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A similar interesting usage of a exotic medium for pressed music are the bone records or "rib records", apparently used to smuggle western music into Soviet [1]
by runeb 6y ago
A similar interesting usage of a exotic medium for pressed music are the bone records or "rib records", apparently used to smuggle western music into Soviet [1]. I've also heard of pressing music into postcards, but cannot find a good source on that at the moment.
[1] https://www.npr.org/2016/01/09/462289635/bones-and-grooves-weird-secret-history-of-soviet-x-ray-music https://www.npr.org/2016/01/09/462289635/bones-and-grooves-w...
- severine 6y agoWow, thank you! Rib records are an even deeper rabbit hole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribs_(recordings) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribs_(recordings) On vinyl postcards, there's at least one current label pressing them: http://www.vinylpost.co/releases/ http://www.vinylpost.co/releases/ (not affiliated). There goes my morning...