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June 21st, 2010 – I’m finally back after suffering from internet withdrawals for the past few days. I had some problems with my ISP (doesn’t everyone?), but everything is back to normal. Anyway, 62 years ago today marked the release of the LP format to a wide commercial audience. Gizmodo has a cool post about the history of the LP. For you young whippersnappers who don’t know what an LP is, it allowed vinyl records to finally hold over 20 minutes of audio per side. That was pretty big news, and LPs exploded in popularity.

June 21, 1948: The First LP Is Released

This entry was posted on Monday, June 21st, 2010 at 7:53 pm.
Categories: Asides, Engineering, Music Business and Law.

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