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Want a musical memorial when you die? Have your ashes pressed into vinyl records

By Helen Davidson
Wed Sep 01 14:56:53 EST 2010 Wed Sep 01 14:56:53 EST 2010

THEY say vinyl is dead, but they didn't mean it literally.

A UK company has created the ultimate send-off for music lovers — have your remains pressed into a vinyl record.

And Vinyly, the creation of English record label boss Jason Leach, offers the service for around $3500 so you can "live on from beyond the groove!"

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Your ashes, or ashes of parts of you, are pressed into as many as 30 records, a process that Mr Leach said was not complicated.

Customers can supply audio, or choose music from the website's 'Raveyard', and then let their loved ones listen to a last message spinning around and around. Forever.

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Danielle of Brisbane Posted at 4:22 PM September 01, 2010

Cool... but I'm sure I'd end up in an op. shop after a few generations. Dead people records... 10 for $5.

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thomas of sydney Posted at 4:39 PM September 01, 2010

raveyard ...classic! still might end up at vinnies for a dollar though

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Adam of Perth Posted at 4:56 PM September 01, 2010

Would get this done for sure.

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Wayne of Sutherland (but working in BrisVegas) Posted at 5:06 PM September 01, 2010

Instead of "Play it again Sam", it would be "Play Sam again!!"

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Jane of Brisbane Posted at 6:09 PM September 01, 2010

Oh yeah, I'd be up for that - pressed into a copy of David Bowie's Ashes to Ashes...

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Jack Hombroek of Brisbane, going to Melbourne Posted at 7:09 PM September 01, 2010

Great! Now I can become part of my own artworks. I use vinyls covers to make the canvas background and break the vinyls before applying them. Current series include: Broken Wall (Pink Floyd), Broken Trash (Alice Cooper), Broken Wailer (Bob Marley), Broken Blues (J J Gale. So now I can plan for 'Broken Jack' and stay in the family for ever. I better update my will to get this in place.

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Sev of Perth Posted at 8:45 PM September 01, 2010

Sounds like a fantastic idea for people who want to get cremated. But I would still prefer to be buried. Your personal DNA will be with you for a while when you're 6 feet under. But when you're just a pile of ashes, I don't think any DNA can be pulled from it. My point is that if someday there was a way to bring people back using just fragments of DNA from bone, I would be ready.

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Jonathon of Brisbane Posted at 9:00 PM September 01, 2010

I would rather my ashes be pressed into an iPod or iPhone. Way cooler!

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