In 1930, RCA Victor launched the first commercially-available vinyl long-playing record, marketed as "Program Transcription" discs. ... In 1948, the 12" (30 cm) Long Play (LP) 33⅓ rpm microgroove record was introduced by the Columbia Record at a dramatic New York press conference. The name "viny" means the same as "Records".
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Vinyl record player history dates back to 1877, when Thomas Edison announced his invention of a device that would record and replay sound. ... Unlike Edison's cylinders, gramophone records—made first from hard rubber, then from shellac, and later from vinyl—could easily be mass produced.
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