vintage recording
- noun
- /ˈvɪn.tɪdʒ rɪˈkɔːrd.ɪŋ/
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grabación vintage
- She found an old vintage recording of her grandfather singing that made her feel nostalgic.
Examples
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The film featured a vintage recording of a famous speech that captured the mood of the era.
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As a proud jazz nerd who fell in love with vintage recordings from the early decades of the twentieth century, any modern ensemble would have had a hard time winning me over.
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The museum has a collection of vintage recordings that showcase the evolution of jazz music.
How Old
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'vintage recording' is compositionally predictable: 'vintage' (from an earlier period or old-style) modifies 'recording', so a learner who knows both words will understand it as a recording characteristic of an earlier era. Although audio-production specialists use it for modern recordings made to sound old, that nuance is technical and the basic sense is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Vintage recording comes from the image of old records and tapes: vintage means 'from the past' and recording is sound kept on vinyl or tape. People value these old recordings for their warm, unique sound and their history, so the phrase means 'a sound recording made in a previous era'.