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I have a collection of flexi disc salesman samples and brochures from different manufacturers.
Thrifting in Burbank in the early 90’s
Do you have Durium records too?
Came here for flexi-disc goodness, did what it said on the tin. I had forgotten about The Boingers, actually sent in a submission that I'm sure Berthed threw out the window on arrival. Ahh, youth. The one shipped with the Nat Geo Apollo 11 issue was a 7 day wonder that didn't sound all that great, I'm afraid. Technology progressed. My first flexi-disc was "Sugar, Sugar" torn off the box and slapped on the Garand. Sounded a little better than Neil Armstrong, but not much.
I remember in the early 90s in the UK they stuck them to the "outside" of Frostie boxes, that was fun for mothers!
I have a few when McDonald's did a promotion $$ give away in the Sunday paper if you're record played alway through you won. I remember that promo was a big deal
What are those MTM speakers? Did you build them?
Sounds like an early Jason and the Scorcher demo
McDonald's had a contest they did back in the 80's where they gave out records similar to the one played here. The choir on the record attempted to sing the McDonald's menu song. If the choir was able to sing the song all the way through without making a mistake, the person who owned the winning record won $1,000,000. On my record, sadly, the choir could not complete the song. However, I've kept it all these years and still love it.
That, I'm a boinger flexi disc you put on, brought back a long lost memory of my young childhood. I was born in Philadelphia in 66 and was an absolute nerd to the space program. Right after Armstrong took his small step, and only about 5 years before I went to Neil A. Armstrong middle school, I had a flexi disc of the entire first man on the moon communication between mission control and Neil and I'd listen to it over and over and over. It looked exactly like the one you're holding. That was a great memory.
This song FUCKING JAMS!!!!
"Was Bowie ever a fairy?
Was Debra ever Harry?"
Many people may not be aware that the Library of Congress used flexi discs for their talking books for the blind for many years. The discs were about 10 inches and were played at the extremely slow speed of 8 RPM which allowed for long playing times. I have several flexi discs from that era that include articles from Good Housekeeping magazine and mysteries from the Ellery Quinn magazine. The 8 RPM discs of course needed to be played on the special Library of Congress record players for the blind and disabled. The discs were easily mailable and were meant to be sent back to be used again.
i've got a couple somewhere, think a service station gave them away. saw the odd one on magazines
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