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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 13165593, member: 301"]Key Details About the 1979 <i>MAD</i> Flexi-Disc</p><ul> <li><b>The Track:</b> Entitled "It's a Super-Spectacular Day", it was a comedy novelty song/sound experience. [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexi_disc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexi_disc" rel="nofollow">1</a>]</li> <li><b>The Trick:</b> The record featured multiple concentric grooves (typically 8 different versions) pressed into the vinyl. Whichever track played depended entirely on where you dropped the record player needle, giving listeners a random ending every time. [<a href="https://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/03/22/memories-of-mad-magazines-super-spectacular-day-the-record-with-random-endings/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/03/22/memories-of-mad-magazines-super-spectacular-day-the-record-with-random-endings/" rel="nofollow">1</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexi_disc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexi_disc" rel="nofollow">2</a>]</li> <li><b>The Format:</b> It was a square, ultra-thin, one-sided flexible plastic sheet (flexi-disc) designed to be played at 33 1/3 RPM on a standard turntable. [<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTHLNhCZSnY" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTHLNhCZSnY" rel="nofollow">1</a>, <a href="https://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/03/22/memories-of-mad-magazines-super-spectacular-day-the-record-with-random-endings/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/03/22/memories-of-mad-magazines-super-spectacular-day-the-record-with-random-endings/" rel="nofollow">2</a>]</li> <li><b>Release:</b> It was included as a bound-in insert inside <i>MAD</i> Super Special editions around late 1979 / 1980</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 13165593, member: 301"]Key Details About the 1979 [I]MAD[/I] Flexi-Disc [LIST] [*][B]The Track:[/B] Entitled "It's a Super-Spectacular Day", it was a comedy novelty song/sound experience. [[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexi_disc']1[/URL]] [*][B]The Trick:[/B] The record featured multiple concentric grooves (typically 8 different versions) pressed into the vinyl. Whichever track played depended entirely on where you dropped the record player needle, giving listeners a random ending every time. [[URL='https://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/03/22/memories-of-mad-magazines-super-spectacular-day-the-record-with-random-endings/']1[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexi_disc']2[/URL]] [*][B]The Format:[/B] It was a square, ultra-thin, one-sided flexible plastic sheet (flexi-disc) designed to be played at 33 1/3 RPM on a standard turntable. [[URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTHLNhCZSnY']1[/URL], [URL='https://kurtsthoughts.com/2010/03/22/memories-of-mad-magazines-super-spectacular-day-the-record-with-random-endings/']2[/URL]] [*][B]Release:[/B] It was included as a bound-in insert inside [I]MAD[/I] Super Special editions around late 1979 / 1980 [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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