IanRees Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 This thing looks pretty awesome. $98 gets you * Cloth-covered box with gold foil inlay * Three translucent gold, heavyweight vinyl LPs in poly-lined paper sleeves * Three old-style tip-on jackets, black ink and gold foil * Hardback, full-color book * Lithograph of Voyager Golden Record cover diagram, gold metallic ink on archival paper, 12" x 12" * Full-color plastic digital download card for all audio of the Voyager Golden Record (MP3 or FLAC formats) Quote In 1977, NASA launched two spacecraft, Voyager I and II, on a grand tour of the solar system and beyond, into the mysteries of interstellar space. Mounted to each of these spacecraft is a stunning golden phonograph record, an interstellar message to introduce our civilization to extraterrestrials who might encounter the probes, perhaps billions of years from now. The Voyager Golden Record contains the story of Earth expressed in sounds, images, and science: Earth's greatest music from myriad cultures and eras, from Bach and Beethoven to Blind Willie Johnson and Chuck Berry, Senegalese percussion to Solomon Island panpipes. Dozens of natural sounds of our planet -- birds, a train, a baby's cry -- are collaged into a lovely sound poem. There are spoken greetings in 55 human languages, and one whale language, and more than one hundred images encoded in analog that depict who, and what, we are. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ozmarecords/voyager-golden-record-40th-anniversary-edition?ref=project_share Tommy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vector53 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 It's a very neat historical mixtape by Sagan. Would I buy this? Probably not. hammertime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanRees Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 With how much my buying habits have changed over the last few years. Ill buy this before the next nostalgic re-press of whatever band I listened to 10 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammertime Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 51 minutes ago, Vector53 said: It's a very neat historical mixtape by Sagan. Would I buy this? Probably not. Yeah it's cool, but not $98 cool. No one will ever listen to this more than once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clerk3745 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I won't buy this but I will listen to the OG when it gets here. Tommy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecayToDeath Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I saw this and thought it would be cool to get a single LP for like $20, but as for the box set, it's too pricey for the novelty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NapalmBrain Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 not having the etching seems like a missed opportunity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clerk3745 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 23 minutes ago, NapalmBrain said: not having the etching seems like a missed opportunity Third Man's got you covered https://www.discogs.com/Carl-Sagan-A-Glorious-Dawn/release/2009572 ksleap and NapalmBrain 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyfranciosa Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I have Sagan's Pioneer Plaque solar system drawing tattooed on my forearm, so I have to get this. Pretty stoked. hammertime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EHughes527 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Wow, they got $100k+ funding in 24 hrs. Was sitting at sub-$90k yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moglog Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 http://www.theonion.com/article/alien-still-hasnt-gotten-around-to-listening-to-wh-28220 EHughes527 and hammertime 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedumb Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 I was possibly interested but glad I found this: https://m.soundcloud.com/nasa/life-signs-pulsar?in=nasa/sets/golden-record-sounds-of Also, kind of shocking that copyright claims prevented a Beatles song being sent. You gotta watch out for alien bootleggers, ya know. "Carl Sagan suggested that The Beatles song "Here Comes the Sun" be included on the record, but the record company EMI, which held the copyrights to the song, declined.[8]" - wiki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardboard_Robot Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 I just saw some pre orders for this if people are still interested in it. Looks like it's coming out for the Holidays. http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/kltt/#tabs http://www.ozmarecords.com/product/voyager-golden-record-3xlp-box-set Not really my thing, but kind of neat for a vinyl/space buff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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