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  2. List of most valuable records - Wikipedia

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    Record Collector magazine listed the guide price at £200,000 in issue 408 (December 2012). McCartney had some "reissues" pressed in 1981 on UK 10-inch 78 RPM and 7-inch 45 RPM, in reproduction Parlophone sleeves, 25 copies of each; these are estimated to be worth upwards of £10,000 each. [5] [6]

  3. Record collecting - Wikipedia

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    The introduction of both the 33 1 ⁄ 3 rpm, 12-inch LP record and the 45rpm, 7-inch record, coming into the market in 1948/1949, provided advances in both storage and quality. These records featured vinyl ( polyvinyl chloride or polystyrene ), replacing the previous shellac materials.

  4. Unusual types of gramophone records - Wikipedia

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    The most common rotational speeds for gramophone records are 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 revolutions per minute (rpm), 45 rpm, and 78 rpm. Established as the only common rotational speed prior to the 1940s, the 78 became increasingly less common throughout the 1950s and into more modern decades as the 33 and the 45 became established as the new standards for ...

  5. Cut-out (recording industry) - Wikipedia

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    Two different ways of marking cut-out records on LP jackets. When LPs were the primary medium for the commercial distribution of sound recordings, manufacturers would cut the corner, punch a hole, or add a notch to the spine of the jacket of unsold records returned from retailers; these "cut-outs" might then be re-sold to record retailers or other sales outlets for sale at a discounted price.

  6. 45 RPM - Wikipedia

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    Phonograph record; Single (music), including the 45-rpm format; ... 45 RPM or the title song, by Paul Van Dyk, 1994; 45 rpm: The Singles, 1977–1979, by The Jam, 2001;

  7. Highway Hi-Fi - Wikipedia

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    Highway Hi-Fi was a system of proprietary players and seven-inch phonograph records with standard LP center holes designed for use in automobiles. Designed and developed by Peter Goldmark, [1] who also developed the LP microgroove, the discs utilized 135 grams of vinyl each, enough to press a standard 10-inch LP (12-inch LPs of the period commonly used 160 grams of vinyl each and 45s used ...

  8. Comparison of recording media - Wikipedia

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    45 rpm record: Analog often around 4 minutes (EP: 7 minutes) per side, up to 6 per side, in some cases even a few minutes longer. LP record: Analog typically 15–25 minutes per side (30 minutes per side for classical & spoken word), although 45 minutes is possible with tight groove spacing and no spacing between tracks. Audio cassette: Analog

  9. Single (music) - Wikipedia

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    The 45 rpm speed was chosen to allow a 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 minute playing time from the 7-inch disc. [11] The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released March 31, 1949, by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable and higher-fidelity replacement for the 78 rpm shellac discs. [12] The first 45 rpm records were monaural, with recordings on both sides of the disc. As ...