Tag: vinyl record

2019-03-16: Salsa Dura on Vinyl at Lambeth Town Hall Brixton!

On: By: Philip Wake
I Like It Like that, salsa dura on vinyl is a premium salsa party based in London focusing in bringing some of the most talented DJs from around the world to spin the best in salsa dura on vinyl. Organiser: Styliani Chrysanthakopoulou "Our passion is to explore salsa music; find out how djs narrate it outside the UK & bring them to the UK, making our parties a window to the international salsa scene. A simple ‘spin’ that concentrates on Djs, outside and inside the UK playing on the Read more [...]

On This Day 68 Years Ago – The LP was born!

On: By: Philip Wake

On 18th June 1948 Columbia Records publicly unveiled its new 33⅓-rpm long-playing phonograph record in New York City. The development team had exceeded by 5 minutes the 17-minute objective set by the president for a product on which could be recorded 90% of all classical music and therefore be seen to qualify for the description: long-playing record.

Philco was the first to produce a marketable phonograph to play these new records. Columbia's president, Edward Wallerstein, presented a Read more [...]