being charged an additional 22 cents per month for each record not returned, according to the instructions on the box. Records, once returned, were never used again and presumably destroyed.
I will be listing numerous sets of these records over the next few weeks. Most of my collection is Seeburg but I also have a few odds and ends labeled, Rowe Customusic, a competitor of Seeburg.
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