Previous Page: A new technology in sound recording made from vinyl that could hold a collection of several musical tunes of more than ten tracks became known as the long playing record that could play at 33 and 1/3-rpm for 30 minutes or more depending on the length of each track. The long playing records became a novelty amongst the younger generation that led to the 78-rpm shellac records and the cylinder phonograph records having early retirement and into oblivion. further more the 33 and 1/3 LP could hold songs that had been previously recorded which was a good idea considering that it could hold the equivalent of ten 45-rpm records. Orchestral recordings of less recognizable works produced that had been literally savaged by World War II, and where musician's fees were negligible, had reached the pinnacle of the mountain. New recording companies were springing up all over the place recording symphonies, quartets, masses, little-known operas. Many other once obscure works, some of which were unavailable to the public before and the more popular standard works, the symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, and Tchaikovsky, were being duplicated. The mid-1950s was the year that gave the impression that most of the significant musical output was of Western culture. |
