Interesting(picture disc/Dr. Strange Rec. related)

[Guest noeffinidea]

Inquiring if anyone else has seen/owned this or any records pressed like it...

A Strange Compilation (Dr. Strange records; feat. Face to Face, Guttermouth, The Bollweevils, Rhythm Collision, Jobbernowl, and 12 Pack Pretty) Picture Disc 12"

Found this in a used bin at a local shop this evening. It was only $9.99 and having Face to Face and Guttermouth on it was enough to spark my interest, in addition to being hand #'d. What's interesting is the way the disc was made. Being a one-sided 12" picture disc was interesting enough to me, I don't think I've seen a one-sided picture disc in any size before. In addition, the B-side is a grooveless slab of marble purple wax. This seemed pretty unique to me to plate a picture disc over colored vinyl.

So two questions for all your VC'ers: 1. Do you own or have you ever seen something pressed similar to this? 2. Now, I don't know much at all in terms of plating slabs of vinyl, but aren't picture discs usually plated on a base of black vinyl? I ask the second question because I'm sure every picture disc I have or have seen usually has a black edge around the outside of the vinyl before the picture part starts.

Sorry if I'm a little vague in this post. Here's some visuals to get a gist:

Let me know guys and gals!

[xjustinxschwierx]

i have this, what are you asking?

[thesack18]

Do you own or have you ever seen something pressed similar to this?

Now, I don't know much at all in terms of plating slabs of vinyl, but aren't picture discs usually plated on a base of black vinyl?

[Guest noeffinidea]

Mainly I was just wondering how often one-sided picture discs get pressed. I have just never seen one where it was a picture disc on one side and normal wax on the other.

[xjustinxschwierx]

this is the only one sided picture disc I can think of...i don't fully understand the process of how they press those things, so I don't know.

[scottheisel]

I always thought picture discs were pressed on clear vinyl and they just put the inserts inside them while pressing. Am I totally off?

[Guest kevinb]

the recent pressing of the american football ep lp is one sided

[Guest noeffinidea]

This is interesting. Perhaps I'll take a little time tomorrow afternoon to research the process a little bit. Never really thought about it too much until I came across this little sucker. One thing I think about with pic. discs is the (usually) sub-par sound quality, so it would be cool to research it a bit and see what about the process of pressing them brings about the lowered quality.

[Guest noeffinidea]

the recent pressing of the american football ep lp is one sided

Picture discs aside, both the "3 Songs" and "4 Songs" 12"s from I Hate Myself are one-sided. I think it's becoming a more popular thing to do lately especially with B-side etchings becoming more commonplace.

[monk0nuggets]

I always thought picture discs were pressed on clear vinyl and they just put the inserts inside them while pressing. Am I totally off?

I could also be wrong, but I don't think that is correct, because a lot of picture discs have that black ring around the outside. To me that means they aren't completely clear. Examples:

[mrc]

i have this comp with a black back and another with a green.

wanna get rid of this let me know.