All You Need To Know About Vinyl Records

It isn t all that difficult.

All you need to know about vinyl records.

Keep in mind that there are many factors that need to be taken into consideration and it s quite rare for a record to be valuable based on one factor alone. I applied no digital limiting whatsoever to my new transfer as this is totally unnecessary for vinyl records and only serves to lower the audio. Think you know all there is to know about vinyl records. Lp long play up to 60 minutes ep extended play normal play standard play now that you know a little about the record s you have let s move on to the next section.

Record players have a speed switch that you need to manually change according to the type of record you re using. The rpm of a record will be printed somewhere on the record label and all you need to do is switch your turntable from 33 1 3 to 45 mode. Record information you need to know record sizes. Everything you need to know before investing in a record collection by lewis leong 21 april 2017 whether you like it or not vinyl s making a comeback.

A real vinyl record collector would never commit any of these ten sins to their records. It s usually a combination of things that add to a vinyl record s value and other factors can sometimes turn a valuable record into one that isn t worth all that much seemingly. 78rpm 1900 1960 10 inches 45rpm 1949 1990 7 inches 33 1 3rpm 1948 1990 12 inches. Although the vinyl record contains many great dylan tracks the beautiful 11 minute sad eyed lady of the lowlands was done in just one take at the end of an 8 hour recording session at 4 o clock in the morning and is one of the greatest songs you could ever listen to on a clean cut of vinyl.

Vinyl record sizes and speeds. There are three different types of vinyl record. All you need to know about half speed masters. A seven inch record plays at.

In our previous article how to clean vinyl records you learned all about cleaning your records by hand with regular household cleaners or a record cleaning machine however that is only the start.