For example rca uses a letter as the first character in the code which indicates the year a record was mastered.
What does nblp for vinyl record mean.
One factor that can affect vinyl records value is if the record in question is a promotional issue as opposed to a commercial or stock copy of the record.
You may think are these related to the magical numbers from lost.
Or they were re relased with reduced cover artwork like missing inlays or in a simple sleeve instead of an original gatefold release.
33 45 and 78 rotations per minute rpm.
Vinyl records typically come in three speeds.
However many people wisely held on to their old record albums knowing they would become collector s items one day.
The 45 rpm record holds one song per side while 33 1 3 rpm long play records hold an entire album see lp with the sound literally carved in a.
Vinyl sales in the uk reached 2 8 million in 2012.
That information will almost always appear on the record jacket and usually on the lp label as well.
To visually grade a record inspect the sleeve and any inserts lyric sheets posters etc for ring wear discoloration sticker residue and seam splits.
Identify the record label that issued the recording.
Sometimes budget represses reissues may have been of lower pressing quality.
An analog audio recording pressed in vinyl.
Promotional or promo copies of a record are often identified in some way and they often have a special label that indicates that the particular records was made for.
Different companies had different systems for generating matrix numbers.
You mean the current collector 2nd hand prices.
Why does it infuenciate the price of the record.
Nblp 7095 it don t mean a thing eddie drennon 1978 it don t mean a thing disco jam song without words stomp your feet rhapsody what more can i say dancing all night can you dig it nblp 7096 macho man village people 1978 3 78 24 also released as a picture disc casablanca nbpix 7096.
The difference in vinyl record speeds 33 45 and 78 records 33 45 78.
The lp was soon confronted by the 45 a 7 inch 180 mm diameter fine grooved vinyl record playing at 45 rpm.
Vinyl records fell out of favor with the music buying public after compact discs emerged in the mid 1980s.
Hm 2 other records might be promo only like quite a few hip hop albums from the early to mid 90s for example.
If you are a new comer to vinyl you may wonder what these numbers actually mean.
Case in point alice smith love endeavor apparently the story behind this was that it was all set to get released commercially but then she got signed up by a major label and the bbe commercial pressing was shelved and so only the promos exist of this fantastic track on vinyl.
Us vinyl sales in 2017 reached 15 6 million and 16 7 million for 2018.
