Description Check out my other items! FREE REGISTERED SHIPPING WORLDWIDE, WITH TRACKING NUMBER!!! The Seeburg 1000 Background Music System is a phonograph designed and built by the Seeburg Corporation to play background music from special 162⁄3 RPM vinyl records in offices, restaurants, retail businesses, factories and similar locations. It provided a service similar to that of Muzak. HEAR THE STRANGE "NOVELTY/Incedibly Strange Music" BACKGRGOUND/LOUNGE/INDUSTIAL/ELEVATOR/MOOD RECORDS OF Seeburg Basic Music Library ON YOUTUBE: watch?v=Q5019S77aOk [BA-110A/B] watch?v=kt0wibmM4uU YOU HAVE THE RARE CHANCE TO BUY A LOT OF 5 LPs (40 minutes each: 40'x5=200' minutes!!!) in the rarest format ever made in record history: 9 inches, playing in 16 and 3/4 RPM (16,666 RPM!!!). INDUSTRIAL BACKGROUND MUSIC (like the one made by MUZAK CORPORATION) MOSTLY POP/BOSSA NOVA, JAMES BOND-like lush instrumentals (but the "industrial series", occasionally, had also "hip" pop tunes and synthesizer)!!! ORIGINAL 1ST USA EDITIONS, not for sale and out of print, 1972, VISUALLY LOOK LIKE in GOOD or in GOOD- CONDITION, I CAN NOT PLAY TESTED THEM BECAUSE OF THE PECULIAR 16,666 RPM!!! SOLD AS IS. 1. BA-102 A/B (PLACE IN USE 4-1-1974), 2. BA-106 A/B (PLACE IN USE 4-1-1974),3. BA-110 A/B (PLACE IN USE 4-1-1974),4. BA-112 A/B (PLACE IN USE 7-1-1973),5. BA-122 A/B (PLACE IN USE 4-1-1974).ALL FIVE ALBUMS (40'.oo''/20 songs each LP) PRODUCED DURING 1972.ALL FIVE ALBUMS ARE "BASIC MUSIC" SERIES. A Seeburg Background Music record is a vinyl record of a non-standard 9 inch (23 cm)-diameter size with a 2 inch (5 cm) center hole. The recording is monaural, with a playing speed of 16⅔ rpm and a density of 420 grooves per inch. A 0.5 mil diamond stylus is used for reproduction. Each side contains approximately 40 minutes of music (typically 20 songs). Records in each series were numbered 1-28 or 101-128; however, these numbers meant nothing other than where a record belonged in the stack. The records were distributed four times a year, in boxes of seven. The operator was supposed to replace records in the system with new records of the same number (i.e. MM-125). Each box was labeled with the library type, date to place in service, and instructions for the operator (including that each record was to be returned to Seeburg after use). Upon return, the records were destroyed. A Basic library box from 1971 states that the records are the property of "Seeburg Music Library, Inc., 1510 N. Dayton St, Chicago 22, Ill".Seeburg provided three different libraries of music for use with the Seeburg 1000 system: Basic, Mood and Industrial. These library names were changed to Lifestyle, Penthouse, and Upbeat in 1979. The Basic library consisted of mid-tempo music selected from top 40 hits, show tunes and standards. The arrangements (created for Seeburg) were nearly all instrumental, featuring horns, strings and keyboards. The Mood library consisted of medium- to slow-tempo songs in lush arrangements (with primarily stringed instruments). The music was derived from standards, show tunes and some pop music; the first song on each side of each record was often a current pop hit. The Industrial library consisted of lively, medium- to quick-tempo music to induce workers to be more productive. This was perhaps the most varied and adventurous of the libraries; it contained polkas, mariachi music, twangy guitar, Hawaiian songs, and occasionally synthesizer. A portion of the records were exchanged every three months: on April 1, July 1, October 1 and December 26. The number of records changed at each three-month interval was five in 1963, and seven according to record boxes issued in 1966 and later. The first sets of Seeburg 16 rpm records issued in 1959 had a five-pointed star in the space later used for the "place-in-use" dates. This was superseded by a notice which read "Replace No. 1", "Replace No. 5" etc. This meant "Replacement Records - Set No. 1", "Set No. 5" etc. In 1961 this was again superseded by the "place in use" dates, which remained in use through the end of 1975. For the April 1, 1976 sets, the "place in use" dates were replaced by a code: RR-66. This meant "replacement records – set #66" and the number advanced with each subsequent set. Over time, the records were sent out less on a schedule. The last sets were sent out in 1986 and bore the code R-97. The Christmas holiday season required a special set of records. A box of 25 Christmas records was issued to be played during the month of December. This set consisted of Christmas music, interspersed with non-holiday music. It was the job of the machine operators to replace all Christmas music with standard fare on December 26. 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