Lost Notes S1 Ep. 7: A Million Dollars Worth of Plastic
Published on May 17, 2018, 12:00:00 PM
Total time: 00:33:27
Published on May 17, 2018, 12:00:00 PM
Total time: 00:33:27
In 1989 McDonald’s ran the biggest flexi-disc promotion ever, sending out 80 million discs (playing the “Menu Song”) as inserts in newspapers all over the country. A very special copy of this record was almost burned to heat a family home in Galax, Virginia. Instead, it ended up winning the homeowner a million dollars.
This season on Lost Notes: Groupies. Women of the Sunset Strip from the Pill to Punk. From KCRW and Golden Teapot.