When I was a kid, all I wanted was a car with spinners on its wheels. Don’t ask me why, I just thought that’d make me the coolest nine-year-old in town. I’ve never given much thought to records with spinners, though—I guess because they don’t have hubcaps. They’re just a single piece of vinyl and everything’s already spinning. But could they spin more?!
Turns out they can. Disney announced Wednesday—as Gizmodo reports—that The Force Awakens vinyl will feature hand-etched holographic images of the Millennium Falcon and a TIE Fighter (on discs one and two, respectively) that, at the right angle, spin atop the record.
In designing the record, the creators sought ways to enhance the user experience. “This is an all-analog process,†said artist Tristan Duke in the promotional video. “Just like the music on the record—the grooves are carved into the record and recording sound—I’m actually carving grooves of a different kind that record light.â€
Disney suggests shining a mobile phone or some other direct light source onto the vinyl to get the best, eye-popping 3-D experience. If it truly works well—and it does admittedly look pretty sweet in the video—it may at least partially rationalize Disney’s $50 asking price.
The Force Awakens two-disc package will be available here on June 17. Let us know what you think of the hologram idea in the comments, and check out the film’s John Williams-scored tracklist below:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Two LP Hologram Vinyl Tracklist:
- Main Title and The Attack on the Jakku Village
- The Scavenger
- I Can Fly Anything
- Rey Meets BB-8
- Follow Me
- Rey’s Theme
- The Falcon
- That Girl with the Staff
- The Rathtars!
- Finn’s Confession
- Maz’s Counsel
- The Starkiller
- Kylo Ren Arrives at the Battle
- The Abduction
- Han and Leia
- March of the Resistance
- Snoke
- On the Inside
- Torn Apart
- The Ways of the Force
- Scherzo for X-Wings
- Farewell and The Trip
- The Jedi Steps and Finale
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IMAGES: Disney Music Emporium
