Invention Of Vinyl Record

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.

Invention of vinyl record. 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. 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. The vinyl revival pro ject juke box e. The 1970s were the golden era for all things vinyl.

The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc. The rise fall and resurgence of vinyl is a period spanning almost a century. The invention of vinyl. The reason for this is that goldmark is often attributed as the inventor of the 33 1 3 lp record and not the inventor of pvc vinyl per se.

At first the discs were commonly made from shellac with earlier records having a fine abrasive. In 1982 the digital compact disc came to market and superseded both cassettes and lps by 1991. In late august 1940 columbia called the new york office of. Vinyl records have been delighting listeners and collectors since the 1900s.

Although tricky gave invention of vinyl records to a columbia engineer i beg to differ. Last year in the united states vinyl sales were over 1 000 higher than a decade prior. Eight track and cassette tapes were introduced in the 1960s. 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. 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. During the war years vinyl was a very expensive material but the special circumstances of war justified it s use. Y 1948 columbia records had developed its 30cm long playing record rotating at 33rpm and giving about 20 30 minutes a side which saw the downfall of shellac and vinyl was used from then on.

12 of the best vinyl test records. This was around the time when 8 track tape cartridges were also introduced to the market. Quadraphonic vinyl records became available in 1972. An all in one just add speakers turntable.

Apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the. 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. By the mid 1980s more cassettes than vinyl records were sold. Since rca victor launched the first commercial vinyl long playing record in 1930 vinyl has continued to grow in popularity.