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.