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7 inch vinyl vs 12 inch.
The 7 inch 45 rpm record was released 31 march 1949 by rca victor as a smaller more durable and higher fidelity replacement for the 78 rpm shellac discs.
I thought i had ordered a c d so when the 7 inch arrived i had to order a turntable and relive vinyl once again.
Not such a bad thing.
And 7 inch records don t necessarily have a larger spindle hole either.
Negative approach got left out because they are from detroit but look its never to late to finish the puzzle with this piece.
At their peak in the 1950 s and 60 s the 7 inch helped to fuel the early years of rock and roll culture thanks to their relative affordability compared to more expensive 12 inch lps.
The names are derived from its play speed 45 rpm and the standard diameter 7 inches.
First of all both 7 and 12 inch records can be either 45 rpm or 33 3 rpm.
The other difference has to do with the length of the groove more than it s width.
The most common form of the vinyl single is the 45 or 7 inch.
This allows for louder levels to be cut on the disc by the mastering engineer which in.
At 45 rpm they hold around 4 6 minutes per side.
This is why many records released as a single cd have to be issued as a double album on vinyl 12 inch sides typically top out around 22 minutes but albums designed for cd typically spill over.
The twelve inch single often written as 12 inch or 12 is a type of vinyl polyvinyl chloride or pvc gramophone record that has wider groove spacing and shorter playing time with a single or a few related sound tracks on each surface compared to lps long play which have several songs on each side.
The 7 inch or 45 is the most common form of vinyl single.
Perfectly pressed 7 inch singles on 45 or 70 gram vinyl 7 inch records also called 45s are referred to by their playback speed of 45 rpm and their standard diameter of 7 inches.