JAPAN
Eight ban Record
In 2004 Eight Ban Record marketed this new format to be played
on a low-fi record player made by toymaker Bandai.
It seems these did not sell very well and it died a rather quick death;
the vinyl revival was still a few years away.
However Jack White of The White Stripes fell in love
with this format
and brought it to America. He created 6 of these records
and sold them at shows
in 2005 as a novelty item
with the original Bandai record player.
Then in 2018 Michael Kurtz (co-founder of Record Store Day)
was introduced to the format while in Japan and decided
to offer them with a new Crosley table for RSD in April 2019.
For more information:
8BR initially pressed five series of 16 records each
and the Monkees were featured twice in the series "Oldies The Best".
Each record is approximately 8cm in diameter or about 3 inches,
is single sided and can play up to 4 minutes of music.
The word "ban" can be translated as "disc".
They came in a blind box format, with sealed generic outer sleeves.
You wouldn't know which records you were buying until you opened it.
Blind Box & Record Sleeve
WQJP-109
OB-15
367¥
(Theme From) The Monkees
WQJP-110
OB-10
367¥
Daydream Believer