Old Vinyl Record Sizes

At a certain point records can become cramped with grooves and have to expand in size to accommodate the extra music play while maintaining the quality of the audio.

Old vinyl record sizes.

At first the discs were commonly made from shellac with earlier records having a fine abrasive. You may think are these related to the magical numbers from lost. In reality of course the speed didn t make any difference. 45s lps 78s 12 singles.

Records come in three standard sizes. Follow these three easy steps to find the value of vinyl records using discogs the largest physical music database on the web. A lot of albums sold in the 1970s and early 1980s sold millions of copies when new and as such it isn t difficult to find copies in nice. Discogs is a user generated database with more than 12 million copies of music listed.

This factor is pretty straightforward when it comes to vinyl records value. Thus we ended with one speed and spindle size for popular songs and another for symphonies. Vinyl records typically come in three speeds. Vinyl records come in different speeds and sizes do you know what kind you have.

If you are a new comer to vinyl you may wonder what these numbers actually mean. Do you remember it. 33 45 and 78 rotations per minute rpm. A 7 inch record was simply more convenient for single tunes than a 12 inch one.

Nonetheless the public allowed itself to be duped and in 1951 columbia began making 45s too. Records that sold well and are quite common are going to be less valuable than records that sold poorly or are hard to find. The lp from long playing or long play is an analog sound storage medium a phonograph record format characterized by a speed of 33 1 3 rpm a 12 or 10 inch 30 or 25 cm diameter and use of the microgroove groove specification introduced by columbia in 1948 it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry. Vinyl record price guide.

Apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the. Vinyl comes in all speeds and sizes and while the numbers 7 10 12 33 45 and 78 are still popular what about 16. It s also a marketplace where users can buy and sell records. The difference in vinyl record speeds 33 45 and 78 records 33 45 78.

Vinyl record sizes differ based on how much music is stored on the surface of the disk. A phonograph record also known as a gramophone record especially in british english or simply a record is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove. We have details on sizes speeds and best way to convert. The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc.

We buy lps 45s 78s.