Pocket Disc
Pocket Disc was a type of flexidisc, made by Americom Corporation and experimented with in the late 1960s, small enough (Script error: No such module "convert". in diameter) to be carried in one's pocket or shipped in an envelope and not as fragile as a standard record, but playable on the standard manual-only phonograph or record player (at <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />33+1⁄3 rpm). The PocketDisc was cheaper than the Hip Pocket Records manufactured by Philco that sold them to be played on portable record players, which were specially created for the disks.
Twenty-eight major record labels participated in the trials, not including Columbia Records, RCA Records, Motown Records, and MCA Records.[1]
Artists who appeared on these disks included Aretha Franklin, Steppenwolf, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Diamond, The Five Americans, The Doors, Sonny and Cher, Merrilee Rush, and Joan Baez.[2] The disks were sold in vending machines for 50 cents or counter displays at stores for 49 cents,[1] was later reduced to 39 cents.[3] Each disk had a capacity of about 3.5 minutes of music per side. This meant songs like The Beatles' "Hey Jude" could not be played in their entirety.[4]
The disks were first released on September 15, 1968[5] and test marketed in several major cities in the United States, but did not catch on.[5] They were discontinued in 1969.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
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