The keeper of Kempa.com wrote a wonderful article detailing the history of 70s and 80s era computer games distributed on vinyl as super-precious bonus track. The programs were recorded to isolated locked grooves as messy noise blasts meant to be recorded to tape and played back to a personal computer. Read on for details on what must be the geekiest promotional exploit ever, pioneered by Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks, The Thompson Twins, The Stranglers, and more.
So that's what happened to the Thompson Twins. Someone took them into a cave and left them there.
Posted by: Brian Turner | November 12, 2007 at 06:05 PM
those were the coolest. They were always on really flimsy transparent plastic.
Posted by: Steve PMX | November 14, 2007 at 08:14 AM
SIGSALY.
Posted by: toober | November 15, 2007 at 08:09 PM