Cardboard record

Playability could be improved by placing a coin between the lock groove and the spindle hole to add weight and stability.

Two examples, both from the late 1980s, were Life Cereal's "Rock Music Mystery" and McDonald's' "Menu Song" contest, both of which were designed around audio "clues".

Certain songs credited to the fictional 1960s–1970s band the Archies were released as cardboard records printed directly on boxes of breakfast cereal.

Other artists—usually with a generally younger fan base—such as the Monkees, the Jackson 5 and Bobby Sherman also had records released on the backs of cereal boxes during this time.

"—featured a rhythmic belching sound (allegedly provided by the magazine's fictional mascot, Alfred E. Neuman) with a honking saxophone break played by an uncredited King Curtis.