Vinyl-Disc

Two for one. A German company, Optimal Media Production, has created a dual CD/vinyl media. One side is a 70 minute CD, the other has three minutes of vinyl that can be played on your record player.

As lovers of the dying artform of the turntable, we think this is a clever way to market CDs, giving the listener an added bonus. This wouldn't appeal to someone who's gone completely digital with their music, but could allow the record aficionado a whole new world of collecting.

(via Retro Thing)

Comments (4)

Oh I can't wait to tell the boyfriend about this! He loves vinyl, but as someone who is passionate about music with almost 1,000 cds he can't afford to purchase both and he generally goes with the form that is more convenient for listening at home and on the go.

posted by buffalogirl on October 19th 2007 at 8:16am
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Austin Powers did it 10 years ago! It just made a horrible scratchy noise, but still...

posted by andreaaaa on October 19th 2007 at 3:45pm
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Good idea; but I can't help but think putting the data side on the Scratch Pad (no pun intended) can't be good for the CD part of the disc...

posted by spiffy on October 21st 2007 at 12:23pm
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Lately any vinyl I purchase comes with a free digital download of the album. Which seems just brilliant.

posted by littlegentleman on October 22nd 2007 at 2:04pm
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