"Vinyl CDs": Are they really vinyl? Well, no, they're not really vinyl. They sure look the part, though.

How do you make a CD (or a DVD, for that matter) look like it's a little vinyl LP? There are a couple of ways...

On an LP, the tracks themselves aren't as shiny as the space between them, so one way to achieve the LP look is to put down a spot varnish with a pattern that suggests record grooves. This can be handy if you want to use that varnish elsewhere.
Another way is to use two coats of black -- one as a flood over all the disc (except the "record label," of course)—the other as a halftone, again suggesting the groove pattern.