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Today is the 70th anniversary of the introduction 12-inch 33 1/3 LP!

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Columbia, Edward Wallerstein, LP, Peter Goldmark, PVC, RCA, Vinyl

[This was my Sunday column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] For the first 50-odd years of the recorded music industry, the

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Happy 67th Birthday, 7-Inch Single!

January 10, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 45 RPM, 7-inch single, Columbia, RCA

In the years after WWII, the recording industry knew that after almost fifty years, it was time to move beyond

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Now All These Bass Are Belong to Us [sic]

September 14, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bass, Columbia, picós, Sound Systems

I discovered the Netflix series Narcos a couple of weeks back. It’s so good that The Wife and I binge-watched

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