Speaking of records... sorta...?
In 1976, I ordered this 45 record from Dage Co., the company run by David Gerrold. It was the Theme From Star Trek as arranged and recorded by Charles Randolph Grean, who had been involved in writing and recording much of the material on Leonard Nimoy's albums. This was an awesome arrangement with a disco/rock sound, and I played it literally hundreds of times over and over (possibly thousands, if you ask my mother). I would put it on and let it repeat (yes, record players had that function) while I read some Star Trek item I had acquired or worked on something fun in my room like a model kit. I finally pulled it out again not too long ago and recorded it to my PC for safe-keeping... pops, skips, hiss, scratches and all. Hearing it again after all the intervening years brought back a flood of nostalgia and memories.
Enjoy this Windows Media file featuring U.S.S Enterprise images set to the Charles Randolph Grean Sounde version of the Theme From Star Trek.
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I had one of the original videodisc players, which I talked my parents into buying only because of the Trek discs. The store that sold the machines also rented discs, including Trek episodes. I also bought a few favorite episodes. The machines worked great, but infrequently would "skip" a bit. This format didn't last long.
Our family had one of these, and a collection of about fifty movies, including Star Trek TMP, ST2, and maybe even 3. Provided we kids didn't play with the search functions and scratch the discs, these all worked fantastically; even better than VHS in the long run. It's a shame that similar technology hasn't been maintained to this day - the nearest anyone has is Sony's minidisc.
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