![]() 33 1/3 rpm – Most records that you see today are 33 1/3 rpm LPs.Short play 45s, because they were smaller and portable, inspired the creation of portable music players.They could be traded and collected easier than LPs.45 rpm singles, though only fitting 4-5 minutes per side, were popular amongst younger teens and adults.33 rpm records became known as LPs (or long plays), and 45 rpm took over the EP market (or extended play)-which was generally when a band would put out a single or dual track. The two record speeds quickly overtook the market. 45 rpm – Less than a year after the 33 rpm record was announced, the 45 rpm 7-inch record was released by RCA Victor-Columbia Record’s primary competitor.This lasted about 11 years-up until the last 78 rpm record was produced (in the US).Once 33 rpm records popularized, only older classical music still made it onto 78 rpm records.Thus, this was the speed it needed to be played to hear the audio appropriately. As the shellac records were mass-produced, these engines would run at a speed of 3600 divided by 46, or roughly 78.2 rpm. Large 3600 rpm engines would operate with 46-teeth gears. It was generated based on the modern engine of the time. If you’ve heard anything about vinyl record history, or if you own a record player, you probably know about the three standard speed settings: 78, 45, 33 1/3. It created a war within the music industry-the War of Speeds. The announcement of a new vinyl record to be played at a new speed cannot be understated. The War of Speeds: Shifting From 78 RPM to 33 1/3 RPM ![]() One drop and the record would smash into a hundred pieces. Its natural resistance to moisture is what made it first popular among music records and was known as the “natural plastic.” While easily scratchable, it did have one downside. This resin-like substance is scraped off and dissolved in bulk quantities to be reshaped into the disk record. These tree-dwelling bugs secrete “lac” which hardens and cakes onto the tree. Fun Fact: Shellac is made from the female lac bug.They changed the way music lovers would enjoy listening to their music forever. To go from a record holding two songs, one on each side, to holding a full-length album? That’s why vinyl records hold such prominence in the music industry. World War II ended just two years ago, and people are still enjoying their music at home one 5-minute song at a time on their 78 rpm shellac records. ![]() To understand why this is mind-blowing, you’ll need to glimpse into the world one year prior… Forty-two minutes of (almost) uninterrupted music!? Is your head exploding yet? It used microgroove plastic to extend a 12-inch record’s playtime to 21 minutes on each side. In 1948, backed by Columbia Records, the first vinyl record was introduced at the soon-to-be standardized 33 1/3 rpm speed. Though invented decades prior, vinyl records weren’t popularized until Peter Goldmark came around in 1948… Sayonara Shellac and Viva Vinyl That doesn’t mean you should start replacing your piping with your old vinyl collection…
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