Forgotten audio formats: The flexi disc - Ars Technica
Apr 15, 2017 · The flexi disc has, for a physically flimsy format, an incredibly diverse background, and its story incorporates everyone from the Beatles, David Bowie, and ABBA, to Alice Cooper and heavy...
Flexi disc - Wikipedia
The flexi disc (also known as a phonosheet, Sonosheet or Soundsheet, a trademark) is a phonograph record made of a thin, flexible vinyl sheet with a molded-in spiral stylus groove, and is designed to be playable on a normal phonograph turntable.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery (1973, Flexi-disc) - Discogs
Released in a fold-out paper sleeve replica of the Brain Salad Surgery LP. Given away free with the 3 November 1973 issue of 'NME' (New Musical Express). The NME always had that Saturday's date on the cover, despite being on sale from …
List of NME covers - Wikipedia
The full list of New Musical Express (NME) cover images and featured artists. 1955 1955-03-07 Vera Lynn, Alan Dean, Harry Gold, Ted Heath 1955-12-23 Jerry Colonna, Ronnie Aldrich, Harry Roy 1957 1957-05-24 Mantovani 1957-06-21 Vera Lynn 1957-08-30 Winifred Atwell 1958 1958-04-18 Elvis Presley, Tommy Steele, Marvin Rainwater & Sarah Vaughan, Pat Boone 1958-10-31 Seph Acre 1959 1959-01-30 Lonnie ...
Train in Vain (Stand By Me) by The Clash - Songfacts
The N.M.E. had requested a song to include in the tabloid as a single sided flexi-disc to coincide with the album's release. The catch was that N.M.E. wanted an exclusive, a song that someone could only get with their paper.
‘Train In Vain’: the song that helped The Clash break America
Feb 18, 2024 · While recording arguably their finest work, 1979’s London Calling, the group took a stab at the Mick Jones-penned track ‘Train in Vain (Stand By Me)’. Never intended to be released on the final cut of the record, Jones’ track was meant to go out as a promotional flexi-disc with copies of the New Musical Express.
You Were There: The Complete LCD Soundsystem - Pitchfork
Mar 27, 2011 · Whether it was a rebuke to the highly stylized garage-rock outfits dominating NME covers at the time, or a manifestation of Murphy's devious tendency to freak-out techno-club crowds by dropping...
The Story Behind The Song: The Clash’s punk rock classic ‘Train in Vain ...
Feb 12, 2021 · The original intent of the band was to record a song to be pressed onto flex-disc as part of an NME promotional campaign once the recording sessions for London Calling were complete, unfortunately, the flexi-disc production proved too expensive and the idea was scrapped. The song, however, was far too good to simply shelve.
Forgotten audio formats: The flexi disc | Ars OpenForum - Ars …
Apr 10, 2017 · I used to subscribe to Kerrang a long time ago and they did a few cover flexi discs; one I definitely had was a Faith No More track called 'Sweet Emotion', which later surfaced with a...
It's Thin, It's Plastic, It's Back: Flexi Discs Find New Fans - NPR
Apr 18, 2015 · Pressed on thin plastic or coated paper, flexi discs first started appearing commercially in the 1960s. Cheap and easily distributed, they were sold at newsstands, stocked in vending machines,...
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