Entertainment For Lively Minds
Shaped Picture Disc Amnesty
As much as I love vinyl, one of the good things about the arrival of CDs is that it spelled the end for all those "limited edition" picture discs that bands and record companies used to shove out in a cynical attempt to nudge the record up a few places in the charts.
Having grown up in the 80s, I'm ashamed to say that I spent far too much pocket money on buying these pointless "collector's editions", with their cheap PVC sleeves, warped vinyl and a sound quality usually only found in bootlegs of AM Radio broadcasts.
Still, they say that the first step to recovery is to admit you have a problem, so here goes: "My name is Hawkfall and I bought this pointless record when it came out (even thought I already had the 7" single):"
You know, I feel a bit better now. Anybody else feel like sharing one of their own picture disc purchases from the depths of the 80s? A Tigertailz 7" single with their autographs laser-etched on the vinyl? A Bros interview picture disc?
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I have no idea where it is now,
but I once purchased a copy of 'Fish Heads' by Barnes and Barnes, as a fish head shaped picture disc. As you do.
Good job this isn't picture disc poker
Or else I'd be throwing my cards theatrically onto the table, saying "I compete with THAT".
Who the devil were Barnes & Barnes? I reckon that unless someone out there has a Mama's Boys or Scarlett Fantastic pic disc in their collection, then you're going to be hard to beat.
Another reason You Tube is wonderful:
The song kicks in at around 2.15
I haven't checked ebay, but I have a suspicion it won't be too hard to pick up. And if they happen to be selling for a truckload, please don't tell me - I don't think I could cope.
Who the devil were Barnes and Barnes?
Well one of them was Bill Mumy. Who was the child actor in Lost in Space."Danger! Will Robinson!"
He then went on to have a fairly major role in Babylon 5.
I'm sorry
I was young, and knew not what I was doing.
Exactly the one I was going to post
It was the first thing I ever eBayed.
Bought or Sold?
Yuk yuk!
And Good God.........
....they say
I had this in 1983 - £1.49
Loved it then...
Sold it at a record fair in the 90's for about a tenner(why?)
Want it back!!!!
I'm just too unhip
I loved all the gimmicky coloured vinyl, picture discs, shaped discs etc - they were all part of the rich vinyl tapestry, and occasionally you'd get something pretty memorable, if only momentarily.
Then again, I only bought songs I actually liked...and this one was a beaut (actually it was the B-side that was preferred) - come to think of it, it's the only shaped disc I own.
The Beloved
I loved picture discs - they made the track seem even more special. Not certain I'd even have bought this without the massive pink hand.
I have
the Guns N Roses Paradise City gun shaped pic disc that went into a leather holster amongst many (mostly metal) shaped pic discs. the Iron Maiden ones in late 80's were usally Eddie shaped
How about stupid novelty shaped CD single cases? This 12" long Alice Cooper job with the CD in the gun chamber
Serial Offender, Alice was
I had the Poison Cd single, which folded out into a bottle (see below). Mind you, he'd been doing it for ages, and i have to say that the Billion Dollar Babies vinyl packaging was brilliant.
Men At Work
No picture unfortunately but I seem to remember buying Men At Work's single in blue vinyl in the shape of Australia.
Bad Manners That'll Do Nicely
Sound quality was like actually playing Buster Bloodvessel's head on your turntable.
The Members
I had (possibly still do, but I don't remember seeing it when I tied up my singles a few months ago) a rectangular 7" version of Working Girl on red vinyl.
Oh god
Before reading this thread I had absolutely, completely forgotten that I once owned one of the following. The memory just surged out of nowhere One of very few records I have no regrets about having lugged down the 2nd hand store. I hope the world can forgive me for having bought it in the first place. It's not even so much the music on it - just look at the item - it's awful:
oh god again
Another burst of memory - it came with a stand. A stand! That's what the bit at the bottom was for. It slotted into a stand so you could display it. I might even have done that. I was young...
proof
I'm genuinely mortified. I'm going for a lie down.
Bloody Hell
That just might be the tackiest thing ever released by a major group. Even Queen never stooped that low.
Oh I remember the stands!
I have\had a Bruce Dickinson *eeek* "All the Young Dudes" *shudders* coffin shaped picture disc (that they buried his solo career in) which came with a stand.
Nurse, the screens!
I remember an Aerosmith logo shaped pic disc that was so warped at the end of the wings that it couldn't be played (a good thing)
Illustrations to be used in the upcoming book "DogFacedBoy : My Heavy Metal Shame"
"with free stand"
Ooh, EMI, you are spoiling us.
How about the record fair fave
the uncut shaped pic disc with the excess clear vinyl left on before cutting stage. I have a couple of these "rarities"
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I have
a Balaam and the Angel (anyone? No, thought not) one. Not aware that a cut version exists. Presumably someone at the record label saw how much it would cost to cut them, compared that to the likely sales of their ill-advised post-Cult and the Mission signing and decided not to bother.
Is it for this single?
You mean they released more than one?
*shudder*
yep - that's the one
Got a T.Rex Uncut Disc
Just looked at it again.
The clear vinyl has dis-coloured to a horrible muddy brown - looks a bit crap now.
The Thompson Twins
Confession is good for the soul.
Does anyone want to admit to buying all three pieces of the TT picture disc jigsaw?
Confessions
Does anyone want to admit to buying any Thompson Twins records?
Angus's hand broke off.
Angus's hand broke off. Still got it in the bag in case I ever try to fix it (maybe I could melt it back together?)
The there's the Iron Maiden "gone a bit mad" collection.
In 1988, with too much spare cash, and very little sense I bought just about every conceivable format of the Seventh Son album and its attendant singles.
I have 3 copies of the album (standard, special edition with banner and scarf, picture disc) plus Can I Play with Madness, The Evil That Men Do, The Clairvoyant and Infinite Dreams in all formats - usually 7", 12", Shaped Picture Disc & CD (note: I didn't even have a CD Player in 1988)
I like that
that's the special kind of insanity of the true fan
I just love this thread. I
I just love this thread. I remember picking up a couple of "RARE" Springsteen SHAPES in the early 80's - (with stands!) as an investment for the future !
They turned a nasty brown over the years, despite being filed away from sunlight. The absurd thing is I couldn't bring myself to throw them out. I have a suspicion they are still lurking in the basement.
That was the Cover Me single
That was the Cover Me single I reckon. I bought 2 iirc, one to keep (must try and dig it out) and one to display in it's cardboard plinth! I also recall buying two flag shaped singles from the Tunnel of Love era, the second of those was to replace the one I bought in a now forgotten (by me) Northern Town en route to a Wolves match and left on a chip shop wall. Not sure if I ever played any of them, but that was never really the point was it?
Nothing that a hundred men on Mars could ever do
...um...a friend bought it for me as a present, really.
They must have been up all night
..thinking up the design for that one.
The GPS had some teething problems
apparently the one with the
apparently the one with the black rim was the rarer of the two... OH GOD I STILL HAVE THE SICKNESS!!
As the "o" of Toto
rises high above the Serengeti
I've got this beauty somewhere
http://www.picture-disc.co.uk/ZZ-TOP-SLEEPING-BAG
Lurking somwhere
I have this Terraplane disc
Who are Terraplane? They're only the band that Thunder could have been.....
Well holy crap - even the
Well holy crap - even the brown ones are going for some money...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gary-Moore-Phil-Lynott-Out-Fields-Rare-Shaped-Pi...
You could use this as a zany weapon.
Dug out my singles at the
Dug out my singles at the weekend and came across these amongst others
http://goo.gl/DDJdb
Not strictly a picture disc, but I had a Wildhearts CD single
(Sick Of Drugs?) that came with a free lawn.
It was, as you might expect, a sheet of blotch with grass seeds impregnated into it. A gentle watering and, a month later, I had a verdant 6" sq. lawn on my windowsill.
Gary Numan - one or two
Warriors
I Can't Stop
Radio Heart
Cars (93 Sprint)
Berserker
