First Commercially Available Vinyl Record

Emile berliner took record players to the next level.

First commercially available vinyl record.

The gramophone is the basis of the contemporary record player. These program transcription discs as victor called them played at 33. The lp was soon confronted by the 45 a 7 inch 180 mm diameter fine grooved vinyl record playing at 45 rpm. It was introduced by rca victor in 1949.

In 1931 rca victor launched the first commercially available vinyl long playing record marketed as program transcription discs. The first commercially issued records using overdubbing were released by the victor talking machine company in the late 1920s. Although rca victor debuted the first commercially available vinyl long player designed for playback at 33 1 3 in 1931 the great depression shelved that ambitious project in 1933. Rca victor introduced an early version of a long playing record for home use in september 1931.

To compete with the lp boxed albums of 45s were issued along with ep. These revolutionary discs were designed for playback at 33 1 3 rpm and pressed on a 30 cm diameter flexible plastic disc with a duration of about ten minutes playing time per side. The gramophone was made of hard rubber and shelac before being constructed with vinyl. He dubbed his creation the gramophone and secured a patent for the device in 1887.

Alan blumlein of emi in emi cut the first stereo test disc using alan blumlein s system. However overdubbing was of limited use until the advent of audio tape. Rpm and used a somewhat finer and more closely. First commercially available vinyl lp record program transcription discs stereo disc invented who created the stereo disc.

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