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What's more, vinyl records are also redefining how we view music as an art form. They're not just about sound; they're physical, tangible art pieces—something people can proudly display, flip ...
The Japanese rock band Boris (known for their unique LPs; their 2006 album Pink was released on pink vinyl) pressed their 2006 album, Vein, on transparent vinyl with etched artwork on the outer two inches of the record. This causes problems with auto-start phonographs, as the actual grooves of music do not start where the needle is designed to ...
Sales of vinyl records reached a 25 year high in 2016 when more than 3.2 million LPs were sold, a rise of 53% on the previous year. ... which has been dubbed “the world’s first completely non ...
With vinyl records, there will be some loss in fidelity on each playing of the disc. This is due to the wear of the stylus in contact with the record surface. Magnetic tapes, both analog and digital, wear from friction between the tape and the heads, guides, and other parts of the tape transport as the tape slides over them. The brown residue ...
From classic rock to grunge and punk, here are 15 vintage vinyl records you may already own that are worth serious cash today. 1. The Beatles: ‘The White Album’ (1968, Serial No. 0000001)
At the time, as a cost-cutting measure, most industry record pressing plants were using recycled or "reground" vinyl, taking old and unsold records, cutting out the center with the paper labels, then melting the rest down and reusing the material to make new records. Such "reground" vinyl records typically sounded much noisier and scratchier ...
Whether you're the ultimate record collector or truly appreciate the sound of an authentic vinyl record, we dove through Amazon's best-selling list and selected the 10 most popular picks.
The introduction of polyvinyl chloride in record production led to vinyl records, which played with less noise and more durability. [ 3 ] In the 1940s the market for commercial- and home-use recordings was dominated by the competing RCA Victor and Columbia Records , whose chief engineer Peter Carl Goldmark pioneered the development of the 12 ...