[Intolerant in NJ]

The multiple disc problem was solved by Columbia in 1948 when in June of that year, they unveiled the 33 1/3 long-playing album...ah yes, I can see it now, a strange little contraption of a turntable retrofisted to the Sears Silvertone console radio/78 record player, sitting on top and slowly spinning those big twelve inch recordings that almost overnight took me from short diversions like 'Malaguena" and "Skyscraper Fantasy" and "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" (both sides of the 78 record) to wondrous classics like "Scheherazade" and Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and "American in Paris" - it changed my world.....

[Squawk 8888]

And thanks to the CD, I discovered the Brandenburg Concertos but buying all six on two discs for $10 :)

[a fool in paradise]

Growing up I had turntables that could play 16RPM records but I never owned one until around 2000 (and don’t have a capable player).

Last year I saw some 7” albums (from the 50s) that play at 8RPM (even the 16 RPM setting would be double speed!).