Floppy Vinyl Records
March 22nd, 2006
I bought a used book to cut up (librarians gasp in horror!) the other day, and on flipping to the back page, I noticed it had a pocket with three square, paper-thin, flexible records, just like today we have CDs in the backs of some textbooks. “Old people” from the days of vinyl will forgive me for getting excited over something so everyday. This reminds me of the manually-turned record player/business card from Skippy Peanut Butter: Manual Cereal Box Record Player
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March 22nd, 2006 at 3:59 pm
I have two youthful memories associated with floppy vinyl:
1. the whale song record inserted into National Geopraphic oh so many years ago.
2. stealing the REM single on floppy vinyl in one of the early issues of “Sassy” magazine from Target. Back when Michael Stipe was supposedly dating the EIC of Sassy.
March 23rd, 2006 at 5:12 pm
I absolutely love how the title of the vinyl is “Abnormal Psychology: Neurotic Behavior”. Coincidence? I think not!
March 23rd, 2006 at 10:57 pm
who are you calling abnormal!?
March 27th, 2006 at 11:04 pm
Sample it yo!
March 29th, 2006 at 12:02 pm
They’re called flexidisks. Used to find them in music magazines/etc… the equivilent of giving away a CD sampler now. There are still places that press them. The band Born Against issued one a few years ago, and were able to sell them at record stores for under a dollar (when 45” singles usually cost 3-4 dollars)
October 30th, 2007 at 6:53 am
Makes me think of Archies songs that used to come on the back of An Alpha-Bits box.
February 13th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
are you willing to sell this vinyl ? >:) if yes, please contact me.
March 24th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
So did you sell it? You should frame it
April 17th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Profane Existence actually released a flexi with one of their magazines not too long ago.