Buying a Gold Record?

What do you make of this?
Blue Oyster Cult
and this?
Pat Benetar

Do these play? Are they better than vinyl?

cdc04-24-2012 5:12am

cdc OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,412 posts 04-24-2012 at 02:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete This is so cool Guitar lighter The guitar (stem?) lights up when you flick the lighter.
philjolet Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,262 posts 04-24-2012 at 03:17pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete an award for selling 500,000 records it looks...
chayro Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,801 posts 04-24-2012 at 04:02pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete You can only play it with a gold record player. I think Goldmund makes one.
elizabeth Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 6,726 posts 04-24-2012 at 08:24pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Those records are for display purpose ONLY. They are a significator that the particular record sold more than XXXcopies. It is only to hang on a wall and NOT to play. However I do not actually know if then can be played???