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Thirty Three & 1 ⁄ 3 (stylised as Thirty Three & 1 ⁄ ॐ on the album cover) is the seventh studio album by the English musician George Harrison, released in November 1976. It was Harrison's first album release on his Dark Horse record label, the worldwide distribution for which changed from A&M Records to Warner Bros. as a result of his ...
The LP (from long playing [2] or long play) is an analog sound storage medium, specifically a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specification; and a vinyl (a copolymer of vinyl chloride acetate) composition disk.
In the 1950s, advances in vinyl production technology led to the development of the 7-inch 33 1 ⁄ 3 rpm flexi disc record. [36] Only seen occasionally in the 1950s, these recordings were increasingly used as inserts in magazines that included audio supplements from the 1960s through the 1980s.
By the time RCA Victor unveiled it, the 45 was now competing with the 10-inch and 12-inch 33 1 ⁄ 3 rpm microgroove vinyl "LP" (Long Play) discs introduced by arch-rival Columbia Records in the early summer of 1948. In heavy promotion, RCA Victor sold compact, inexpensive add-on and stand-alone units that played the 45 rpm format exclusively.
33 + 1 ⁄ 3 (Thirty-Three and a Third) is a series of books, each about a single music album. [1] The series title refers to the rotation speed of a vinyl LP, 33 + 1 ...
Grooves on a modern 33 rpm record Uncommon Columbia 7-inch vinyl 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 rpm microgroove ZLP from 1948. CBS Laboratories had long been at work for Columbia Records to develop a phonograph record that would hold at least 20 minutes per side. [55] [56] Research began in 1939, was suspended during World War II, and then resumed in 1945. [57]
As vinyl records, the most common format for the double EP, they consist of a pair of 7-inch discs recorded at 45 or 33 1 ⁄ 3 rpm, or two 12-inch discs recorded at 45 rpm. The format is useful when an album's worth of material is being pressed by a small plant geared for the production of singles rather than albums and may have novelty value ...