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Before the advent of the compact disc, flexi discs were included with many music magazines. A flexi disc could be molded with music and bound into the text with a perforated seam, at very little cost and without any requirement for a hard binding. One problem with using the thinner vinyl was that the stylus's weight, combined with the flexi disc's lack of weight, would sometimes cause the disc to stop spinning on the turntable and become held in place by the stylus. For this reason, most flexi discs had a spot on the face of the disc for a coin, or other small, flat, weighted object to enforce the circular motion. If the turntable's surface is not completely flat, it is recommended that the flexi disc be placed on top of a full sized record. Today we have the BEAT HAPPENING 53rd & 3rd flexi of Honey Pot / Don't Mix The Colors.