Beach Boys "GIDE PARK". Flexi-disc, 7", 45 RPM, Single Sided, Picture Disc, RARE
$
100
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The only place on the internet that I found details about this item was on discogs.com. Tracklist: A side: Graduation Day, Catch A Wave, Surfin' USA, I Get Around, Little Old Lady from Pasadena. Written-By [Uncredited] – Adrian Baker, Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry, Don Altfeld, Joe Sherman, Mike Love, Noel Sherman, Roger Christian.
Statistics from Discogs: Have: 0 Avg Rating: NA Ratings: None Last Sold: Never
Popsike.com listed it, but knew less about it than Discogs.
The paper sleeve/cover has a cute kitty on the front along with the data about what the flexi-disc is, the reverse of the cover is blank. At the top of the sleeve, to the right of the kitty, it says in Polish: POCZTOWKA DZWIEKOWA, which translates to cardboard record. Inside the sleeve a pristine photo of a beautiful creek in a forest in the fall. There is a matrix number: 7112105. The disc is 7" square. There is a single track less than 1" wide, which means it just samples the 5 Beach Boys songs. There is no sign of wear. This flexi-disc has not been played. Two of the corners have less than 1/8" tiny separation of the vinyl sheet with the grooves from the thin layer of stiff cardboard it is molded to. The rear of the flexi-disc has the same data as on the sleeve/cover. (In my photo of the forest, the paper overlap that you see, especially on the left side is from the sleeve which I put under the disc. This is why I only graded the sleeve/cover G+. The flexi-disc itself is outstanding. By the way, there is what looks like a 6 about an inch below the spindle hole. This is where you would place a coin to add weight to the flexi-disc so it wouldn't stop spinning due to the weight of your tonearm, especially in 1978 when you could not always alter the weight of the tonearm with a counterweight.
"The flexi disc (also known as a phonosheet or Soundsheet, a trademark) is a phonograph record made of a thin, flexible vinyl sheet with a molded-in spiral stylus groove, and is designed to be playable on a normal phonograph turntable. Flexible records were commercially introduced as the Eva-tone Soundsheet in 1962, and were very popular among children and teenagers and mass-produced by the state publisher in the Soviet government." Wikipedia
Now you have seen it all. This is for the Beach Boy collector who can't resist a new Beach Boys record on EBAY. How about $10,000. This is an auction with a Reserve, so good luck.
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