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~* A Few Quick Facts About Records *~ from an enthusiastic nerd who cares more about Old™ Records and wrote this instead of sleeping at a normal hour

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vinyl ≠ record these aren’t synonymous!!!

Records have been made of multiple materials. Vinyl is what records have been overwhelmingly made of since the second half of the Twentieth Century, but records have also been made from Shellac.

- vinyl records are made largely of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), a type of plastic - Shellac, meanwhile, is a resin secreted from an insect

“Can I see your vinyl collection?” will work 999 / 1000 times. It’s usually a safe word for record. But for dorks who veer vintage, “Can I see your vinyl collection?” is like someone repeatedly asking “Can I see your oil paintings?” when the artist draws with oil pastels. Not the same thing!

How to tell the materials apart?? Well, you’re probably not going to run into Shellacs unless your family has a stash of real old records, you’re screwing around in a flea market where hell knows what you’ll find (highly recommend), or you got caught in the collection trap after saying “I’ll buy one for fun” then ended up like me. [cough] Anyway. Shellacs were phased out in the 1950s in the United States.

Vinyl is wibbly wobbly and a little bendy. Vinyl has a glossier, slicker texture than Shellac. Shellac records are hard and stiff like dinner plates and that much more shatterable, too.

Shellacs have noisier, constant background noise. Vinyl in good condition will be near-silent with a rare, short crack here and there.

^ me attempting to photograph the textures of vinyl (left) vs Shellac (right)

records aren’t one size fits all

Records come in multiple sizes! The three most common sizes are 7″, 10″, and 12″.

Records also come in different speeds. rpm stands for “revolutions per minute.” Early records (turn of the Twentieth Century) hadn’t been standardized yet, so they came in a variety of speeds. By the 1920s, records tended to be 78 rpm. Later down the line came 45 rpm and 33 rpm (technically 33 1/3 rpm) records.

Today’s turntables are designed to play multiple speeds, and you’ll see 33 and 45 (and occasionally 78) as options. If you play records at the wrong revolutions per minute, the music will play slower in speed and lower in pitch if you picked too low an rpm, or faster and higher in pitch if you picked too high an rpm.

some shortcuts across material, size, and rpm

If you know either the material, size, or rpm of the disc, you can tend to guess what the other two variables are. It is **not always** the case, but these are the most common combinations:

10″ -- Shellac -- 78 rpm 7″ -- vinyl -- 45 rpm 12″ -- vinyl -- 33 rpm

So, a 7″ record isn’t a true synonym for a 45 rpm record, but in quick speech the two might be co-assumed. These shortcuts will be used below. When I say “a 78,” I mean “a 78 rpm 10″ Shellac record.”

^ From left to right: 12″ 33 rpm vinyl; 10″ 78 rpm Shellac; 7″ 45 rpm vinyl

records don’t all hold the same amount of music

Records used to carry one song per side and were limited to ~3 minutes of music per side (and pioneer records might be only ONE sided!).

You ever wonder where the word “album” originated re: released music? A collection of 78 rpm discs were literally put in... albums.

^ Image stolen from random eBay auction page

My old Shellac records have wider grooves and use a wider needle. The thinner grooves that came with vinyl allowed ~22 minutes per side. Thus, the 33 rpm LP (Long Playing) record came into existence, with multiple songs per side. And we started calling LPs “albums.”

And the single? The single lives on in the 45.

With practice, you can immediately identify if a record is a 33, 45, or 78 from a photo without comparing it to other records. You can tell from the label on the record alone. A few quick identifiers: 45s have huge holes. 33s, you can see the different tracks for multiple songs. 78s list one song per side on the label.

And how’s that baby stored? 33 LPs have individualized covers / jackets. Ye Olde 78s came in generic sleeves.

^ Top left: 33 rpm LP in jacket. Top right: 78 rpm in its original sleeve. Bottom: 45 rpm records in individualized and generic sleeves

Simplifications have been made for the purpose of this post, but hope it was fun and informative! Maybe the information isn’t applicable when you only want to buy the latest LPs pressed in 2022, but maybe my hidden motive of “don’t call my records vinyls” will pay off. ;) /j

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Gothic Death Rock Pioneers CHRISTIAN DEATH Reissue 'Atrocities' on LP + CD

Gothic Death Rock Pioneers CHRISTIAN DEATH Reissue ‘Atrocities’ on LP + CD

Gothic death rock pioneers CHRISTIAN DEATH will be reissuing their dark 1986 opus, ‘Atrocities,’ on both CD and vinyl format via Season of Mist on July 9! In addition to being available in standard black vinyl, the LP will also be available on a limited edition sun yellow 12″ vinyl (33 rpm). The reissues are available for pre-orders at THIS LOCATION. This is part of an ongoing series of vinyl…

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Transparent yellow 12" double vinyl (33 rpm) with printed inner sleeves in gatefold sleeve. Limited to 300 copies worldwide! "Ellengæst' has the difficult task of following 2018’s profound and moving 'Great Escape'. This new release, though, does not make any attempts in pairing with or succeeding its predecessor. Circumstances largely prevented it anyway. On the day tracking started for 'Ellengæst', Crippled Black Phoenix found themselves without a male lead vocalist and keyboardist. Whereas events of a similar thread would spell doom for most bands, CBP leader Justin Greaves took it as an opportunity to tap into his deep network of musician friends. Before he knew it, several prominent guest vocalists were secured, ready and able to lend their considerable talents to: Anathema’s Vincent Cavanagh, Gaahls Wyrd’s Kristian “Gaahl” Espedal, Coliseum/Fotocrime/one-time Crippled Black Phoenix touring bassist Ryan Patterson, up-and-coming U.K. solo artist Suzie Stapleton, and Tribulation’s Jonathan Hultén." #crippledblackphoenix #ellengæst #rock #progressive #postrock #ambient #seasonofmist #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylcommunity #vinyladdict #vinylrecords #grindpromotionrecords (presso Bassano del Grappa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDRIa8aJVGR/?igshid=17ohf0wrlhfck

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