1/10/49, A Date To Remember - Record Industry Rolls Out the 45s

[DudeAsInCool]

Wired.com takes a look back to the day when the 45 record was introduced:

"The 78 remained the standard for portable recorded sound until the mid-20th century, despite some severe limitations. For one thing, the disc didn't hold much, meaning that longer works, typically classical music, had to be broken in mid-composition (which makes the 78 seem a little like the vinyl forerunner of the four-track tape).

Columbia introduced the 33-rpm disc in 1948, which mostly solved that problem, and its rival, RCA, was right behind with the 45. Despite a diameter of only 7 inches, the 45 could hold as much sound as the 78, and was far more portable and cheaper to produce.

More important, though, was the timing. When rock 'n' roll started taking off in the mid-'50s, the 45 proved a perfect format for this music."

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[Redneck4sure]

Koop was probably waiting at the mailbox for his retirement check on that very same day.

I know I was.