If you grew up sometime between the mid-70s and 80s you probably instantly recognize these plastic discs ... Create Custom Discs Full of New Music for Fisher Price’s Iconic Toy Record Player ...

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, ...

Inspired by the ease of it all, and with a manual by my side, I put the record on the spindle. I pushed the cue lever down. I moved the stylus to the edge of the vinyl, and I flipped the knob to ...

And record players. ... with 7-inch discs in 16⅔ rpm format, ... more satisfactory than the Norelco “Auto Mignon,” “as a means of bringing self-selected music to the lonely motorist. ...

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 ...

Genetics Study of 9,000 twins reveals genetics influences how much you enjoy music. ... America, developed a hand-cranked machine that turned a hard rubber disc on a flat ... Modern record players.

Each unit would come with six records, with the option to buy more through CBS-Columbia, a record label that manufactured the unique discs. Owing to Paley’s influence—he detested rock music ...

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 ...