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Sockpuppet Yustabe
March 16th 04, 06:46 AM
"Robert Morein" > wrote in message
...
> The Interstellar Vanguard Stereo Sampler -- guaranteed interesting to any
> creature with two ears:
> "Voyager 1 and 2 both carry a so-called "golden record" -- a 12-inch
> gold-plated copper disk that is actually a phonograph record. The disk
> carries greetings and an overview of our culture to extraterrestrials that
> may one day stumble across one of these man-made craft.
>
> The record includes samples of music; nature sounds such as thunder, waves
> crashing, bird songs; and greetings in multiple languages, including from
> then President Jimmy Carter and U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim.
> Pictographs on the disk explain how it should be played. A phonograph
needle
> is included."
>
> I wonder what cartridge they included.
>
> Is there also a discount coupon for a Stereophile subscription?
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/11/05/voyager.solar.boundary/index.html
>
>

BTW, the lp also includes some Chuck Berry.
I think its Johnny Be Good.




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