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In Reply to: Thanks. What a comprehensive study on a relatively small area of music production. nt posted by alaskahiatt on March 27, 2017 at 13:10:37:
The '50s and '60s, even the early'70s, were the eras of the 45. For rock, pop and R&B, 45s were the media which made, or broke the bands. When we heard a potential "hit" on the radio, we visited the record store to buy that 45 "single." After listening at home, if we still liked it after a short while, we probably went back to the record store to buy that band's most recent LP.
I believe the number of Rock and R&B 45s sold from 1955 to 1965 outsold the number of LPs from the same genres during that era. For the classical and jazz market, Lps ruled...
Since stereo Lps were "standardized" since 1958, it is surprising that commercial, publicly offered stereo 45s lagged behind so long. Concerning mono LP offerings from the same era, '58 to '65 or even later, the record companies had their tweaked 1 mil microgroove record cutter systems readily working for their 45 rpm market on hand. Hence, the delay to offer .7 mil, stereo size grooves for their mono LP discs, plus their resistance to obsolete their loyal mono disc buyers, caused the "wide-groove" 1 mil microgroove to persist well into the swingin' sixties...
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