In June 1948, Columbia Records released the first 33 1/3 LP – “long-playing record” – from what is now known as the New York Philharmonic. The 12-inch vinyl slates – as opposed to its ...

What is the difference between a record and an album? In June 1948, Columbia Records released the first 33 1/3 LP – “long-playing record” – from what is now known as the New York Philharmonic.

By Darren Mueller (Mus'05) (Duke University Press, 448 pages; 2024) Buy the Book In At the Vanguard of Vinyl, Darren Mueller examines how the advent of the long-playing record (LP) in 1948 ...

Darren Mueller (Mus’05) has just published his book At the Vanguard of Vinyl: A Cultural History of the Long-Playing Record in Jazz. Mueller’s work examines how musicians such as Louis Armstrong, ...

In June 1948, Columbia Records released the first 33 1/3 LP – “long-playing record” – from what is now known as the New York Philharmonic. The 12-inch vinyl slates – as opposed to its ...