Phonograph record
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| + | "Herein lies the importance, in a cultural and historical sense, of the [[phonograph record]] to [[jazz]], more vital than the printed [[Sheet music|score]] to [[Western music]]."--''[[Shining Trumpets, a History of Jazz]]'' (1946) by Rudi Blesh | ||
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| A '''gramophone record''' (also '''phonograph record''', or simply '''record''') is an [[analog signal|analog]] [[sound]] [[recording medium]] consisting of a flat [[disk|disc]] with an inscribed modulated [[spiral]] groove starting near the periphery and ending near the center of the disc. Gramophone records were the primary medium used for commercial music reproduction for most of the 20th century. They replaced the [[phonograph cylinder]] as the most popular recording medium in the 1900s, and although they were supplanted in popularity in the late 1980s by [[digital audio|digital media]], they continue to be manufactured and sold as of 2007. Gramophone records remain the medium of choice for many [[audiophile]]s and music aficionados, especially in the [[electronica]] genre. | A '''gramophone record''' (also '''phonograph record''', or simply '''record''') is an [[analog signal|analog]] [[sound]] [[recording medium]] consisting of a flat [[disk|disc]] with an inscribed modulated [[spiral]] groove starting near the periphery and ending near the center of the disc. Gramophone records were the primary medium used for commercial music reproduction for most of the 20th century. They replaced the [[phonograph cylinder]] as the most popular recording medium in the 1900s, and although they were supplanted in popularity in the late 1980s by [[digital audio|digital media]], they continue to be manufactured and sold as of 2007. Gramophone records remain the medium of choice for many [[audiophile]]s and music aficionados, especially in the [[electronica]] genre. | ||
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A gramophone record (also phonograph record, or simply record) is an analog sound recording medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove starting near the periphery and ending near the center of the disc. Gramophone records were the primary medium used for commercial music reproduction for most of the 20th century. They replaced the phonograph cylinder as the most popular recording medium in the 1900s, and although they were supplanted in popularity in the late 1980s by digital media, they continue to be manufactured and sold as of 2007. Gramophone records remain the medium of choice for many audiophiles and music aficionados, especially in the electronica genre.
See also
- Album era
- LP album
- Phonograph cylinder
- Record Store Day
- Sound recording and reproduction
- Unusual types of gramophone records
