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I believe there was a company in Scandinavia that also manufactured
flexies, perhaps beyond the geographic limits of Evatone¹s patents.
And in Russia, there was a ³Sound Journal² (zvukovoy zhurnal), ³Krugozor²
(transl. Outlook, or perhaps Horizon) that bound multiple flexidiscs into
each issue. Apparently Khruschyov had seen them in the West and thought
they were cool...
http://krgzr.tumblr.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krugozor
On 4/20/15, 9:32 PM, "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>These were called Evatone Soundsheets back in the day. I have the
>original demo kit that Evatone
>handed out at an AES meeting. It included a political promo speech by
>then governor Ronald Reagan,
>some various marketing records and a couple of generic pop tunes.
>Time-Life used these things
>widely, inserting them in magazines to sell such subscription series as
>"The Symphony," and "Legends
>of Jazz". There were also Evatone Soundsheets bound into World Book's
>Science Year annual. I have
>one about dog communications and one with whale or dolphin sound
>recordings. My cousin's high school
>chior put out a Christmas album on an Evatone Soundsheet. There was also
>one inserted in Audio
>Magazine to put sound to their 2-part series about the history of
>recorded sound.
>
>The Deerhoof book/soundsheet idea is fascinating. I wonder how feasible
>it would be today to have a
>book with bluetooth connectivity and an accompanying app for smartphones.
>When the page turned,
>different audio would play on the phone via bluetooth.
>
>-- Tom Fine
>
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