Selection of 1950s-1970s 45 RPM Records Collection

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Title

Selection of 1950s-1970s 45 RPM Records Collection

Rights

This collection is made available for educational and research purposes in accordance with fair use under United States copyright law. There are no restrictions to access. Written permission is required by copyright owners and rights holders in order to reproduce, distribute or use any of these items beyond what is allowed by fair use.

Creator

Donofrio, Jessica
The Ventures
Mathis, Johnny
Pickett, Bobby (Boris)
Lee, Brenda, 1944-
Haley, Bill, 1925-1981
Comets (Musical group)
Mancini, Henry
Douglas, Kirk, 1916-2020
Young, Faron

Date

1954-1973

Description

This collection is a selection of 45 rpm records from the 1950s-1970s. The earliest of the records was released in 1954 and the most recent was a 1973 release. The collection includes both images of the records, A and B sides, with the respective Matrix numbers, along with audio recordings of each record side.
45 RPM records are also known as "7-inch"(s) based on their physical diameter and are a format of record single. The 45 RPM refers to their play speed on a record player. The first 7-inch 45 RPM record was released March 31, 1949 by RCA Victor. "Phonograph records", also called "gramophone records" or "records", are an "analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove" as defined on Wikipedia. The early phonograph records, were originally made from shellac but in the 1940s, shellac was replaced with polyvinyl chloride . The earliest form of the phonograph record was the cylinder recording invented by Thomas Edison in 1877.

Format

45 rpm records
phonograph records
Vinyl
7 in.

Language

eng

Place

United States
Canada

Subject

Music 20th century
Popular music
Surf music
Music--1950-1960.
Music--1960-1970.
Music--1970-1980
Rock music
Rockabilly music
Country music
Sound recordings
Studio recordings
Love songs
Novelty songs
Motion picture music
Mermaids in music
Sea songs
Cowboys—Songs and music
Honky-tonk music

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