Vinyl record
The vinyl record is an audio storage medium, most commonly used for preserving music. It is a subset of the family of analogue disc records (see).
A vinyl gramophone or phonograph record consists of a disc of polyvinyl chloride plastic, engraved on both sides with a single concentric spiral groove in which a sapphire or diamond needle or stylus is supposed to run, from the outside edge towards the centre.
Vinyl records are made in the following formats:
Common formats
- 12" 331/3 rpm long-playing (LP) format
- 7" 45 rpm (single) format
Less common formats
- 12" 45 rpm extended-playing (Maxi Single) format
- 10" 331/3 rpm long-playing (LP) format
- 10" 45 rpm extended-playing (EP) format
- 7" 331/3 rpm extended-playing (EP) format
- 16 rpm format for voice recording
Some 78rpm records were also pressed in vinyl, particularly the six-minute 12" 78rpm records produced by V-Disc for distribution to US troops in World War II.
Although replaced by digital media such as the compact disc as a popular mass marketed music medium, vinyl records continue to be manufactured and sold in the 21st century. Currently the most common formats are:
- 12" / 45 rpm Maxi Single
- 12" / 33 rpm LP
followed by
- 10" / 45 rpm EP
- 7" / 45 rpm Single
The sound quality and durability of vinyl records in highly dependent on the quality of the vinyl used.
See also: DJ
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