It's a CD! It's a Record! It's a CD/Vinyl Hybrid!

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Nov 8th 2007 at 2:31PM

There's a small group of us who, in this digital world, has developed a fetish for all things analog. This obsession is particularly strong among musicians and music lovers. Vacuum tube amps, vintage synthesizers, and, of course vinyl records.

Optimal Media Productions is appealing to this fascination with good ol' records by adding a little value and novelty to your average CD. The comapny's new combo vinyl CD is a standard CD on one side and three-and-a-half minutes of pure vinyl goodness on the other.

The combination of the convenience of a CD and the coolness of vinyl isn't quite perfect, since there is only enough room for one song on the vinyl side. Even so, that little vinyl strip could provide the perfect place to add a bonus track.

From Wired

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Tags: analog, cd, hybrids, music, novelty, vinyl

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mickey @ Nov 8th 2007 3:17PM

I love vinyl records, but this is a dumb idea, especially when cd sales are down 17% this year.

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Carla @ Nov 8th 2007 4:08PM

Kind of dumb to just put 3.5 minutes of music on one side....most people don't even have record players anymore..I do..but most don't.

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JamesterDude @ Nov 8th 2007 5:43PM

I luv the idea of a retro hybrid
maybe an 8 track that plays music video's will be next LOL

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