First Ever Vinyl Record

The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc.

First ever vinyl record. Since rca victor launched the first commercial vinyl long playing record in 1930 vinyl has continued to grow in popularity. Apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the. According to the record collectors guild. It was a microgroove disc with a diameter between 10 and 12 inches 25 and 30 cm with usually one track on each side.

In 1930 rca victor launched the first commercially available vinyl long playing record marketed as program transcription discs. Last year in the united states vinyl sales were over 1 000 higher than a decade prior. For audiophiles everywhere it remains the singular most impressive format of recording and reproducing music. Depending on size they could hold between 3 and 5 minutes of sound.

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. Vinyl records have been delighting listeners and collectors since the 1900s. 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. This changed the face of the music industry to the album centric format we all still abide by today.

The rise fall and resurgence of vinyl is a period spanning almost a century. In 1948 thanks to cbs we were introduced to the world s first lp long play record. 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. They first appeared in the early 1900 s.

In fact they were only rarely recorded at 78 rpm instead. In 1930 rca victor launched the first commercially available vinyl long playing record marketed as program transcription discs. These revolutionary discs were designed for playback at 33 rpm and pressed on a 12 diameter flexible plastic disc. The forefather of the vinyl record is the 78 rpm record.

These revolutionary discs were designed for playback at 33 rpm and pressed on a 12 diameter flexible plastic disc.