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1972 Seeburg Olympian 160

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Hepcats Haven

We have been hard at work decorating and I thought I would share the jukebox we picked up. This is a 1972 Seeburg Olympian that offers 160 song selections.

Though this isn’t as collectable as earlier model jukeboxes, this is an affordable way to get that jukebox sound. Plus, it has a space age feel that goes great with our decor.

We chose to fill it with 70’s and 80’s music. It is a blast to crank this sucker up and hear it play.

The lava lamps you see flanking it are not old. They are the largest ones I have have ever seen. I think they compliment the decor.

We love the way the concert posters look above the jukebox.

I really dig the purplish colors!

I have almost all the records ordered. I look forward to chilling out around this for hours listening to some great music!

They released three colors for this jukebox. I might be bias, but I like the purple one the most.

This jukebox has a unique selector key pad to select your music. This keypad looks like a phone dial pad.

I just ordered a CD that will allow me to print new label strips for the records we ordered.

Onto the next post!

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Seeburg ‘1000’ Background Music System

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Hepcats Haven

Mel and I picked this up from a guy in Davis California. I have always wanted one of these. I love the styling and size of this unit compared to the size of the Seeburg LU1 we own.

These machines are about the size of a microwave and slightly heavier.

I had a hairpin leg stand that was sitting around so I decided to refinish it and use it as a platform for this Seeburg.

I tried to match the paint the best I could to the Seeburg, I even used gold spray paint webbing to accent the aqua.

The inside is pretty clean for as old as it is.

Though there is a speaker in the door you could also hook up satellite speakers to fill a room/store with the soothing sounds of mood music.

This machine is functional but it could use a tune up. Our friend Justin at Stellar Electronics is going to take a look at it to see if he can convert it to play 45’s. If anyone can do it Justin would be the person.

The unique things about these units is that they play a 16-2/3 speed records, which I think are unique to this machine. The Seeburg Background Music record is a vinyl record of a non-standard size of 9 inches diameter with a 2 inch center hole. These units had 3 types of background music: basic, mood and industrial. The records were distributed quarterly 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 is labeled with the library type, date to place in service, and instructions to the operator. These instructions also specify that each record is to be returned to Seeburg after use. Upon return, the records were destroyed.

When we purchased this unit the previous owner had about 40-50 records. I will keep you informed on what we do with this little gem!

Something cool I discovered while researching this Seeburg unit is that someone created a streaming audio station of just the music from the Seeburg 1000 music library. Click HERE to check it out!