One of the most "real" features of vinyl records that I never really internalised until I started buying a few is that you can take a record out of its sleeve & look at the grooves to see how many tracks is on each side & how long each of the tracks is. You can also "skip" to tracks when playing (much better than tapes ever could) using this same method.

▲ clucas 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

For your amusement: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-19-me-10336-...

	▲	hinkley an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Oh I wasn’t misremembering that. `Penn [Jillette] said "If not for Randi there would not be Penn & Teller as we are today."`
	▲	quickthrowman 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Thanks for sharing, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything involving James Randi testing someone’s ability and actually verifying their claim, nice to see that not everyone is a bullshit artist!

▲ nesarkvechnep an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Early Hip Hop DJs used this exact property to go straight to the drum break and not waste time waiting for it.