Seeburg background music record, instrumental N4B (1964)

[fromthesidelines]

Well, by a strange coincidence, 'bctv', RCA's "Custom Record Division" pressed most of Seeburg's "Background Music Library" sides during the '60s.

[1Locorocker1]

I just love this kind of music now. Ever since a friend introduced me to Louie Armstrong I've been seeking more and more songs from his era. If only I could have enjoyed these songs in its prime.

[bctvguy]

That fidelity is amazing - even though it sounds like you used a mic to make this video rather than patching in directly.

Also - what's up with the RCA logo on the tone arm? How was SEEBURG tied in with RCA?

[drh4683]

It took a bit of experimenting with my camera and room acoustics to get the audio pick up to sound correct with good fidelity at the high freqs. The phonograph is actually a 1963RCA portable stereo phono. I used it because it sounds great. My 1000 background music system has nowhere near the fidelity that this RCA has.

[vinylloung]

@drh4683 go RCA!!!

[musicman0150]

I always enjoy this kind of music. Like Retrochad said, it is very relaxing to work by. I remember this kind of music in department stores and restaraunts back in the 70s and 80s. I wonder if it was a satalite station or if it was a special radio station that could only be picked up by a special receiver? Can you explain this machine in a video and how it actually works? Thanks :)

[vwestlife]

These extra-long-play 16 RPM records were eventually replaced by tapes. Muzak and other subscription background music services were also transmitted by using the subcarrier of FM radio stations. FM subcarriers are inaudible on normal radios but with a special receiver you can tune them in. Now, subcarriers have largely been replaced by satellite broadcasts.

[retrochad]

Easy listening music is so good as a background to working! I am fortunate enough to actually have a real "beautiful music" radio station still broadcasting here and I listen to it all day at work. Vocal music can often be too distracting.

The strange thing is, that in the office building I work at, some kind of beautiful music (probably from satellite) is playing constantly in the lobby but none of it is distrubuted to the office floors.

[weasel2htm]

So I take it that Retro Electronics is not your only job?