X-Ray Vinyl Recordings

Posted on September 11th, 2006

x-ray-record.jpgI was quite fascinated by this page by József Hajdú about the old practice of using discarded x-ray fim as a recording medium for music. The end result is a weird type of picture-disc with so many layers of data.
"During the late 1930s and early 1940s the prevalent sound recording apparatus was the wax disk cutter. As a consequence of the lack of materials in the war-time economy, some inventive sound hunters made their own experiments with new materials within their reach. I do not know the name of the inventor who first utilized discarded medical X-ray film as the base material for new record discs; however, the method became so widespread in Hungary that not only amateurs, but the Hungarian Radio made sound recordings on such recycled X-ray films." - József Hajdú

[via Street Use]

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