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45 RPM Record

Music History

It was 70 years ago this month that the 45 RPM record was introduced, accidentally helping to give birth to rock’n’roll

March 17, 2019May 9, 2021 Alan Cross 4 Comments 45 RPM Record, 7-inch single

For the first fifty years of the recorded music industry, everyone had to make do with scratchy, fragile 78 RPM

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