Multisided record


A multisided record is a type of vinyl record which has more than one groove per side. This technique allows hidden tracks to be encoded on LPs, 45 rpms and 78 rpms. On a disc that has a multi-groove, whether the listener plays the main track or the hidden track depends on where the stylus is cued.
The most frequently cited example of a multiple-groove record is Monty Python's infamous "three-sided" Matching Tie and Handkerchief album, issued in 1973. One side of the album was "normal"; the other contained a pair of grooves, each of which held different material.
Another memorable example of a multiple-groove recording was the 1980 flexi disc entitled It's a Super-Spectacular Day issued by MAD magazine. The disc played a standard introductory section about the start of a wonderful, "super-spectacular" day, then produced one of several different comedic "bad" endings to that day, involving such topics as alien abduction, zits, street violence, and the horrors of a visiting mother-in-law.
Other uses to which multiple-groove recordings have been put include various games where the outcome is determined by which of the record's multiple grooves is played.

Examples

Some records to have incorporated this feature, include:-