[Revolting cat!]

An album in 1941? Dude, you’re stretching!

[Fiji Hill]

Record albums were originally booklike holders for individual phonograph records. The records were stored between the covers in sleeves of heavy brown paper which could be flipped through as one would a photo album.

As the 78-rpm era began to fade, albums of this sort were increasingly replaced by long-playing records, which quickly became known as "albums."