Immortalize Yourself In Music: Have Your Remains Pressed As a Vinyl Record

By Rebecca Boyle Posted 08.30.2010 at 11:43 am 7 Comments

Rest In Vinyl AndVinyly.com

For those who can't afford to have their ashes sent to space or who may not like the notion of being screwed into the ground post-mortem, here's another solution: have your ashes pressed into a vinyl record and spin for all eternity.

For about $3,000, your cremated remains, parts of your remains, or your pet's remains can be immortalized in a limited-edition run of 30 records. In a 24-minute segment, you can record your final thoughts or your favorite songs, or you can pay extra to have a UK band write a song for you.

The company, And Vinyly, says you can "live on from beyond the groove."

UK record-label founder Jason Leach, who is also part of a couple techno groups, came up with the idea after contemplating his own mortality, according to Wired UK. His mother started working at a funeral home, and he saw a TV program that showed someone in the U.S. putting ashes into fireworks.

The basic package, which costs $3,000, includes standard "Rest In Vinyl" artwork decorating up to 30 albums, with audio provided by you. For extra fees, you can add in exclusive artwork, where UK artist James Hague adds your ash to the paint; original music by artists on Leach's record labels; and even worldwide distribution in record stores.

The Web site is a bit cheeky -- it includes a link to a "raveyard," which simply shows a bunch of headstones splashed in pulsating color.

But it's a unique way to spend eternity once you shuffle off your mortal coil. Hey, you can't do it with an MP3.

[Wired UK via Fast Company]

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usleef

08/30/10 at 1:12 pm

"You spin me right round baby right round
like a record baby right round, round round..."

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blackspike2710

08/30/10 at 6:38 pm

Hell of a lot better than launching them into space.

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Dustin2127

08/30/10 at 10:27 pm

@blackspike2710
why? I'd rather go to space. Anyway, this is rather interesting, but who would actually play the record pressed out of the remains of their deceased loved one?

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poopshoop

08/31/10 at 10:39 am

i want some of my ashes on a vinyl record
some in space
some in yankee stadium

the rest can go to a tree. chop it down and make bibles out of it. i dont care. by then, the "Religion" sections of all libraries will finally be relabeled "Fiction"

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V3RTIGO

08/31/10 at 6:44 pm

Soooooooooooooooooo... what parts of my remains will they use...

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jeditalian

09/03/10 at 2:44 am

why wait til you're dead, when you can have green day's Dookie album pressed out of your own dookie? i think it would be the shit!

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Phoghat

09/04/10 at 2:16 pm

Pi * R^2? Pi are round, cornbread are squared
Who even owns a turntable anymore?

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