Vinyl Killer in Action

This little VW bus toy actually plays records. Not great sound, and it will destroy your vinyl.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• record
• vinyl
• album
• vw
• killer

[RRRicard0]

Haha, never seen this before. Can you make a video of it again, but driving the other way? So we hear it rewind =P

[jason0x21]

That actually sounds pretty cool. I may have to try that!

[Cole1494]

thumbs if you saw this on American Pickers

[jason0x21]

Actually, they figured out how to do that in the later 1980s. The record players are like ten thousand dollars.

[veryrandombutterfly]

@Cole1494

i saw it on pawn stars

XD

[whatsthattune]

@steurun It;s called A Strange Day ...

[whatsthattune]

You probably ruined a perfectly good Cure record for that ... just bought my Mother-in-law one for Christmas ... a Soundwagon that is, not a Cure record.

[PAULLONDEN]

"Ít wil destroy your vinyl"....don't moan, it's not difficult to find an old already damaged record▬▼▬

[socksumi]

This was manufactured as a joke product in response to a late 70's review in 'High Fidelity' magazine of the LIRPA VDRS (vehicular disc reproduction system) featuring a similar little car like device that played your records. This "review" by the magazine was intended as an April Fools joke (LIRPA spelled backwards is APRIL). Never the less most people believed it and asked where they could buy one.

[bagnumberthree]

I'd never use something like that to play a record. Hell, I don't even like to play LPs on my portable Wildcat player. How does that little gadget get the forward momentum needed to keep it from skipping?

[Music4PeaceToday]

This has to be one the most creative ways to destroy a record!

[frenchmarky]

Speaking of vinyl killing, my sis picked me up a 4-disc set of 78s for me to play on my acoustic Victrolas...except they were VINYL 78s! What the heck, the music stunk anyway so I tried one. You can actually *see* the grooves being shaved away as the record spins, ouch. Oh well they still sound pretty good for the first 2 or 3 plays and my Vics can't reproduce the high notes that are being ground off anyway : )

[frenchmarky]

Wow how does that thing stay so 'on track', 33 record grooves are mighty fine. Surprised it doesn't just skip and slide all over the grooves. Is it just running on rubber wheels with nothing attached to the center spindle like a fine wire that I can't see, or (?)

[kmoss1122]

Will it actually ruin your vinyl? Otherwise I might get one of those and try it on a few of my records.