Vinyl record

A type of information storage of audio content, commonly music. Consisting of a circular sheet of vinyl plastic, and engraved with grooves, in which a needle? is supposed to run.

Vinyl records were predominantly recorded in speeds of 33 or 45 rpm. They were not as fragile as the 78 rpm records they replaced. Sizes were 7 and 12 inches diameter. A 45 rpm 7 inch was called an EP or single, because it held a single song on each side. A 33 rpm 12 inch was is an LP or long-playing? record, with 5 or 6 songs on each side. In the 1980s, vinyl records were gradually replaced in mainstream music consumer markets with the compact disc (CD). Vinyl records continue to be manufactured and sold today, although it is considered to be a [niche market]? comprised of audiophile?s, collector?s, and disc jockeys (DJs).