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The Rise of "Hybrid" Vinyl-MP3s

Posted by kdawson on from the rejoicing-DJ dept.

Khyber writes to let us know that First Word Records, a U.K.-based record label, is now selling vinyl records that come with codes that allow you to download a 320-kbit MP3 of that record's content. The article mentions another independent label, Saddle Creek, that also offers DRM-free downloads with some vinyl records. The co-founder of First Word is quoted on why they didn't DRM the download: "Making a legal, paid-for version of the file less useful than a copied or pirated one doesn't make sense."

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  1. vye....null? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    What is this vye..null?

    1. Re:vye....null? by Reverend528 · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's an ancient musical recording that is etched into a circular rock. A bird presses it's beak to the stone and rotates it, producing sound.

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    2. Re:vye....null? by Mr+Jazzizle · · Score: 2, Funny

      I have 2 questions about that: Why is the bird on a turtle? Also, what's the turtle standing on? :P

    3. Re:vye....null? by Worthless_Comments · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's turtles all the way down.

  2. Hybrids everywhere by linguae · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess I will be looking forward to playing my hybrid vinyl records in my hybrid Toyota soon.

  3. The Fools! by zmollusc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't they realise that evil hackers will make multiple copies from the vinyl to audio cassettes and listen to it on portable tape players? Home Taping Is Killing music!

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  4. Re:Funny coincidence by TenBrothers · · Score: 2, Funny

    I must be old to see this comment as cute and quaint.

  5. The sky is falling, the sky is falling! by Opportunist · · Score: 2, Funny

    Making a legal, paid-for version of the file less useful than a copied or pirated one doesn't make sense.

    Someone selling content realizes the "value" of DRM? Excuse me for a moment, I gotta check for flying pigs. And could someone who has his number call the big red guy and ask him if the temperature in his home is still cozy?

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  6. Re:NOT better than CDs by neomunk · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are no such thing as analog values in this universe You tell that to my friend pi and his buddies. But be careful, I understand they can be quite irrational.
  7. Not a True Hybrid by PPH · · Score: 2, Funny
    Its not a true hybrid until they figure out a way to get MP3s to skip and warp if you leave them in a hot car.

    They do have MP3 turntables you can use to 'scratch' recordings.

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  8. Re:Possibly better than CDs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    (I'm just waiting for the dumbass who claims that CDs don't capture more complex waveforms than sines at 20kHz and vinyl will let him hear 20kHz sawtooths or something...)

    There he is

    People who think that vinyl can produce sound more accurately than SACDs or even CDs should be forced to use the superior accuracy of vinyl to encode digital data and see how much they can cram into the "infinite resolution" and "infinite sampling rate" (and read back without an error, of course). That would be fun to watch.