A Salute to the Long Play (LP) Microgroove Vinyl Record

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T1By Ken Zurski



The LP was designed to replace the 12-inch records being manufactured for RCA Victor player’s in the 1930’s which had tighter grooves and less background noise, but unpredictable sound clarity overall.


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In some instances, two LP’s were included, called a double album.

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But it wouldn’t last.

Introduced in the mid 80’s, the new compact disc format (CD) for music recordings was cheaper and less expensive to produce. The CD player was costly at first, but eventually demand drove down the price and by the 1990’s, the age of the LP mostly disappeared as the record chain stores transitioned to only CD’s on their shelves.

Recently however, due to the simplicity of playing digital music with no physical attributes, there’s been a surge in demand for vinyl music.  Newly pressed vinyl records of older and newer music has become popular as turntables sales have increased as well.

Many new artists promote vinyl versions of their albums as special editions.

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Despite this uptick in newer record sales, privately owned record shops, or independents, continue to thrive by specializing in rare or out of print editions.

Today the original LP’s are considered nostalgic and collectible.


Born to Run (Vinyl)