here), pressure-sensitive liquid crystals that changed color when the record was picked up, and a real holographic record. Shaped picture discs became common in the 1980s. These are mostly considered to be collecting items, rather than for listening as the sound quality is inferior to regular vinyl. Shaped picture discs are manufactured at full 12 inch size and then cut in various shapes using a cutting tool. Shaped picture discs are always singles rather than albums and are usually limited to a few thousand copies. Interview discs are quite commonly pressed as picture discs as well. List of (selected) picture discs First modern picture discs 1970 to 1979 Off II - Hallucinations featuring Various Artists (1969) The first modern picture disc pressed in Germany and released as a promotional disc. Air Conditioning by Curved Air (1970) One of the first modern picture disc conceived and designed by Mark Hanau. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield (1973) was released as a picture disc as well as its regular release Farewell Aunty Jack by Rory O'Donoghue and Grahame Bond (1973) was the first Australian picture disc Magical Love by Saturnalia c.1973. First non-compilation album to be advertised on television in Europe. Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath (Rare - Shows the cover art of their first album) 1974 (re-release of album as picture disc) The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd (1973) - picture disk edition 1974 or 1975. Boston by Boston 1976. Dreamboat Annie by Heart 1976. Shows Dreamboat Annie cover on front and back with text indicating the side number. Magazine by Heart 1978. Same as Dreamboat Annie except with Magazine's cover. Both were under the Mushroom Records label. To Elvis: Love Still Burning by 11 various artists, including Ral Donner. Produced by Jerry Osborne's Fotoplay label, and distributed by Pickwick International, has 11 songs of tribute to Elvis Presley (1978). Features a portrait of Elvis by Marge Nichols on both sides. The first of many Elvis picture discs, and North America's first commercially issued picture disc album by anyone — an event reported on the front page of Billboard magazine (August 28, 1978 issue). Elvis: A Legendary Performer, Vol. 3. Elvis Presley (1978). Issued by RCA about six months after the Fotoplay picture disc. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles (1978) Released in conjunction with the Robert Stigwood film production by that name. Q: Are We