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Gramophone record

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1903 Edison Phonograph Recording Demo | Maker Faire Detroit

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Lata Mangeshkar 'Nagin' 'Man Dole' 78 rpm HMV 102 Gramophone - 1954

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How Record Players Work

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Vinyl Record getting pressed

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Yeh Vaada Raha | Vinyl LP Record | Technics SL-1900

A phonograph record is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc. At first, the discs were commonly made from shellac; starting in the 1950s polyvinyl chloride became common. In recent decades, records have sometimes been called vinyl records, or simply vinyl.