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# Fisher-Price Record Player
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/fisher-price-record-player/
- Published: 2013-06-18T03:39:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-28T11:01:10.000Z
- Description: A new record for Canadian band Hilotrons takes it way back to a children's classic
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, Music, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25, #author-change-2025-05-28

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Records are making a comeback. We’ve discussed Beck’s [record player](http://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/06/beck-s-edison-bottle?ref=protein.xyz), Jack White’s[ triple decker record](http://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/02/the-triple-decker-record?ref=protein.xyz), [wooden records](http://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/05/wooden-record?ref=protein.xyz), [x-ray records](http://www.prote.in/en/feed/2013/02/x-ray-records?ref=protein.xyz), but this record just might be the most exciting of them all. Canadian label [Kelp Records](http://kelprecords.com/?ref=protein.xyz) has released world’s first double-sided Fisher-Price record single, featuring Ottawa-based synth-pop group [Hilotrons](http://www.hilotrons.com/?ref=protein.xyz). Issued exclusively for the beloved 1970s children’s toy, the double-sided release features “My Number” and “Not There Tonight” from the group’s 2012 album *At Least There’s Commotion*. Unfortunately, due to the toy’s limitations, the record features only 25 seconds of music, including half a verse and half of chorus of each song.   
  
Kelp label founder Jon Bartlett got the idea upon seeing the work of Fred Murphy, a designer who had hand milled a record of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” for Fisher-Price player. Barlett, a fan of the toy himself, had the idea to release a double-sided record. Nearly a year later, Murphy wrote an entire software program to convert the music into a playable record. The result is as innovative as it is nostalgic  
  
Due to cost, only five copies were made and released as part of a $99 package set that included Fisher Price Record Player, original Fisher Price disco collection, and a vinyl copy of *At Least There’s a Commotion*. The package was sold exclusively at Toronto’s International Label Market at NXNE.

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