I don't know where to put this?!! Vinyl question

rushofblood · Post by **rushofblood** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:07 am

hahaha I never thought I'd say this, but STYX did one of the most incredible things I've seen in my life. Their 1980 album, Paradise Theatre has this crazy holographic diffraction grating thing on it. And it's just amazing and beautiful to look at (I love all things rainbow and prismatic, no homo)

And. Where can I get someone to do this for my record??

http://www.jrholocollection.com/collection/foster.html

rushofblood · Post by **rushofblood** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:29 am

it's also insanely hard to photograph (obviously)

but here

inverseroom · Post by **inverseroom** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:31 am

Oh man, I totally had that record...

RodC · Post by **RodC** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:55 am

Is that your makup on the counter?

Stix fans....

joel hamilton · Post by **joel hamilton** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:05 pm

You know what does that really well?

A CD...

Erika record pressing used to do picture discs, which I am assuming that is actually what that is. I dont know if they are around anymore. I never used anyone else for a picture disc.

That is really cool use of a picture disc, though.... instead of the usual bad picture...

The one we did was a die cut picture of a hand.

EDIT:

erika totally still exists:

http://www.erikarecords.com/

Enjoy.

markmeat · Post by **markmeat** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:07 pm

THAT IS BEAUTIFUL!

rushofblood · Post by **rushofblood** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:35 pm

joel hamilton wrote: A CD...

Erika record pressing used to do picture discs, which I am assuming that is actually what that is. I dont know if they are around anymore. I never used anyone else for a picture disc.

That is really cool use of a picture disc, though.... instead of the usual bad picture...

haa

picture disc, really? I was thinking it could be laser etched, thousands of tiny lines real close together, since that's what causes a diffraction grating hologram in the first place? Maybe I'll send a letter to erika/pirate/whoever and ask them if they know

RodC · Post by **RodC** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:44 pm

I have 2 picture discs, they dont have that holograpic effect.

I still want to know if that is your makeup??

rushofblood · Post by **rushofblood** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:06 pm

RodC wrote:I have 2 picture discs, they dont have that holograpic effect.

I still want to know if that is your makeup??

I really don't see any makeup?? But I'm not against wearing it, and I'm a Marc Bolan fan, not a Styx fan.

Bear's Gone Fission · Post by **Bear's Gone Fission** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:13 pm

markmeat wrote:THAT IS BEAUTIFUL!

Yeah, too bad it's a Styx record . . .

Bear

Cellotron · Post by **Cellotron** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:05 pm

Split Enz also put out an album "True Colours" (which contained their one big hit "I Got You" - if you don't remember check out the vid at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv6oOxn1axw ) that had this effect - my older brother had this record and we would stare at the vinyl as much as we would play it -

a few details about it are at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_Enz -

When it was released on A&M it featured multi-coloured shapes cut into the vinyl by a laser. The process allowed the vinyl to throw out a strobe-like stream of colours under certain lighting conditions. True Colours was one of only three albums (the others being Paradise Theatre by Styx, also on A&M and the soundtrack to the Superman Movie) on which this effect was ever used.

Anyway - I believe Erika Records in California - http://www.erikarecords.com - can still make laser etched vinyl records. Probably not cheap to do though!

Best regards,
Steve Berson

joel hamilton · Post by **joel hamilton** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:02 pm

I should have typed: " Erika records can do this whatever it is ."

I always thought that was just holographic tuff under the grooves... I also thought that computers ran on magic, and that the earth was flat. Maybe the earth WAS flat at some point.

Lazer etching. Neato.

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:42 pm

inverseroom wrote:Oh man, I totally still have that record...

GLEA · Post by **GLEA** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:54 pm

there is a split enz etched disc. Might just be a 45... better band anyway...

rushofblood · Post by **rushofblood** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 10:08 pm

GLEA wrote:there is a split enz etched disc. Might just be a 45... better band anyway...

Yeah, I think it looks better on the styx record though, the split enz design is all big geometric blechzz

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