11 Facts About Vinyl record

1.

Phonograph Vinyl record, or simply a Vinyl record, is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.

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2.

Phonograph Vinyl record was the primary medium used for music reproduction throughout the 20th century.

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3.

The phonograph Vinyl record has made a niche resurgence as a format for rock music in the early 21st century—9.

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4.

The increased popularity of the Vinyl record has led to the investment in new and modern Vinyl record-pressing machines.

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5.

Vinyl record then took an acoustic trumpet, and at its tapered end affixed a thin membrane that served as the analog to the eardrum.

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6.

Vinyl record started doing business in September 1900 as The Consolidated Talking Machine Company but changed to using Johnson's name because of a conflict with a Berliner company name.

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7.

Later, Decca Records introduced vinyl Deccalite 78s, while other record companies used vinyl formulations trademarked as Metrolite, Merco Plastic, and Sav-o-flex, but these were mainly used to produce "unbreakable" children's records and special thin vinyl DJ pressings for shipment to radio stations.

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8.

The last Columbia Records reissue of any Frank Sinatra songs on a 10-inch LP Vinyl record was an album called Hall of Fame, CL 2600, issued on 26 October 1956, containing six songs, one each by Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Johnnie Ray, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, and Frankie Laine.

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9.

Vinyl record readily acquires a static charge, attracting dust that is difficult to remove completely.

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10.

Vinyl record's drawbacks include surface noise, less resolution due to a lower dynamic range, and greater sensitivity to handling.

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11.

The sales of the record beat the largest sales in one week on vinyl since Nielsen started tracking vinyl sales in 1991.

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