Seeburg Background Music Records for BMS 1000, 16 2/3 RPM
  $   26

 


$ 26 Sold For
Apr 17, 2019 Sold Date
Apr 10, 2019 Start Date
$   5 Start price
12   Number Of Bids
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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 have a place in use date of July 1, 1965.

The box for this set contains 5 Mood format records and are labeled as follows:

M-5

M-10

M-15

M-20

M-25

Please note: The records for this listing are in very good condition with the exception of the following:

M20A has a bump which affects play, skips and stops, will not continue without moving the tonearm.

M5A has a small 1 cm scratch at beginning of record.


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. I made my own center adapter and played them only once on a pioneer turntable and they have not been used since.

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, and the subscriber of the service was to change out 5 discs based on the number on the record label and send back the 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.

UNITED STATES BIDDERS ONLY

Shipping:

Buyer pays exact shipping costs which will be $13.50, Priority Mail, to U.S. BIDDERS ONLY.



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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