Clark Boyd at Discovery News has filed the following report:

Nobody likes dust on a vinyl record right? The skipping, the popping, the scratching, etc. Well, what about dust in a vinyl record? Get ready for this. Andvinyly, a UK-based outfit, has this offer: after you die, you can have some of your cremated ashes pressed into a vinyl record. (A tagline on their website says, "Pressed for Time").

There are many different packages available. You can choose your own music, or none at all. You could even put the audio from your very best Powerpoint presentation. Think of the possibilities!

Anyway, after the screw-in coffin post a while back, the Great Beyond has been on my mind, I guess. That, and I'm a sucker for vinyl. So, I had an email exchange with someone at Andvinyly who goes by the online handle "The Undertaker." Here's our Q & A.

Q: How did you come up with the idea for Andvinyly?

The Undertaker: "We started about five years ago. The idea came through personal considerations about the inevitable. This was happening at the same time as a drastic reduction in demand for vinyl releases, which are a love of mine. Around the same time, I began to get glimmers that perhaps I wasn't invincible after all. I saw a story on an American chap who had his ashes put into fireworks for his family to enjoy. I loved this idea. I began to see that death does need serious consideration, but that this could be done in a light-hearted way. Our concept provides immortality in sound."

Q: Walk me through the process, then.

The Undertaker:

1) Confirm your location and the viability of these services in your area.

2) Identify a family member or chosen rep who will accompany you (your ashes) to the pressing.

3) Establish audio content and cover art

4) Attend the mastering of your record.

5) Receive playable proof sample of your record and cover.

6) Die.

7) Get cremated.

8) Your family member or chosen rep books and attends the sprinkling and pressing of your records.

9) Your chosen recipients are sent details of where to collect their copy of your personal record.

10) Live on from beyond the groove.

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