You thought they were only round and black!
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Wow does that bring back memories. Many thanks for the great link. Yes yes yes!
posted by Outlawyr at 7:25 AM on May 20, 2004
posted by Outlawyr at 7:25 AM on May 20, 2004
This reminds me of my most unusual record "purchase".
Many, many years ago I used to spend way too much of my money at "Sound Machine" in Reading (the cool one, not the one that later opened up in the Mall).
This one day I was chatting with the owner who mentioned he had a luminous record upstairs in the back ... one thing led to another ... he also mentioned how he'd never had a record so bad that he paid someone to take it away.
Well, ... (skipping the less interesting bits which are lost to the my failing neurons) ... I'd never been paid to take a record away either, so was amusingly given a penny AND the record in question.
I'm going to guess that record has sat in my drawer for the past 12 years at least, and I've not played it once....
posted by devbrain at 8:05 AM on May 20, 2004
Many, many years ago I used to spend way too much of my money at "Sound Machine" in Reading (the cool one, not the one that later opened up in the Mall).
This one day I was chatting with the owner who mentioned he had a luminous record upstairs in the back ... one thing led to another ... he also mentioned how he'd never had a record so bad that he paid someone to take it away.
Well, ... (skipping the less interesting bits which are lost to the my failing neurons) ... I'd never been paid to take a record away either, so was amusingly given a penny AND the record in question.
I'm going to guess that record has sat in my drawer for the past 12 years at least, and I've not played it once....
posted by devbrain at 8:05 AM on May 20, 2004
I used to love getting these on cereal boxes, and in picture books and stuff : > (they never played well tho)
posted by amberglow at 8:10 AM on May 20, 2004
posted by amberglow at 8:10 AM on May 20, 2004
Great Post AAA+++++ Thanks of the PROMPT SERVICE and INTERESTING LINK!!! A Valuable Link - WONDERFUL MEMBER A++!!!
posted by dfowler at 8:28 AM on May 20, 2004
posted by dfowler at 8:28 AM on May 20, 2004
I've been writing fairly extensively about unique vinyl lately (here). I've found the oddity museum to be an invaluable resource for a few of the articles. Of particular interest to me was the section on recordable metal records.
posted by adamkempa at 8:40 AM on May 20, 2004
posted by adamkempa at 8:40 AM on May 20, 2004
Mad Magazine's It's a Gas: Cheesy lounge music with burps (not farts, as the text implies) was the epitome of sophisticated humor for an eight year old boy.
posted by TimeFactor at 9:48 AM on May 20, 2004
posted by TimeFactor at 9:48 AM on May 20, 2004
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