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45 RPM (album) or the title song, by Paul Van Dyk, 1994. 45 rpm: The Singles, 1977–1979, by The Jam, 2001. 45 rpm: The Singles, 1980–1982, by The Jam, 2001. 45 RPM: The Singles of The The, 2002.
Mar 15, 2019 · Today marks the 70th anniversary of the 45 rpm single, a format that changed music forever.
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The 45rpm record's years of greatest success began with the onset of rock and roll. The new 7 inch format was favoured by the young and in the UK sales of 45s overtook 78s early in 1958 as rock and roll established a boom in record sales.During the next few years the UK was to become a major source of popular recorded music with the advent of ...
Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min, or r⋅min −1) is a unit of rotational speed (or rotational frequency) for rotating machines. One revolution per minute is equivalent to 1 / 60 hertz.
45 rpm vinyl record from 1965. The 45 rpm discs also came in a variety known as extended play (EP), which achieved up to 10–15 minutes play at the expense of attenuating (and possibly compressing) the sound to reduce the width required by the groove. EP discs were cheaper to produce and were used in cases where unit sales were likely to be ...
Introduced by Columbia, twelve-inch 331/3 rpm LPs, crafted from lightweight, unbreakable vinyl held over thirty minutes of music per side with a sound quality that surpassed the 78. Steinweiss also designed the industry-standard jacket for the LP, which remains in use today. RCA Victor introduced the smaller, seven-inch, 45-rpm record the ...
Jul 25, 2019 · The 45 RPM single reflects a simpler time in technology and the world. The 70th anniversary of its release reveals some detailed and surprising origins.
