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Company Presses Your Ashes Into Vinyl When You Die

Posted by samzenpus on from the music-of-the-soul dept.

Lanxon writes "Music lovers can now be immortalized when they die by having their ashes baked into vinyl records to leave behind for loved ones, reports Wired. A UK company called And Vinyly is offering people the chance to press their ashes in a vinyl recording of their own voice, their favorite tunes or their last will and testament. Minimalist audiophiles might want to go for the simple option of having no tunes or voiceover, and simply pressing the ashes into the vinyl to result in pops and crackles."

17 of 101 comments (clear)

  1. If you play it backwards by Theoboley · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will it play back demonic messages??

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  2. Webmasterbelli by WebmasterBelli · · Score: 3, Funny

    HEY! Get your stylus off of my B-side!

  3. Do NOT use the AKDL1! by IMightB · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do not play this record with a system that contains the Denon AKDL1.

    http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Link-Cable/product-reviews/B000I1X6PM

  4. OMG! You kill- (skip) by archer,+the · · Score: 2, Funny

    OMG! You kill- (skip)
    OMG! You kill- (skip)
    OMG! You kill- (skip)
    OMG! (thump) -stards!

  5. Re:Spin me round by smooth+wombat · · Score: 2, Funny

    It'll be nice to get a grove when I'm dead.

    A grove of what? Lemons? Oranges? Apples?

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  6. This was a Triumph by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm making a note here:

    HUGE SUCCESS.

    (I think thats how I'd like to be remembered)

  7. What song would you choose for yourself? by rainmouse · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Always look on the bright side of life"

    1. Re:What song would you choose for yourself? by pipingguy · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Sit On My Face" and have a monument near the headstone. Perpetual recording playing only if the visitor sits in the right place (pressure plate activated).

      That'd be even better than that famous Montreal inscription.

  8. Nowhere close to good enough usage by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's already in my will: when I die I want to be cremated and have my ashes blown in the faces of people who annoyed me.

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    1. Re:Nowhere close to good enough usage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think I'll have my urn sent to a stranger with a note that reads: "You did this." You know...just to mess with their head.

  9. YOu mean by geekoid · · Score: 2, Funny

    they won't presses my ashes into vinyl before I die?

    Can the be pressed into vinyl seat covers? Specifically Milla Jovovich bike seat cover.

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  10. Sure you'll listen to me now... by RevWaldo · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...now that it's too late.

    .

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  11. Audio will record? by CeruleanDragon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perfect. I'd create an audio will and when I die, have it recorded to the record. Then at the will reading have them play the vinyl. Then I want to be dipped in platinum and framed on a tombstone. Yes, perfect.

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  12. My kids... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    My kids would likely take one look at it, wonder what it was, and toss it in the trash.

    Can I get my ashes pressed into an ipod?

  13. Re:Zeppelin IV by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 2, Funny

    AAAAHHHH! Now that song's stuck in my head! Get it out!! GET IT OUT!!!

    P.S.: There's still time to change the road you're on.

    P.P.S: "but int the long run" - possible loss of precision

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  14. Re:Zeppelin IV by Critical+Facilities · · Score: 2, Funny

    AAAAHHHH! Now that song's stuck in my head! Get it out!! GET IT OUT!!!

    Sure, no problem:

    "I see a little silhouetto of a man Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango"

    That ought to do it.

  15. You're OK until... by WED+Fan · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're o.k. until your grandkid pitches you in trash trash because you won't play on his iPod SubPico

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