You had to handle them with the same sort of care one might give a priceless vase.

They came individually or, on rare occasions, as a set of two.

There were also gold ones, and platinum ones.

Useless on their own, they had to be carefully placed on special equipment.

They held their data in a rippled channel, read by a jewel-tipped needle.

They were called LPs.


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