{"id":582,"date":"2021-10-13T16:19:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T21:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vinylbro.com\/?p=582"},"modified":"2023-12-30T22:41:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T04:41:09","slug":"picture-disc-vinyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vinylbro.com\/picture-disc-vinyl\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is A Picture Disc Vinyl? Picture Disc Records Sound Worse?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
If you have ever been in a record store or even a mall store that carries some vinyl you have likely already seen a picture disc vinyl. These are the vinyl records that have a picture directly on their playing surface. Mostly used as collector items they are usually pretty valuable in the long run depending on the amount pressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So what is a picture disc vinyl? A picture disc vinyl is a vinyl record that has an image directly on the playing surface. Picture disc records are made by placing a piece of artwork between the vinyl puck and a clear sheet of thin polyethylene foil vinyl on both sides. These are then heated and pressed together to form the picture disc vinyl.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The process of producing a picture disc vinyl is usually hand done and takes a considerable more amount of time to produce. Since they are handmade they usually cost more despite the fact they do not sound as good as their standard counterparts. Amazon has a great selection of picture disk vinyl<\/a>. If you would like to learn how regular vinyl records are made we wrote a great article about how vinyl records are made<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is a list of example picture disc vinyl that we think look pretty cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n As you can tell there are many cool designs available on picture discs, some are highly collectible. If you have kids you can even get some awesome Disney vinyl on picture disc vinyl<\/a> which usually has the characters on them. Here are a few to check out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nCan You Play Picture Disc Vinyl?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n