Ridiculous format alert...

[nobody]

As if my recently buying a few cassettes weren't bad enough, now I stumbled on a release on about the most ridiculous format possible unless they wanna start putting out audio only betamax. Picked up a single on a flexidisc. Yup, that's right, a flexidisc; just like those things you used to cut off the back of cereal boxes. A ridiculous, ridiculous format with poor sound quality and just about no durability. But I gotta admit it is kinda fun, and I like the 2 songs on this thing, both semi-industrial sounding synth-rock sorta things. And, I must admit while not the ultimate in fidelity, I think they've taken this format about as far as possible and made a pretty decent sounding thing out of it. It's a single called Daily Life, by a band called Daily Life with another song called My Time. Here's a pic of the physical object:


and, here's a better detail of the label:


And if you're really curious, here's a link to the FLAC files I just burned in case you wanna hear how it sounds. Just a quickie burn, may redo later if I figure out how to make it better. But like I said, it's really not half bad sounding as is:
Daily Life Flexi.zip

[Hyfi]

Audio Only Betamax was my start into compilations. I actually just sold my Beta machine last year but still have a stack of blank tapes. The Audio portion of a Beta tape was superior to a VHS tape, that is why the tape was wider but just not long enough to compete. My Beta mix tapes were very good sounding.

[nobody]

I should have known better than to take a shot at Betamax. I'll keep my mouth shut now about Laser Discs.

[JDaniel]

I should have known better than to take a shot at Betamax. I'll keep my mouth shut now about Laser Discs.

Hey - I resemble that remark! I still have a Betamax machine, & I regularly watch movies from my 200+ LD collection.

No 8-tracks though.

[Rae]

I thought this thread was gonna be about these things.

~Rae