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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.
It spun at 45 rpm and was one sided. Some came in glow in the dark, some in blood red, and some black and white. [citation needed] Some extreme examples required smaller grooving than standard 7-inch such as the single "Montana" by John Linnell (of the band They Might Be Giants) which was in the shape of the United States. This record was ...
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.
When David Flint was a London teenager in 1980, he was rifling through vinyl LPs at Virgin Records, and he stumbled upon his first porn movie soundtrack: Deep Throat. Because albums weren’t age ...
45s or 45S may refer to: . Silver Lake Forest Service Strip (FAA identifier: 45S), an airport in Lake County, Oregon, U.S.; Forty-fives, a trick-taking card game; 45s: 45 rpm 7" vinyl single records spun at forty-five revolutions per minute (rpm or RPM); some Gramophone records also spun at 45 rpm.
From left, Billie Eilish, Shakira, SZA and Metallica's James Hetfield. (Photo illustration by Valerie Chiang / For The Times; photographs from Getty Images and Associated Press)
The box set includes 36 songs across three CDs or four LPs, complemented by a Blu-Ray disc containing all three concert films and a 32-page photo book filled with exclusive images from the ...
Budget albums (also known as unofficially by some collectors as either drugstore records or junk records) were low-priced vinyl LPs of popular and classical music released during the 1950s to 1970s consisting either of previously released material (usually reissues drawn from the catalogs of major labels featuring older performances by well-known artists) or material recorded especially for ...