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A twelve-inch Capitol Records gramophone record. The twelve-inch single (often written as 12-inch or 12″) is a type of vinyl (polyvinyl chloride or PVC) gramophone record that has wider groove spacing and shorter playing time with a "single" or a few related sound tracks on each surface, compared to LPs (long play) which have several songs on each side.
"Double Dutch Bus" was released in late 1980 and gained momentum on the charts in mid-1981. [4] The song's rhythm and lyrics are based on the Double Dutch jump rope game. Such games were played by urban school children, and in 1973 they were formalized into a team sport in New York City. [3]
The 12-inch vinyl single was released on 9 December 2013. [8] It was the first physical single release by Pet Shop Boys that did not contain any new B-side songs. The single reached number three on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart [9] and number nine on the Music Week Upfront Club Chart in the UK. [10] "Vocal" did not place on the UK ...
Ken Cayre, the head of Salsoul Records, decided to sign a number of famous musicians and bands to the label, hoping to "consolidate the success of the faceless Salsoul Orchestra", and Double Exposure was chosen as the newly signed band whose first release, "Ten Percent," would feature the orchestra and be promoted with a 12-inch single as well as the typical seven-inch format. [6]
So 45s are really 7-inch 45s, and 12-inch singles are really 12-inch 45s.? Hyacinth 23:23, 24 May 2004 (UTC) Correct. Bonalaw 21:01, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC) I own two new 12" singles, Still D.R.E. by Dr. Dre, and Gold Digger by Kanye West that are 33 1/3 RPM. Many of the older 12" singles I own, for example Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd are 45 RPM.
A better-known version was released as a single, featuring television character Max Headroom on vocals. This version was first included on the 1986 album Re-Works of Art of Noise . The 7-inch single features a monologue about Max Headroom being scared and unable to sleep (hence "Paranoimia", a portmanteau of "paranoia" and "insomnia").
Vitaphone was a sound film system used for feature films and nearly 1,000 short subjects made by Warner Bros. and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1931. Vitaphone is the last major analog sound-on-disc system and the only one that was widely used and commercially successful.
[13] Mark Sutherland awarded the song "Best New Single" in the 17 August issue of Smash Hits, calling it "superb," and "one of the barmiest pop songs ever." [14] In May 2007, NME magazine placed "Parklife" at number 41 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever. [15] "Parklife" is the best-selling single from the album, with 190,000 ...