WEIRD WAX
The 10 weirdest things pressed into vinyl records
Somewhat debunking the myth that we all buy vinyl because the music just sounds better when pressed into virgin black wax, this year has seen what feels like a dramatic increase in the number of records being pressed with basically anything that’s to hand – blood, piss, hair, string, leaves, your gran's ashes – you name it, if you can mix it into a vat of wax pellets someone’s tried to press it into a record.
From fish heads to Barry Manilow: The strangest shaped records ever made
Uniquely shaped vinyl and picture discs have been in existence since the 1930s, but the form truly came into its own in the eighties, when music embraced tacky and weirdness ruled.
Grain? Sand? Feathers? Razor blades? Meet Romanus Records, the tiny Indianapolis label taking vinyl into new, exciting, and occasionally dangerous territory.
10 of the weirdest vinyl records ever made
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