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+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'
+---
+
+![](/media/history/images/timeline_vinylad_2.jpg)
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+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.
+
+The first advert (left) was optimistic: "If everybody who read this ad would order one, we would be sold out!"
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+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!".
+
+Were they fired? One thing for sure: Basic Software Volume 2 never came to life...