As useful as a chocolate record
I won a prize at a funfair booth, sometime around 1980. The prize was any record from a pile of singles, that turned out to be great unknowns by great unknowns... a random selection that was probably rescued from the bins behind the record factory.

But, I managed to find an absolute gem: the "Yorkie" song, an extended version of a song on a Yorkie chocolate advert. At that time Yorkie was big in popular culture (remember "I Like Truckin'"?), and the record sleeve was made to look like the chocolate wrapper. But the really cool part was that the record itself was rectangular! About 200 x 150 cm of brown vinyl, that really did look like chocolate!

Naturally, the music was forgettable, but the record itself was wonderous to behold. I've still got it somewhere.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Tue 3 May 2011, 14:17, 5 replies)

POIDH

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 3 May 2011, 15:37, closed)

Found it:


More info: www.45cat.com/record/sjet12123
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Tue 3 May 2011, 15:51, closed)

"About 200 x 150 cm of brown vinyl"
I'd like to see the record player that can handle that.
(oball needs Satan more than he needs me, Tue 3 May 2011, 16:17, closed)

As you can see above
The grooves are conventionally laid out. The diagonal size was the same as a 12" LP, so it played on any normal turntable.

Looked freaking bizarre as it went round, though!
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Tue 3 May 2011, 17:03, closed)

Pst.
I think you meant 200mm * 150mm...
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Tue 3 May 2011, 17:42, closed)