Once upon a time, you got actual pop music with your snap, crackle and pop. For many children, the first piece of music they owned was not made of vinyl nor tape. It was cardboard.
Post, General Mills, Kellogg’s and Quaker at one point all released music that was printed on the backs of cereal boxes. With nothing more than a box of Alpha Bits and a pair of scissors, kids could have the latest release from the Monkees or the Archies. And they called it “bubblegum pop.” Super Sugar Crisp pop is more like it. Sure, it may not have sounded great, but what cooler prize was there than the magic of music coming off a box? More
