Unsound Festival director Mat Schultz first discovered sound postcards while digging around in the flea markets of Poland. A product of the late ’60s — vinyl records were hard to come by in the Communist era — each laminated print features a nostalgic image and audio technology that allows it to be played on a turntable. From Polish songs to hit Western songs, the sound quality is still grainy as if ripped straight from vinyl, with the imprint of the disc still intact.
Schultz has amassed hundreds of these cards that are now on display at New York City’s Devotion Gallery. View and listen to some of our favorites from the litter after the jump. Could this potentially be the resurgence of a forgotten medium?
Children of Paradise
Arel
Jadą wozy kolorowe
The Wings
Be sure to check out the rest of the the impressive collection at the Devotion Gallery through February 14th. As an added bonus, listen to the audio commentary by Mat Schultz himself about his fascinations with the postcards over a picture slideshow, produced by BBC’s Alex Gallafent.
Comments (7)
Very nice indeed. Cheesy image with cheesy tune. In your face Itunes you so can’t do this.
absolutely wonderful, totally inspiring, kudoos to you folks for seeing the beauty in this and sharing~ un abrazo desde tenerife
I’m a student at Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, and together with three of my colleagues, I did a project that has a lot in common with this postcards, including the nostalgia of being from the 60′s. You can check it here: http://dkds.ciid.dk/idp09/physical-computing/projects/linyl/
Amazing collection by the way.
Great article. It remembers my childhood. I used to hear such postcards cause my grandpa had a lot of them.
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[...] for a decent amount of time, you have probably heard about Poland releasing records as postcards (here are some examples. The concept has been revived in 2010 by Ceschi, who has released the 3-postcard/record Postcard [...]
I have two Black Sabbath Sound Cards. Nice to see someone dedicated to this!!
I am a Blondie/Deborah collector from the UK. Does anyone have any Blondie sound cards for sale or swap
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