12 August 2026
Today, August 12th, is NATIONAL VINYL RECORD DAY.
“When vinyl records first came on the market, they had other names. Some of them
were a gramophone record or a phonograph record. They are also called records for short. The analog sound storage medium consists of a flat disc. The sound is recorded
by inscribing it on a modulated spiral groove.
Depending on the speed at which the sound was recorded, the vinyl record will
need to be played at a corresponding speed on the record player. This is referred
to as rotational speed. The revolutions per minute (RPMs) of the more popular
vinyls are:
45s
33 1/3
78s
Other features of vinyl records included reproductive accuracy or fidelity (High Fidelity
or Hi-Fi, Orthophonic and Full-Range), their time capacity, long-playing or single, and the number of channels of audio provided (mono, stereo or quadraphonic).”
Let’s spin.
