When it arrived 70 years ago today, the 45 rpm single, a format that would revolutionize pop music, seemed less radical than simply confusing. On March 15th, 1949, RCA Victor became the first label to ...

When Taylor Swift said she’d be the man, she didn’t mean it quite like that. Over the past few days, as Swifties have gotten their $49.99 four-disc vinyl sets of Red (Taylor’s Version), there has been ...

Last time, I talked about how the weight of a vinyl doesn’t necessarily impact the quality of how it sounds. Okay, so what ...

The 45rpm single, the hard, black centrepiece of the teenage revolution, turns 60 next Tuesday. Few would argue that its rise and fall mirrors pop's golden age. Just the look of a 1957 single on the ...

An analog audio recording pressed in vinyl. The 45 RPM record holds one song per side, while 33 1/3 RPM "Long Play" records hold an entire album (see LP). With the sound literally "carved" in a spiral ...

Record Store Day is coming, and if you've never dabbled in vinyl, now is the perfect time to start. But for many people, the world of turntables and vinyl records can be a daunting place: for the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Record players are a unique hobby for audiophiles who want a vintage, analog feel to their favorite tracks. Vinyl remains popular among ...

Why is the London Review of Books putting out records? We liked the idea of marking the paper’s 45th anniversary with a series of 45 rpm vinyl singles, and drawing on our rich archive of poems made ...