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In the late 1970's they were made from shellac.

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When were vinyl records made?

Vinyl Records were made in way back in 1888-1889


What came first 8 track or records?

Vinyl records were produced long before 8 track tapes were made.


When was the last vinyl record made?

vinyl records are still made to this day.


What is is the vinyl record made of?

Usually vinyl, some recycled vinyl does appear in some cheaper records, but sometimes virgin vinyl is available.


What things are made out of vinyl?

Two of the things that are made out of vinyl are records and shower curtains. It is also stated that Walter Semon made Golf balls and shoe heels that were made out of vinyl.


What are some things made out of vinyl?

Two of the things that are made out of vinyl are records and shower curtains. It is also stated that Walter Semon made golf balls and shoe heels that were made out of vinyl.


What are vinyl records made of?

Vinyl records, as opposed to shellac records for example, are made out of polyvinyl chloride, commonly abbreviated as PVC. A thermoplastic polymer, PVC is used in a variety of common products, from water pipes and flooring to fetish wear.


Where can vinyl storage boxes be bought?

Storage boxes made for vinyl records can be purchased through The Container Store, Bags Unlimited, IKEA and Amazon. Storage boxes made of vinyl can also be found at IKEA.


Is vinyl the same as LP?

Assuming you're talking about records and not gas or something else...yes. Long Play (LP) albums were made of vinyl, but so were the 45s in their last years. Earlier records were made of a harder plastic. "Vinyl" refers to anything that goes round and round on a turntable and is read by a needle.


Why do you call vinyl records vinyl records?

Vinyl records are called such because of the material Lp's (33 1/3 RPM) and 45's RPM records are made out of. Before the creation of Lp's in 1948, most records were pressed with shellac and more properly called gramophone records.


Why were 7 inch vinyls made with big holes?

The large holes in 7 inch vinyl records shows that they were used in jukeboxes.


What did people use before CD players were made?

Cassette tape, 8-track tapes, reel to reel tapes, vinyl LP's and 45's, wire recorders, shellac and resin records, wax cylinder, and books. In computers a 3.5 inch diskette was used, it had a 1.44Mb capacity. It was known as a floppy disk and a 'stiffie' in Australia. Before 3.5 floppies there 6.25 floppies (that were soft and bent very easily), before the 6.25 were 12" disks also called floppies (just large versions of the 6.25"), before that there was reel-to-real and casset tape storage, before that there were keypunch cards, before that there were manual switches and vacuum tubes. And finally, before that was the abacus and the difference engine, and before that was the human brain.