Episode 100: Just A Groove – Session #8

Vinyl LP Records:
The history - -
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), often simply called a record, was an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc. Because the records were made of polyvinyl chloride they took on the name “VINYL”. In the mid-2000s, gradually, records made of any material began to be called vinyl records, or simply vinyl. The phonograph disc record was the primary medium used for music reproduction throughout the 20th century. - - -
The details - -
The LP record (from "long playing" or "long play") is a phonograph record format characterized by a speed of 33 1⁄3 rpm, having a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter, and uses the "microgroove" groove specification. Introduced by Columbia in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry. The new product was a 12- or 10-inch (30 or 25 cm) fine-grooved disc made of PVC ("vinyl") and played with a smaller-tipped "microgroove" stylus at a speed of 33 1⁄3 rpm. Each side of a 12-inch LP could play for about 22 minutes. The average LP has about 1,500 feet (460 m; 0.28 mi) of groove on each side. The average tangential needle speed relative to the disc surface is approximately 1 mile per hour (1.6 km/h; 0.45 m/s). It travels fastest on the outside edge. - - -
It is one, long, groove filled with music. But, in reality, it is “Just A Groove”, an album oriented groove. Enjoy.
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In this episode you’ll hear:
1) Time Stand Still [From their 1987 album, Hold Your Fire] by Rush (with Aimee Mann, backing vocals)
2) I Touch Myself (From their 4th album (1990), diVINYLS) by The Divinyls
3) Angels For Crime (From the 1995 album, It's Heavy In Here) by Eric Matthews
4) Broken Arrow (From the 1991 album, Vagabond Heart) by Rod Stewart
5) It's All Over Now (From the 1985 album, Feargal Sharkey) by Feargal Sharkey
6) Constant Craving (From her 1992 album, Ingénue) by k.d. lang
7) Laid (From their 1993 album, Laid) by James
8) Come Down In Time From the 1991 tribute album, Two Rooms: Celebrating The Songs Of Elton John & Bernie Taupin by Sting
9) Joyride (The lead single from their third studio album, Joyride (1991) by Roxette
10) Life Is A Highway (From his 1991 album, Mad Mad World) by Tom Cochrane
11) Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (From their 1991 album, Achtung Baby) by U2
12) Suzie Lightning (From his 1991 album, Mr. Bad Example) by Warren Zevon
13) Give Me Back My Wings (From his 1990 album, Women In The Room) by Zachary Richard
14) Do You Want My Job (From their 1992 album, Little Village) by Little Village [A supergroup comprising Ry Cooder, John Hiatt, Nick Lowe, and Jim Keltner]
15) The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance (From her 1990 album, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got) by Sinéad O'Connor