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Chart history; Issue date Mono Stereo Ref. Album Artist(s) Label Album Artist(s) Label January 9: The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! Bob Newhart: Warner Bros. G.I. Blues: Elvis Presley / Soundtrack RCA Victor [1] January 16: Wonderland by Night: Bert Kaempfert: Decca [2] January 23: Exodus: Ernest Gold / Soundtrack RCA Victor [3] January 30 [4 ...
The Official Vinyl Albums Chart is a weekly record chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the music industry in the United Kingdom. It lists the 40 most popular albums in the gramophone record (or "vinyl") format. [1] This is a list of the albums which have been number one on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart in the 2020s.
Poland (double LP) by Tangerine Dream (1984): Album photos. 14 Greatest Hits (LP) by Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 (1984): Drawing of 3 Jackson brothers and old band photo. Victory by The Jackson 5 (1984) Legend LP by Bob Marley (1984): Album photo. Keep Moving LP by Madness (1984): Photo of the band on a running track. Make It Big by Wham!
The LP (from long playing [2] or long play) is an analog sound storage medium, specifically a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specification; and a vinyl (a copolymer of vinyl chloride acetate) composition disk.
Budget albums (also known as unofficially by some collectors as either drugstore records or junk records) were low-priced vinyl LPs of popular and classical music released during the 1950s to 1970s consisting either of previously released material (usually reissues drawn from the catalogs of major labels featuring older performances by well-known artists) or material recorded especially for ...
Two different ways of marking cut-out records on LP jackets. When LPs were the primary medium for the commercial distribution of sound recordings, manufacturers would cut the corner, punch a hole, or add a notch to the spine of the jacket of unsold records returned from retailers; these "cut-outs" might then be re-sold to record retailers or other sales outlets for sale at a discounted price.
Occasionally, though more common on historical vinyl records, the cover may include a reference number; a branding (the label), and possibly a track listing. Other information is seldom included on the cover, and is usually contained on the rear or interior of the packaging, such as a track listing together with a more detailed list of those ...
The label was notable for its series of book-and-record sets, combining an illustrated storybook (and, later, comic book) with a vinyl record that contained music and narration by "your Peter Pan Storyteller" (who would prompt the listener to turn the page at the sound of a bell or similar sound). Others featured a repertory company of actors ...