#45 RPM

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Billy Idol – Eyes Without A Face

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt (1953)

[myvinylplaylist]

Led Zeppelin: Acoustically 7” EP Australia (1972)

Atlantic Records

[luuton]

Divine - I'm So Beautiful (1984) 7" Single

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

François De Roubaix & Elizabeth Teissier – Astralement Vôtre - 7", 45 RPM - Barclay - 1975 (back cover)

[sonofshermy]

[easternblocrelics]

Qualiton label generic 45 rpm (EP) record jacket from Hungary

[ultra-francesca-mercury]

january 10

1949

The vinyl record format war heats up as RCA introduces the 45-RPM, 7-inch record. It eventually replaces the 78-RPM record for "singles" - one song on each side. The format takes off in the early years of the rock era.

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

undated

[pulpsandcomics2]

Bill Hayes The Ballad of Davy Crockett-45 rpm 1955

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Never Let Her Go and The Riddler - Frank Gorshin (1966)

[myvinylplaylist]

The Beatles: I Feel Fine 7” Single

Side A: I Feel Fine

Side B: She’s A Woman

1975 US reissue. Apple label

Apple Records

[luuton]

Madonna - Borderline (1984)

[misforgotten2]

I'm surprised that the record and record player industries hadn't connived to introduce new record speeds and sizes every few years. First it would be 8" at 56 rpm and then 14" at 38¾ rpm and then 199mm at π² + (π - 0.0001) rpm.

Life - November 11th 1950

[kingoftieland]

Made exclusively for Record Store Day 2015, SPACELAB9 released this Better Call Saul 7” vinyl in a limited edition of only 1,000 copies – and I’ve got one of them right here! The eponymous song is performed by Junior Brown, with lyrics by show creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. 🤠🎙️

The song was the first track released in connection with Better Call Saul and premiered as part of a teaser video released by AMC on October 5, 2014. The video was streamed over 1 million times, leading up to the series debut on February 8th, 2015 which premiered to a record-breaking 6.9 million viewers.