r.p.m.

It was a magnificent Wurlitzer from the late forties that played only at 78 r.p.m. and looked like a tiny cathedral.

Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

The 45 r.p.m. single was the fuel that drove the record business, and one thing Morris and Roulette did better than anyone else was sell singles.

Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

It was a 78 r.p.m. kiddy model with an old-fashioned diaphragm attached to the tone arm, which acted as a speaker.

Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010

The old Chicago blues recordings were more complicated than they sounded to a casual listener, maybe because the 78 r.p.m. singles that companies like Chess were releasing were recorded in mono, and for the first stereo LP recordings we did in the studios later we had a complicated question deciding where each instrument should go in the final mix.

Living With Music: A Playlist by Samuel Charters - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

The old Chicago blues recordings were more complicated than they sounded to a casual listener, maybe because the 78 r.p.m. singles that companies like Chess were releasing were recorded in mono, and for the first stereo LP recordings we did in the studios later we had a complicated question deciding where each instrument should go in the final mix.

Living With Music: A Playlist by Samuel Charters - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

It was the first time Robert Johnson was heard by listeners outside of the very small world of 78 r.p.m. blues collectors, and nothing afterwards was the same.

Living With Music: A Playlist by Samuel Charters - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

A mostly amateur Dixieland band I was rehearsing with on my clarinet in Berkeley in 1948 ended its rehearsals with two 78 r.p.m. records that the cornet player had in his collection.

Living With Music: A Playlist by Samuel Charters - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

It was the first time Robert Johnson was heard by listeners outside of the very small world of 78 r.p.m. blues collectors, and nothing afterwards was the same.

Living With Music: A Playlist by Samuel Charters - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

A mostly amateur Dixieland band I was rehearsing with on my clarinet in Berkeley in 1948 ended its rehearsals with two 78 r.p.m. records that the cornet player had in his collection.

Living With Music: A Playlist by Samuel Charters - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

It's like hearing a heat-warped 45 played at 33 r.p.m. There's a Riot Goin 'On has been as picked over and decrypted by rock critics as anything in Bob Dylan's catalogue.

Sly Stone's Higher Power Kamp, David 2007