Advancements Of The Vinyl Record. The lp was soon confronted by the 45 a 7 inch 180 mm diameter fine grooved vinyl record playing at 45 rpm. The collectable analogue music format invented in the 19th century refuses to die. Nearly 10 years later in 1957 another major change was slowly making its way into record shops.
Establishing vinyl records value is an inexact science and there are a number of factors that go into determining whether a given record is something that will bring a lot of money from a collector or something that would best be used as a place mat. This brief historic time line illustrates major events in the recorded sound industry from the birth of the recorded sound in 1857 to the merger of the two recording industry giants columbia and victor records in 2004 under their parent companies sony and bertelsmann music group while towerrecords files for bankruptcy.
Vinyl record price guide.
But entrepreneurs are hoping technology. With the price of a blank tape around 3 and a vinyl album at 6 by the end of the 1960s the record companies start to worry about the recordable cassette affecting their sales. Nearly 10 years later in 1957 another major change was slowly making its way into record shops. But entrepreneurs are hoping technology.
