LP

Examples

• All

• Well, there are a few choice LPs in here that reissue some really great old blues stuff.

  Fiction book (2001)

• It's 40 years since this LP called Cold Fact by Rodriguez was released.

  Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

• Have you got an LP of it?

  Sound It Out (2011)

• CDs have replaced the LP record, but many wonder if another new scheme can be successful so soon.

  Academic text (1992)

• My father brought Africa into our home through jazz LPs, which he bought in quantity.

  Academic text (2004)

• It is one of my favourite LPs still.

  David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust (2012)

• There were two crates of LPs on the floor, mostly jazz, mostly musicians I knew only by name.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Lopez recorded over sixty singles and eight LPs under the Ideal label during these two decades.

  Academic text (1999)

• The renditions by Tropa Loca sold 35,000 LPs and 15,000 cassettes in 1984.

  Academic text (1990)

• This classic album was originally released on vinyl as an LP and is now available digitally.

Synonyms

R

record

vsLP

863 3.5

A flat disc used to play music on a turntable

is the specific long-playing format rather than any disc

P

phonorecord

vsLP

• Specialized

5 8.2

An item like a record or CD that holds recorded sound for playing

is the specific long-playing vinyl disc usually played at 33 1/3 rpm

V

vinyl record

vsLP

4 3.2

A flat round plastic disc that people play on a turntable to hear music

is the long-playing type usually played at 33 1/3 rpm

R

record album

vsLP

3 3.0

A set of songs released together with one cover

is the single long-playing disc format not a collection of tracks

P

phonograph record

vsLP

• Archaic

1 6.6

A flat round disc with a groove that stores music and is played on a turntable

is the longer playing format usually at 33 1/3 rpm

P

phonograph recording disk

vsLP

• Archaic

9.9

A flat disk used to make and play sound on an old record player

is the longer playing version usually at 33 1/3 rpm

P

phonograph recording

vsLP

• Archaic

7.9

A flat disk with a long groove that makes sound when a needle moves

is the physical longer playing disc rather than the recording itself

How Long

album

710 1.4

LP

35 5.5

single

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology