Invention Of Vinyl Record

The rise fall and resurgence of vinyl is a period spanning almost a century.

Invention of vinyl record.

The lp from long playing or long play is an analog sound storage medium a phonograph record format characterized by a speed of 33 1 3 rpm a 12 or 10 inch 30 or 25 cm diameter and use of the microgroove groove specification introduced by columbia in 1948 it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry. Quadraphonic vinyl records became available in 1972. Still the lack of comparability between the other three formats sq qs and cd 4 led to the commercial failure of the quadraphonic lp vinyl records. 12 of the best vinyl test records.

For audiophiles everywhere it remains the singular most impressive format of recording and reproducing music. At first the discs were commonly made from shellac with earlier records having a fine abrasive. The major period for vinyl was from the inception of the vinyl lp in 1948 to 1988 when cds outsold records for the first time. The 1970s were the golden era for all things vinyl.

This was around the time when 8 track tape cartridges were also introduced to the market. Apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the. During the early part of the twentieth century recording companies struggled to get beyond the three and four minute playing barriers that had been in place since the phonograph s inception. By the mid 1980s more cassettes than vinyl records were sold.

Last year in the united states vinyl sales were over 1 000 higher than a decade prior. But all good things come to an end and with the popularity of cassettes followed by cds in the 1980s vinyl quickly became considered a thing of past. Although tricky gave invention of vinyl records to a columbia engineer i beg to differ. The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc.

A phonograph record also known as a gramophone record especially in british english or simply a record is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove. Eight track and cassette tapes were introduced in the 1960s. An all in one just add speakers turntable. Since rca victor launched the first commercial vinyl long playing record in 1930 vinyl has continued to grow in popularity.

The vinyl revival pro ject juke box e. Vinyl records have been delighting listeners and collectors since the 1900s. In late august 1940 columbia called the new york office of. In 1982 the digital compact disc came to market and superseded both cassettes and lps by 1991.

May 5 2020 12 52 am. The invention of vinyl. Because vinyl records can become scratched warped and dirty other formats slowly took over. The invention of the 33 1 3 long playing record had its beginnings in the invention of the 78 rpm shellac disc.