Seeburg Industrial Background Music - 1966 and 1968

[@adamleclerc4892]

Damn...I love this kind of music. I myself have only been around 2 decades, but I watched a lot of vintage films as a kid so in a sense this music takes me back a bit.

[@viking90706]

Adam, Quick prescription. Immediately search the Dating Game and Love American Style, May your Heart Not Be Troubled ! :-)

[@jeffpolaras9273]

Late 60s childhood..Mom still so young...walking around Giant Tiger or Acme Click....life was so simple...so good......

[@brettwells66]

Song #1 won't leave my head. I'm pushing an old shopping cart near what used to be Woolworth's and looking for the cafeteria!

[@xaenon]

Brett Wells I used to love the cafeteria at Woolworth! The food was good and not expensive at all. Nothing fancy, of course, but better than the franchise joints by far.

[@marmaly]

Have you found the cafeteria yet? It's been years.

[@jimkeskey]

@@marmaly The cafeteria isn't hard to find. What the hell is taking him so long? Did he pass out in some remote corner of the store? Maybe he is in the restroom. You can hear this music there too.

[@jaredwblack]

@@jimkeskey Clearly he's a ghost. The Woolworth's has been abandoned for decades, and is a moldy, rotting shell of it's former self. The only people in there now are the occasional homeless person or urban explorer. He will never find the cafeteria, and is doomed to push that rusty shopping cart around looking for it for eternity (or at least until the building is demolished), unaware he is no longer alive.

[@jimkeskey]

@@jaredwblack 😄

[@CatzIzAwezome]

*You hear the PA system echo*: "Here at Ames, we strive our best to provide you the lowest prices on electronics. Please make sure, however, to check out at the electronics department's register if you plan to purchase a TV. Happy shopping!"

[@MKIVWWI]

At 5:37 is "(I Got Spurs That) JIngle Jangle JIngle" (was a WW2 hit for Kay Kyser Orchestra). Next up at 8:19 is "Something Wonderful" from "The King and I".

[@brettwells66]

Wherever this music is playing, I will shop there!

[@TranscendentalAirwaves]

Man that first track is great!

[@ZappedDolan420]

do you know the name of it? i really need to know!

[@TranscendentalAirwaves]

@@ZappedDolan420 No but I wish I did. lol

[@ryaneverswoodhouse365]

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[@ryaneverswoodhouse365]

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[@PneumatinisPlaktukas15]

@@ZappedDolan420 "Romance in Juarez" by Earl Sheldon and his Orchestra. Sheldon's library music was often used by various background music providers like Seeburg.

[@Foxonian]

When we first got cable tv back in the early 70's,they used to play this kind of music on the channel that would scroll the UPI news feeds and tell you the weather(all in nice white block lettering on a blue & green background.

[@dampergoldenrod4156]

You described the kind of music and the kind of cable TV channel that was worth paying for ..there is nothing worth paying for it at this point nothing worth watching at this point

[@Kuessemir]

I'm stressed beyond the breaking point and am teetering on the fulcrum of insanity... that's why I listen to these innocent, uplifiting, and relentlessly positive sounding melodies. I can escape into the delusion of rightness...everything is going great now...right as rain! I can watch the furnace like rolling dumpster fire that is my life aggressively accelerate down hill with an aura of insane dispassionate glee and nary a care in the world. Thank you Seeburg for transporting me to happiness!

[@CrashingCrockery]

That one that starts at 3:04 is welcome to Narrate my Day forever, thank you.

[@PneumatinisPlaktukas15]

Sounds like "Lullaby of Broadway"

[@sandroradioable]

First Song : 0:00 Romance In Juarez - Earl Sheldon & his Music 1969

[@jbs901]

What a great collection of music! I remember this type of music from my youth, and I have always loved it. You are very generous to upload these videos and share with everyone. Thank you.

[@luisreyes1963]

Why exactly did I go to this video? Just out of curiosity & I'm glad i did. The music here is simply fantastic. Also, Techmoan sent me. 😉

[@rpbuman]

Love techmoan!!!

[@laurasande5620]

Mom used to take me shopping at Cook's department store in Baltimore and let me eat the cola-flavored ice at the bottom of her cup of coke. It was the closest she would let me come to drinking soda. Here's to sweet treats with bouncy, shop-happy tunes playing in the background!

[@sandroradioable]

0:00 first Song : Romance In Juarez - Earl Sheldon & his Music 1969

[@radiomindchatter7994]

Heard this in Sears and Robuck in the 60's. Very much of it's time and I love it.

[@dfwsoundman]

it should also be noted that Seeburg used a narrower groove width, and crammed the grooves closer together than in consumer records. Using a wider, consumer stylus quickly accelerates wear on the records, because only part of the groove is supporting the stylus.

[@nancyerie9666]

thankyou for creating this KZbin video..love it!

[@belizando]

Also 16 rpm is much more susceptible to flutter if your turntable is in anything but excellent condition. At higher speeds flutter is less of an issue with puck-drive turntables.

[@jimkeskey]

These songs SCREAM industrial.

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

@chompo7 I've seen old books on record done in 16 rpm, the fidelity of 16 probably wasn't good enough for good music. These recordings were likely pretty compressed for being played over the old High voltage AC building PA systems. They weren't made to sound good,just to be background. i have to say though,this sounds really good. the turntable is operating really well.

[@markweintraub8551]

I was in JM Fields which used to be over in Panorama Plaza years ago They had hi-fi music in the store, and also in the fitting / lunch room, from a speaker that was in the ceiling, and the PA system announcements frightened me, because the voice was very loud and very harsh. When I used the restroom, which was an echoing place beyond the fitting/lunch room, l could even hear the PA system announcements from the speaker that was out there in the fitting/lunch room. -Mark Weintraub.

[@TwinMillMC]

@SeeburgUp2Speed - These sound exceptionally clear 4 Seeburg 16 rpm's. I have 100's of these and they have a very flat frequency response. I haven't come across any that sound this good. I usually have 2 EQ them quite a bit 2 sound decent but there is still a low-end residual hum in the recording so I can't boost the bass to much. I think 16 rpm discs weren't popular because higher speed recordings have better audio quality. That just seems 2 b a physical law that applies 2 DVD's etc. as well.

[@strawberryjam3670]

I REALLY WANT THE FIRST TRACK IN HQ

[@pedromiguelPT1993]

Strawberry Jam me too! Do you know the name of the song, please?

[@andy86i]

Its a lo-fi 16RPM record.. this is as hq as you are gonna hear it

[@ryaneverswoodhouse365]

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[@PneumatinisPlaktukas15]

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[@pedromiguelPT1993]

@@PneumatinisPlaktukas15 Thank you!!!

[@markweintraub325]

When I was little, we went to the Arrows restaurant on Penfield Road, which also had a drive in, which I didn't like to go to, because of the intercom system- the call microphones, which were metal units, which were also built by Teletronix and had a round fan speaker, and, "Teletronix!" on them in metal lettering, and the intercom system also had a very, very loud, harsh, metal sound, which sounded as if they were yelling and screaming at me, but they actually weren't- the call microphones had that very, very loud, harsh metal sound, which also frightened me to death. For instance, the call microphones used to scream, "ONE CHEESE BURGER, PLEASE!" in a very, very loud, harsh metal voice. The voice that came from the call microphones, was also all distorted, hollow, and scratchy-it sounded like it was coming from a hollow metal pipe,with a sunken metal reverberation of some sort. -Mark Weintraub.

[@titmouse-distribution]

8:19 - "Something Wonderful" from The King and I Note: This also appears on a few other records, including one in my collection (B-12B from 10-1-65).

[@Vyseblues]

Some of these tracks sound like variants of popular songs.

[@dampergoldenrod4156]

Probably the popular songs were based on this kind of music

[@PneumatinisPlaktukas15]

@@dampergoldenrod4156 Seeburg arranged things like popular songs and game show tunes for their background music

[@PneumatinisPlaktukas15]

First track is "Romance in Juarez" by Earl Sheldon.

[@chompo7]

nice turntable and i am allways surprised at how good 16rpm records sound. dont know why they never went mainstream?

[@fjbutch]

very nice mate

[@luisantoniomarrega1120]

Só tem musicas classe A neste vídeo Parabéns. Abraço! Rio de Janeiro Brazil

[@VideoArchiveGuy]

16 2/3 RPM records didn't have the sound quality required to be high fidelity, thus relegating their use to applications like this and "talking books" where long play times were more important. Even 33 1/3 RPM is at the edge of good sound quality, which is why many audiophile rereleases of albums are pressed on multiple records at 45 RPM.

[@alexandrealencarsouza8120]

Very good

[@johntisic]

The second song (starting @ 3:00) sounds like the titular theme song of the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland.

[@johntisic]

@2:45, my bad.

[@dcf8978]

Ohhhhh man do I want a line recording of track 1

[@AbrasiousProductions]

I am in love with the first song❤

[@ryaneverswoodhouse365]

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[@AbrasiousProductions]

@Ryan Evers Woodhouse thank you so much!❤

[@Dolphteng]

I like the first one, can everyone tell what the first song is?

[@ZappedDolan420]

yes do you know

[@ryaneverswoodhouse365]

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[@ryaneverswoodhouse365]

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[@kittyhawk2352]

Music to listen too when you're one of 140 million in the PEZ (Planetary Exclusion Zone)

[@Y0URB3STFR1END]

MM reference?

[@ShiddyFinkelstein]

A noticeable lack of anger in the aisles and shoplifting is way down. This is what the people need.

[@tariqallen6730]

Can anyone please tell me what song is the first one?

[@ZappedDolan420]

yes! , do you know now?

[@ryaneverswoodhouse365]

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[@yoggeebear3644]

I dont often thieve pic-nica basketz anymore, but when I do I play seedburg

[@Lewisevans1618]

if only places played this lovely music today instead of rap filth

[@melodymakerSD]

Totally agree!!

[@HamburgerCheeseburger-i1s]

Indeed

[@rachellucillewoodworth2972]

Rad!! 🔥

[@armandomendoza9028]

No, you don't understand, I don't want a Philco or a General Electric!! ... I just want the new 1967 Telefunken Palcolor TV set ... T-e-le-f-u-n-k-e-n got it?

[@yvesfrancoisritmo]

Well my parents had a Telefunken cobsoule stereo w short wave. I still miss it very much.

[@infinitygenealpa]

Techmoan brought me here.

[@viking90706]

Techmoan A Great Contrib !

[@CrashingCrockery]

"Oh, Golden Fluffo® is two for one? Well hot-diggity I think I might have a coupon in my purse! Let's see...Carnation Malted Milk, no...Bosco, Tang, ant paste, no...say! Here's one for 12 cents off Quisp! Though I didn't notice it in your cereal aisle, maybe I should go to Buy Rite or Foodland? Well dang. Do you like my purse? I got it at..."

[@strawberryjam3670]

What is the Name of that first track

[@ZappedDolan420]

do you know

[@ryaneverswoodhouse365]

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[@hebneh]

"Price check on register 9 - Libby's cling peach halves, 10 ounce size..."

[@damnSpambackwards]

5:14 sounds pretty good, too.

[@GOW3ST]

I like it

[@chompo7]

@SeeburgUp2Speed yes that was the only logical explaination i came up with as well.

[@AndrewTheRadarMan]

10:30 is this song considered a waltz? I notice it's in 3/4 timing

[@titmouse-distribution]

It is.

[@billashe2108]

Does anyone knows the name of the melody that starts at 10:29? Please...

[@DavidLGill]

Tu Pensamiento, recorded by the Philharmonic of Puerto Rico

[@billashe2108]

@@DavidLGill Thank You, Very Much!

[@jimkeskey]

Tu Pensamiento, recorded by the Philharmonic of Puerto Rico...for the third time!

[@billashe2108]

@@jimkeskey

[@whitelion7976]

Why are we disc mastering technicians fighting to set up for decent playback at 33.3 but this is clear at 16 rpm?

[@Headroom23]

Fascinating. I’m curious as to how you were able to slow your turntable down like that.

[@pedromiguelPT1993]

What is the name of the first music, please...

[@ZappedDolan420]

Yes, do you know it?

[@ryaneverswoodhouse365]

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[@pedromiguelPT1993]

@@ryaneverswoodhouse365 Thank you!

[@ednacervera9568]

🎶🎶🎶🎶😊

[@mordaciousfilms]

How many records are there that play at 16RPM? Was that more of a BGM practice or were there LP albums at that speed, and are there noticeable quality differences or benefits?

[@bamaslamma1003]

What kind of turntable is that? Don't know of any recent ones that have the 16 2/3 speed. Most are just 33 1/3 and 45, with some supporting 78 rpm.

[@canadude6401]

So I have a (likely dumb) question maybe someone could answer. Were these records played at an offsite office, and then broadcasted through AM or FM radio to retail stores, etc or was there a juke box type record player at each store automatically playing the records?

[@KB-tt9oc]

A console and a mail order program where store owner got new records regularly to add to rotation, including holiday records.

[@Bassoon1982]

These records were originally made for the device Seeburg 1000. There are a few KZbin videos showing the operation of this device.

[@AccessAir]

Are these 16RPM Records?

[@hackmicron]

yes 16 2/3 RPM

[@guvnoruk3415]

Randell & Hopkirk on acid

[@LaurenDenemark]

What is the first song here please?

[@ZappedDolan420]

Romance In Juarez Written-By - Earl Sheldon

[@HC-cb4yp]

I can't find mom! MOM! MOOOOOOOOOM!

[@chinwendu]

:)

[@stephenmcmahon5833]

Cash or card????? 😬