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| From | markeichelberger@comcast.net (Mark Eichelberger) |
| Subject | Re: Half vinyl, half CD, all new format [really, not from the Onion ;) ] |
| Date | Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:43:12 +0000 |
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I won't comment on the gimmicky nature of this, as the record company already fesses up to that. However, I am curious about the playability of the vinyl side. Wouldn't placing a disc as small as CD on a turntable result in the placement of the grooves in an area where a conventional record label resides? Would most turntables be able to track this close to the spindle? Or am I just thinking too much about this?
Mark E.
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From: Michael Coxe <audities@gmail.com>
> http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2191129,00.html
>
> - micheal
>
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> Rock band Fightstar is releasing its next single on a disc that is vinyl
> on one side and a CD on the other. Its record company Gut admits the
> vinyl-disc is a gimmick but hopes it will capture fans' imagination.
>
> "It can only work as a gimmick because we don't actually know how many
> fans have record players," says Gut's chairman, Guy Holmes.
>
> The band of former Busted frontman Charlie Simpson will release Deathcar
> next month. The vinyl-disc version will be a limited edition, probably
> of 3,000 copies, and is likely to sell for £2.99.
>
> The two-in-one disc, which can hold around three minutes of music on the
> vinyl side and 70 minutes on the CD side, was created by Germany's
> Optimal Media Production.
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