Singles

**thedamndest** · 12-17-2008, 03:06 PM

The basic parameters of the music single were established in the late 1800s, when the gramophone record began to supersede phonograph cylinders in commercial music. Gramophone discs were manufactured with a range of playback speeds (from 16 rpm to 78 rpm) and in several sizes (including 12"). By around 1910, however, the 10-inch 78 rpm shellac disc had become the most commonly used format.

12-17-2008, 03:06 PM	#10
thedamndest A Property of Matter Posts: 25,543	The basic parameters of the music single were established in the late 1800s, when the gramophone record began to supersede phonograph cylinders in commercial music. Gramophone discs were manufactured with a range of playback speeds (from 16 rpm to 78 rpm) and in several sizes (including 12"). By around 1910, however, the 10-inch 78 rpm shellac disc had become the most commonly used format.