Category: Mad Magazine

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Mad Magazine’s Multi-Groove Flexi-Disc

Remember the Las Vegas Roulette record with the “multi-groove“ in which the tonearm stylus randomly selects (at least, in theory) one of 38 separate grooves – one for each slot on the roulette wheel – so as to allow partygoers the ability to play roulette from the comfort of home? That’s

February 19, 2016 No Comments

"Alabama Women's Prison Blues"

First Women’s Prison Album?

As C. Eric Banister writes in Johnny Cash FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Man in Black: Johnny Cash made history by being the first major artist to record an album in a prison. Other country and blues artists followed: Mack Vickery with Live at the Alabama Women’s

July 6, 2015 1 Comment