General Information

Serial #

5-9631

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC DISK WITH PAPER LABEL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

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Width

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Height

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Thickness

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Weight

N/A

Diameter

17.5 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

CBS

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1975-2000

Canada

EXAMPLE OF RECORD MEDIUM COMMON BETWEEN 1949 & 1980. KNOWN AS "SINGLES" OR "45S", THESE RECORDS WERE PREFERRED FORMAT FOR SALE OF POPULAR SONGS FOR PLAYBACK ONCONSUMER RECORDS & JUKEBOXES. DISC USUALLY HELD ONE SONG PER SIDE.

Function

MEDIUM USED TO STORE & PLAYBACK SOUND, IN THIS CASE MUSIC. AUDIO INFORMATION IS STORED AS ANALOGOUS PHYSICAL INUNDATIONS IN INNER SURFACES OF SPIRAL GROOVE.

Technical

45 RPM 7-INCH RECORD WAS INTRODUCED BY RCA VICTOR IN 1949 AS REPLACEMENT FOR 78 RPM 10-INCH SHELLAC DISC WHICH HAD BEEN STANDARD FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS. ITS MAIN FEATURES WERE LIGHTER, MORE DURABLE SYNTHETIC POLYMER COMPOSITION (VINYL OR POLYSTYRENE) & HIGHER GROOVE DENSITYTHAT PROVIDED SAME RECORDING TIME ON SMALLER DISC. DESIGN WAS WELL SUITED TO MECHANICAL RECORD CHANGERS FOUND ON PHONOGRAPHS & JUKEBOXES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

GREEN LETTERING ON ONE SIDE OF LABEL READING "EPIC/ 45 RPM 5-9631/ (CO-79488)/ SILVER BELLS/ (J. LIVINGSTON E. EVANS)/ BOBBY VINTON/ "EPIC" "CBS" MARCAS REG. T.M. PRINTED IN CAN. A PRODUCT OF CBS"; ON OTHER SIDE ""EPIC/ 45 RPM 5-9631/ (CO-76482)/ WHITE CHRISTMAS/ (I. BERLIN)/ BOBBY VINTON/ "EPIC" "CBS" MARCAS REG. T.M. PRINTED IN CAN. A PRODUCT OF CBS".

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

TRANSLUCENT GREEN DISC WITH WHITE PAPER LABEL

Decoration

N/A