{
 "title": "SOFTWARE RECORDS, A BAD IDEA...",
 "date": "1977-07-01",
 "years": [
  "1977"
 ],
 "topics": [
  "Companies",
  "Software"
 ],
 "params": {
  "when": "JULY 1977",
  "image": "/media/history/images/timeline_vinylad_2.jpg",
  "oc_id": 30,
  "source": {
   "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20221215134357/http://www.old-computers.com/history/detail.asp?n=30",
   "date": "2022-12-15"
  }
 }
}

<img src="/media/history/images/timeline_vinylad_2.jpg"/> <br/><br/> <p>In July 1977, Software Records launched the first issue of its BASIC software collection recorded on a 12" vinyl record. User could directly transfer programs from its record player to its computer or tape a copy. Sadly, as soon as the vinyl record had a tiny scratch, recorded programs were unreadable. <br/><br/> The first advert (left) was optimistic: "If everybody who read this ad would order one, we would be sold out!" <br/><br/> The second advert came out three months later, it was like a S.O.S.: "If we don't sell a bunch of our BASIC Software Volume 1 albums quick, we'll get fired!". <br/><br/> Were they fired? One thing for sure: Basic Software Volume 2 never came to life... </p>