Seventy years ago something important happened in music history: the first LP, or long-playing vinyl record, was introduced.
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Long-playing
Synonyms for "long-playing" (2 found)
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5 translations across 4 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- LP adj (referring to certain type of records)
- pitkäsoitto adj (referring to certain type of records)
Polish
1 entries- długogrający adj (referring to certain type of records)
Russian
1 entries- долгоигра́ющий adj (referring to certain type of records)
Swedish
1 entries- långspelande adj (referring to certain type of records)
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Jazz gained many new listeners in the nineteen fifties. People went to jazz clubs and bought jazz recordings. The introduction of the long-playing record also helped the music become more popular. People could listen to a long piece or a number of short pieces without changing the record.
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Victor Crabbe's headmaster was a little man called Boothby [...] who subscribed to a popular book club and had many long-playing records, who invited people to curry tiffin and said, "Take a pew."
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