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A '''multisided record''' is a type of [[vinyl record]] that has more than one groove per side. This technique allows [[hidden track]]s to be encoded on LPs, 45 rpms and 78 rpms. On a disc that has a multi-groove, whether the listener plays the main track or the hidden track depends on where the stylus is cued.

The most frequently cited example of a multiple-groove record is [[Monty Python]]'s infamous "three-sided" [[Matching Tie and Handkerchief]] album, issued in 1973.<ref name="Frank Jacobs">((cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/jacobs_frank.htm|title=Frank Jacobs|website=Lambiek.net|access-date=10 April 2021))</ref> One side of the album (both sides were labeled "Side 2") was "normal"; the other contained a pair of grooves, each of which held different material (later pressings of the record did not include the double groove).

Another memorable example of a multiple-groove recording was the 1980 [[flexi disc]] entitled [[Mad (magazine)#Recordings|It's a Super-Spectacular Day]] issued by [[MAD magazine]].<ref name="Frank Jacobs"/> The disc played a standard introductory section about the start of a wonderful, "super-spectacular" day, then produced one of several different comedic "bad" endings to that day, involving such topics as [[Abduction phenomenon|alien abduction]], [[Acne vulgaris|zits]], street violence, and the horrors of a visiting [[mother-in-law]].

Other uses to which multiple-groove recordings have been put include various games (such as horse races or mystery games) where the outcome is determined by which of the record's multiple grooves is played.

==Examples==
Some records to have incorporated this feature, include:-

* So-called ''Puzzle Plates'' produced by the Gramophone Company in London in 1898 and 1899: these were discs with two interleaved tracks, issued as E5504, 9290, 9296.<ref>see for instance: https://www.kellydatabase.org/</ref> Their most famous was a three-track ''Puzzle Plate'' (9317) recorded in January 1901 and given as the prize for a competition, for which several master recordings had to be made, distinguished by suffix letters against the catalogue number.<ref>see: https://www.kellydatabase.org/</ref><ref>advertised in (amongst others) ''Illustrated London News'', 9 March 1901</ref>
* One of the earliest examples of a three-track side was a 1901 Pre-Dog Victor A-821 Fortune Telling Record. This is a multi-Track disc with three recording tracks that go all the way through the record. It is titled "Fortune Telling Puzzle Record a song and two Fortunes, See if you can find them."<ref>((Citation|last=Bruce Victrolaman Young|title=Victor VV-VI Victrola plays - 1901 Fortune Telling Pre-Dog Victor Record - Early Multi Track Disc|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhZQpFKLuEE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/MhZQpFKLuEE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2018-12-06))((cbignore))</ref>((Better source needed|reason=YouTube is generally not considered a reliable source, but this video clearly establishes [[WP:V]] and I haven't been able to find anything better.|date=December 2018))
* "The Fortune Teller Song," a 1951 single by the [[Fontane Sisters]] (RCA Victor 4106), contained four different versions of the song, each with a different ending.<ref>((Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rx8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29|title=The Billboard / This Week's Mailbag|date=March 31, 1951|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=29|language=en|quote=When heads cleared at last week's M.O.A. convention in Chicago, it was the record with four endings that every coin op was talking about....))</ref>
* "[[Laura Scudder's]] Magic Record," a 1969 record produced by [[George Garabedian]]'s [[Mark 56 Records]] and offered as a promotional give-away by Laura Scudder's Potato Chips.  Each side contained three different songs that would play at random depending upon the drop of the stylus.((Citation needed|date=December 2018|reason=There's a few blogs, etc, that mention this, but I can't find any [[WP:RS]]))  https://www.discogs.com/Various-Laura-Scudders-Magic-Record/release/10469094
* "[[The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief]]" (1973), on its original pressing one of the LP's "side two"'s had twin grooves, thus making a three-sided LP.<ref>((Cite book|title=Monty Python: A Chronology, 1969-2012, ed ed.|last=McCall|first=Douglas|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc|year=2014|isbn=978-0-7864-7811-8|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|pages=30–31|quote=The album [...] is originally released as a three-sided record; that is, one of the sides has two parallel sets of grooves, each containing a different set of tracks.))</ref><ref name=":0">((cite magazine|date=May 17, 1979|title=Listening is just luck|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BOsKVgqs6LoC&pg=PA550|magazine=New Scientist|publisher=Reed Business Information|page=550|access-date=6 December 2018))</ref>
* Some editions of [[The Goodies|The Goodies']] "[[The Funky Gibbon]]" single (1975) have a double grooved title track with alternative [[Coda (music)|codas]].
* A special 12" version of [[M (band)|M]]'s single "[[Pop Muzik]]" (1979) features "Pop Muzik" and "M Factor" on one side.<ref name=":0" /><ref>((Cite book|title=101 Songs to Discover from the Seventies|last=McCarraher|first=James|year=2012|isbn=978-1-4478-1078-0|pages=247|quote=If you ever find a copy of the 12" single, certain versions were double grooved, so it was pot luck whether you got the A or B side depending upon where you placed the stylus on the record.  Others had a closed groove at the end so the final word of the song, 'clear', played repetitively.))</ref> The single was credited on its cover as "The first 'Double Groove' single", although this claim is questionable.<ref name=":0" />
* [[John Cooper Clarke|John Cooper Clarke's]] 7" Splat/Twat S EPC 7982 (1979) has Twat (live recording) and Splat (censored version) on two grooves on the A side.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://punkygibbon.co.uk/bands/c/clarkejohncooper_splat.html|title=John Cooper Clarke - Splat/Twat|website=Punky Gibbon|access-date=2018-12-06|quote=a twin grooved single recorded live at the marquee and messed about with at moinair (liner notes)))</ref>
* ''[[Henny Youngman]]'s 128 Greatest Jokes'', a 1980 [[Rhino Records]] LP, featured four-track mastering that allowed for a different random selection of Youngman's jokes to be heard each time the album was played.  Rhino promoted the gimmick as "Trick-Track" recording.<ref>((Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rf1XDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT258|title=The Rhino Records Story: Revenge of the Music Nerds|last=Bronson|first=Harold|date=2013-10-22|publisher=BookBaby|isbn=978-1590791288|at=Chapter 10 (The Andy Warhols of the Music Industry)|language=en|quote=... one side was mastered with two concentric grooves.  When the listner plopped the [stylus] onto the disc, he didn't know which of the two tracks he would hear.))</ref>
* The Original single release of [[Metro Music | Saigon]] by [[Martha and the Muffins]] features a double grooved B-side of 'Copacabana', where one groove plays the song backwards while the former plays it regularly.
* The LP ''[[You're the Guy I Want to Share My Money With]]'' (1981), featuring a "three-track" side: each track contained a different recording of the title song, alternately performed by [[Laurie Anderson]], [[William S. Burroughs]], or [[John Giorno]].
* The 12" single "Catalogue Clothes" (1986) by [[World Domination Enterprises]] has a double groove on the B-side. The two tracks are different mixes of "Dans Une Ville.
* Basia's 1987 10" Promises/Give me That has two grooves, Groove A is Promises (French Mix) and Groove 2 is Give me That. What makes it more special is it is on white vinyl.
* The 10" single of [[Alexander O'Neal|Alexander O'Neal's]] "[[Criticize (song)|Criticize]]" (1987), features two versions of the title song on side A.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Alexander-ONeal-Criticise-Double-Groove-10-Edition/release/1199707|title=Alexander O'Neal – Criticise (Double Groove 10" Edition) (1987, Double Groove, Vinyl)))</ref>
* A special 12" version of [[The Sugarcubes]]' single "[[Birthday (The Sugarcubes song)|Birthday]]" (1988) features one groove containing "Christmas Eve" and the other containing "Christmas Day"; both are different recordings of "Birthday" featuring [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]].
* The 12" single of [[Me Myself and I (De La Soul song)#3-sided 12.22 single|Me Myself and I]]  (1989) by [[De La Soul]]
* The 12" single of [[Kate Bush]]'s "[[The Sensual World (song)|The Sensual World]]" (1989), with one track containing the standard vocal version and the other playing an instrumental version.
* The 10" single of the [[Fine Young Cannibals]]' "[[Good Thing (Fine Young Cannibals song)|Good Thing]]" (1989), which held two different mixes of the same song.
* The 12" version of [[Tool (band)|Tool]]'s "[[Opiate (album)|Opiate]]" EP (1992) features one track that will play either "The Gaping Lotus Experience" or "Cold and Ugly (Live)" depending on where the stylus is placed.
* The double-LP release of [[Marillion]]'s 1994 [[concept album]] ''[[Brave (Marillion album)|Brave]]'' featured a double groove on the second side of the second record. The first groove played the regular track listing ("The Great Escape" and "Made Again"), while the second played only an alternate version of "The Great Escape" with different lyrics, presenting an [[alternate ending]] to the album's narrative.
* The Record Store Day 2011 exclusive 10-inch single of “Things Change” by [[Dom (band)|Dom]] features a double-grooved A side that plays a different song depending on where the stylus is placed. Both tracks are listed on the label.
* The LP version of ''[[Disco Volante (Mr. Bungle album)|Disco Volante]]'' (1995) by the [[avant-garde metal]] band [[Mr. Bungle]] contained a hidden groove during "Sleep Part II: Carry Stress In The Jaw" with an untitled hidden song.
* The 7" version of [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]]'s 1995 single "[[Only Happy When It Rains]]" features a double groove on the side B. Depending on where the stylus is placed, it plays either "Girl Don't Come" or "Sleep".
* Scntfc's 2012 7" vinyl album "Sword & Sworcery: Moon Grotto 7" had a double groove containing a secret audio message.
*The 12" version of the album [[Behind The Sun (Motorpsycho album)|Behind the Sun]] (2014) by [[Motorpsycho (band)|Motorpsycho]] contains two instrumental tracks that are cut in parallel such that the stylus will randomly play one of the two songs.
*Jack White's album [[Lazaretto (album)|Lazaretto]] (2014) has a double groove featuring two unique intros to the same song, one acoustic and one electric<ref>((Cite web |date=13 May 2014 |title=New Jack White LP 'Lazaretto' is Full of Cool Vinyl Tricks |url=http://laughingsquid.com/new-jack-white-lp-lazaretto-is-full-of-cool-vinyl-tricks/))</ref>
*The UK based Electro-jazz band, "1201_Alarm" released their début album, "Hello_World" in 2020, which has two tracks on side 4 that are cut in parallel such that the stylus will randomly play one of the two. Each track contains an interview with a prominent scientist and a remix of earlier tracks from the album and does not appear on digital releases.<ref>((Cite web |title=Hello_World |url=http://www.1201-alarm.com/hello_world.html |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=1201_Alarm |language=en))</ref>

==References==
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