[78-L] Story of the LP (queries)

[David Lennick]

Michael Biel wrote:
> Regular records cut into shaped discs was a big fad in the 70s and 80s.  
> The first major release was a red heart shaped disc on Motown.  There 
> were four leaf clover shaped discs in green with Irish songs, and 
> picture discs that were cut out in the shape of what the picture was.  
> The best was Toto's Rosanne which was a picture and shaped Grammy disc.

I presume you mean all those Rhino 4-tune LPs in the twelve-inch sleeves with 
every possible shape..turtle, Jewish star, fish. And there was one octagonal LP 
on Kapp, with a note not to play it on a changer..can't remember what it was, 
but it was an electronic soundtrack. Andromeda Strain?

dl