Old Vinyl Record Sizes

If you are a new comer to vinyl you may wonder what these numbers actually mean.

Old vinyl record sizes.

45s lps 78s 12 singles. Nonetheless the public allowed itself to be duped and in 1951 columbia began making 45s too. We come to you. 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.

A 7 inch record was simply more convenient for single tunes than a 12 inch one. You may think are these related to the magical numbers from lost. Records that sold well and are quite common are going to be less valuable than records that sold poorly or are hard to find. In reality of course the speed didn t make any difference.

Vinyl records come in different speeds and sizes do you know what kind you have. 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. The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc.

We buy lps 45s 78s. 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. 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. Vinyl comes in all speeds and sizes and while the numbers 7 10 12 33 45 and 78 are still popular what about 16.

Discogs is a user generated database with more than 12 million copies of music listed. 7 inch 10 inch and 12 inch. Vinyl records typically come in three speeds. Thus we ended with one speed and spindle size for popular songs and another for symphonies.

Follow these three easy steps to find the value of vinyl records using discogs the largest physical music database on the web. Vinyl record price guide. This factor is pretty straightforward when it comes to vinyl records value. The most convenient way to sell old records.

Do you remember it. Records come in three standard sizes. Apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the. 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.

33 45 and 78 rotations per minute rpm.