Vinyl sales in the uk reached 2 8 million in 2012.
What does nblp for vinyl record mean.
33 45 and 78 rotations per minute rpm.
Sometimes budget represses reissues may have been of lower pressing quality.
Nblp 7095 it don t mean a thing eddie drennon 1978 it don t mean a thing disco jam song without words stomp your feet rhapsody what more can i say dancing all night can you dig it nblp 7096 macho man village people 1978 3 78 24 also released as a picture disc casablanca nbpix 7096.
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.
For example rca uses a letter as the first character in the code which indicates the year a record was mastered.
Grading a vinyl record is inherently subjective but knowing what to look for will help you accurately determine what condition a record is in.
Vinyl lp records enjoyed a resurgence in the early 2010s.
Case in point alice smith love endeavor apparently the story behind this was that it was all set to get released commercially but then she got signed up by a major label and the bbe commercial pressing was shelved and so only the promos exist of this fantastic track on vinyl.
Why does it infuenciate the price of the record.
The difference in vinyl record speeds 33 45 and 78 records 33 45 78.
If you are a new comer to vinyl you may wonder what these numbers actually mean.
Promotional or promo copies of a record are often identified in some way and they often have a special label that indicates that the particular records was made for.
You may think are these related to the magical numbers from lost.
You mean the current collector 2nd hand prices.
That information will almost always appear on the record jacket and usually on the lp label as well.
The lp was soon confronted by the 45 a 7 inch 180 mm diameter fine grooved vinyl record playing at 45 rpm.
To visually grade a record inspect the sleeve and any inserts lyric sheets posters etc for ring wear discoloration sticker residue and seam splits.
Or they were re relased with reduced cover artwork like missing inlays or in a simple sleeve instead of an original gatefold release.
Indeed vinyl albums that are particularly rare or in mint condition now command high prices on the collector s market.
Hm 2 other records might be promo only like quite a few hip hop albums from the early to mid 90s for example.
Identify the record label that issued the recording.
Vinyl records typically come in three speeds.
Vinyl records fell out of favor with the music buying public after compact discs emerged in the mid 1980s.
An analog audio recording pressed in vinyl.
One factor that can affect vinyl records value is if the record in question is a promotional issue as opposed to a commercial or stock copy of the record.