This new technology extended playback time to nearly 22 minutes and was much quieter.
Cool facts about vinyl.
Long playing records emerged.
Mass production of recorded music underwent another big change in 1930 when rca victor rolled out the first.
Recording and playing back sounds became feasible in 1877 with thomas alva edison s invention of the.
Vinyl records facts history.
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The widest distribution in the universe.
Phonograph records were made from shellac which was noisy and didn t last very long.
There is a national day devoted to vinyl records called national vinyl record day.
12 inch records hold more music than 10 inch or 7 inch records.
Modern vinyl records have existed for over half of a century and while they almost faded into obscurity the vinyl record revival is picking up steam every year.
Until about 1960 records were made of shellac a thicker more brittle material.
It falls annually on august 12th.
Even though the first record was made in the 1800s records are still being created today.
Vinyl records come in every color including multi colored marbled records.
Records were not always made of vinyl.
Ten facts about vinyl records only a true vinyl geek will know the first vinyl record.