A vinyl can be used to describe a 45 rpm a 78 rpm or a 33 1 3 rpm record.
Is an lp a vinyl.
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78 rpm releases in the microgroove era edit.
An lp is specifically a 33 1 3 rpm vinyl record.
To compete with the lp boxed albums of 45s were issued along with ep extended play 45s which squeezed two or even three selections onto each side.
Lp jacket front cover.
Often the term lp is used to refer to a 33 and one third rpm microgroove vinyl record.
The vinyl lp is a format based on technology that hasn t evolved much over the last six decades.
When the 12 inch vinyl lp era began in 1948 each disc could hold a similar number of tunes as a typical album of 78s so they were still referred to as an album as they are today.
These records are still used today and they re incredibly common across records which feature analog sound qualities as opposed to the digital sounds which were later made popular by compact discs.
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The lp was soon confronted by the 45 a 7 inch 180 mm diameter fine grooved vinyl record playing at 45 rpm.
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It was introduced by rca victor in 1949.
Lp jacket back cover.
Starting with the front cover and working clockwise we have the title artist label catalog number note the one on the spine next to 5 both should be entered and a company credit which is optional.
An lp in music is a long playing vinyl record.
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An lp is the largest of the lot.