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A Company Will Press Your Ashes into Vinyl. Watch This Video.

Looking for an alternative to having your ashes scattered when you shuffle off this mortal coil and join the choir invisible? Music nuts have another option: transitioning into a vinyl record. From Ask.Audio.com (via Andrew)

There are many options at time of death for how we choose for our bodies to be treated and disposed of. UK based company, And Vinyly, have added a new option to the list. If you choose to be cremated your ashes couled scattered in a number of places or instead could be pressed into vinyl records.

The process isn’t cheap. The “basic package is £3000 (about $4000) and gets you 30 copies of the memorial record, each of which contains some of the provided ashes.” The music or sound on the vinyl records can be completely your choice. Perhaps audio recordings of the dear departed one or music to help be remembered by. There are also options to add artwork to the records.

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