Like a dervish whirling at three different speeds at once, the U.S. record industry has begun to come apart at the seams. Its head. RCA Victor, has gone flying off at 45 r.p.m.; its right arm, ...

The compact disc gave us our first taste of digital music – and we liked it. Upon its arrival in the U.S. in March 1983, the sleek 4.7-inch plastic and aluminum disc – about the size of a ...

This new 12- and 10-inch disc had much smaller grooves and ran at 33 1/3 rpm, allowing it to hold much more music, with Columbia's first-ever long-playing (LP) record boasting around 23 minutes of ...

Back in the 1980s, Peter Giles knew that the fledgling music format, the compact disc, came with some compromises. CDs were smaller than vinyl record albums. That meant the end of the 12-inch ...

I’ve tried CDs, streaming, and more, but after eight years my Audio-Technica Stereo Turntable is still my favorite way to listen to music. Here’s why I love my record player as much as I do.