Vinyl records and tapes experimented with this, especially with the ability to have intricate groove paths that allowed songs to have alternate parts that the n

Vinyl records and tapes experimented with this, especially with the ability to have intricate groove paths that allowed songs to have alternate parts that the needle might "randomly" select or loop, or tapes designed to perpetually loop. Some of those practices are still in use today, on those formats: Jack White's label published his Lazaretto album with a number of vinyl tricks, including two different intro grooves for one of the songs,[1] and the recent milder resurgence in cassettes has gotten people experimenting with old tape-loop styles again.[2][3] 1: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/07/jack-white-ultra-lp-lazaretto https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/07/jack-white-ult... 2: https://www.guerrilladigital.cc/2021/03/10/i-spent-the-last-two-weeks-researching-and-making-endless-cassette-loop-tapes-and-this-is-what-i-learned/ https://www.guerrilladigital.cc/2021/03/10/i-spent-the-last-... 3: https://store.crypticcarousel.com/products/6-minute-endless-loop-cassette-w-soft-case https://store.crypticcarousel.com/products/6-minute-endless-... See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unusual_types_of_gramophone_records#Sound_recorded_in_locked_grooves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unusual_types_of_gramophone_re...