Question: On which label did Frank Sinatra release his recording of Soliloquy?
Answer: Columbia's Masterwork label

Question: What was a typical recording time of a song in 1948?
Answer: about 3:30

Question: What was a way musicians got sounds such short recording times?
Answer: release a set of records

Question: How many sides of a disc commonly held a recording?
Answer: two sides

Question: What was unique about Odeon's 1909 release of the Nutcracker Suite?
Answer: 4 double-sided discs in a specially designed package

Question: What was one of the first releases with a photo on the cover?
Answer: The Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan)

Question: When were albums said to be pioneered?
Answer: 1909

Question: What was one of the very first albums released?
Answer: Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky

Question: When could record album covers first be found?
Answer: 1910

Question: What were early record album covers made of?
Answer: empty sleeves with a paperboard or leather cover

Question: What sizes were record album covers available in?
Answer: 10-inch and 12-inch sizes

Question: How were record album covers intended to be stored?
Answer: upright

Question: What was the purpose of record album covers?
Answer: protecting them

Question: When were albums as we currently know them widely released?
Answer: 1930s

Question: What is typically found on the front cover of an album?
Answer: artwork

Question: How may records were commonly found in an album?
Answer: three or four

Question: When did the vinyl LP records Era begin?
Answer: 1949

Question: How many songs did most albums contain?
Answer: six or eight

Question: What are reasons for recent releases of 78 rpm speed vinyls?
Answer: collectable or nostalgia purposes

Question: What is a benefit of newer releases of 78 rpm speed vinyls?
Answer: higher-quality audio playback

Question: Who released 7" microgrooved records in the 1950s?
Answer: Bell Records

Question: What benefits to vinyl have been found in the 1950s?
Answer: wider range of audio

Question: Who founded Audiophile Records?
Answer: Ewing Dunbar Nunn

Question: In what year did Reprise plan to release a series of 78 rpm singles?
Answer: 1968

Question: Which disc did Reprise release in 78 rpm format?
Answer: Think It's Going to Rain Today

Question: What two songs were featured on the 1978 release by Leon Redbone in 78 rpm format?
Answer: Alabama Jubilee and Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

Question: What record company released recordings of 'Buena' and 'Tuff Enuff' in 1980?
Answer: Stiff Records

Question: Why did Reprise only release one 78 rpm vinyl?
Answer: lack of sales for the single, and a lack of general interest

Question: When was the release by Rhino Records of 78 rpm for jukebox owners?
Answer: 1990s

Question: What was the result of the use of this release of 78 rpm vinyl when used in vintage jukeboxes?
Answer: they were destroyed

Question: What was needed to successfully play the newer released 79 rpm vinyl?
Answer: lightweight tone arms and jewel needles

Question: For whom was the 1990 release of 78 rpm intended?
Answer: owners of vintage jukeboxes

Question: How did the 1990 release of 78 rpm effect Rhino Records?
Answer: bad reputation

Question: What was the playing time of program-transcription discs?
Answer: ten minutes playing time per side

Question: How successful was RCA Victor's program-transcription discs?
Answer: commercial failure

Question: When did RCA Victor release long play discs?
Answer: 1931

Question: Who released the first commercial long play discs?
Answer: RCA Victor

Question: By when were long play records discontinued?
Answer: early 1933

Question: What was a benefit of using vinyl over shellac?
Answer: lower surface noise

Question: By the mid 1940s what was the primary material records were made of?
Answer: vinyl

Question: What was a factor in shellac availability?
Answer: World War II

Question: Which material was more durable,  shellac or vinyl?
Answer: vinyl

Question: What material were most mailed records made of?
Answer: vinyl

Question: What caused a delay in the production of high quality records?
Answer: World War II

Question: Who released the 12 inch LP?
Answer: Columbia Record Company

Question: On what date was the 12 inch LP released?
Answer: June 18, 1948

Question: In what city was the 12 in LP released?
Answer: New York

Question: How long did it take Columbia to produce a consumer friendly long play record?
Answer: about eight years

Question: What did RCA release to complete against Columbia's LP?
Answer: The 45 rpm player

Question: What materials were 45 rpm records made of?
Answer: vinyl or polystyrene

Question: What was the play time of a 45 rpm
Answer: eight minutes

Question: What was the size of a RCA Victor 45 rpm?
Answer: 7 inches

Question: Who had made an attempt in the 1920s to release a long play time recording?
Answer: World Records

Question: What caused the constant linear velocity?
Answer: Noel Pemberton Billing's patented add-on governor device

Question: What was a unique feature of World Records records?
Answer: played from the outside to the inside

Question: What currently utilized item was World Records CLV similar to?
Answer: Philips Laser Disc

Question: What gear ration creates 78.26 rpm?
Answer: 46:1

Question: In what year was 78.26 rpm chosen as standard?
Answer: 1925

Question: How many rpm did the electrically powered synchronous turanable motor run at?
Answer: 3600 rpm

Question: Why are these records known as '78s'?
Answer: to distinguish them from other newer disc record formats

Question: When did the 45 rpm gain popularity over the 78 rpm
Answer: 1950s

Question: With which crowd did the 45 rpm gain popularity?
Answer: teenagers

Question: At which time were the 79 rpm no longer mass produced?
Answer: about 1960

Question: On which date did Columbia release it's last 78?
Answer: November 1, 1954.

Question: What was the last country to phase out the 78 rpm?
Answer: United Kingdom

Question: What percentage of Elvis Presley's single sales were of 78s?
Answer: less than 10%

Question: What was the last 78 released in the UK by RCA?
Answer: A Mess Of Blues/Girl Of My Best Friend

Question: Why did Elvis sales of 78s perform so well in the Southern States?
Answer: 45 rpm player was a luxury few could afford at the time

Question: On which label did Elvis release his early singles?
Answer: Sun Records

Question: What was the last Elvis Presley single released on 78?
Answer: I Got Stung/One Night

Question: What two formats replaced the 78?
Answer: 33 1⁄3 rpm (often just referred to as the 33 rpm), and the 45 rpm

Question: Who developed the 33 1/3 rpm LP?
Answer: Columbia Records

Question: When did the 33 1/3 rpm hit the market?
Answer: June 1948

Question: When did RCA release their 45 rpm format?
Answer: March 1949

Question: When were RIAA standards established?
Answer: mid-1950s

Question: What was 16 2/3 rpm speed used for?
Answer: narrated publications

Question: Who developed the 33 1/3 rpm speed record?
Answer: Peter Goldmark

Question: What record format was created for use in Chrysler automobiles?
Answer: Highway Hi-Fi 16 2⁄3 rpm record

Question: Why did Chrysler discontinue use of the Hifi 16 2/3 rpm record?
Answer: poor performance

Question: To the end of which era could you find 16 rpm setting on record players?
Answer: 1970s

Question: Which company lost the "War of the Speeds"?
Answer: RCA

Question: What speed ultimantly ended up winning the war of the speeds?
Answer: 45 rpm

Question: Over which years did the "War of the Speeds" last? 
Answer: 1948 to 1950

Question: By 1945 what was the total sale of 45s?
Answer: 200 million

Question: Which two companies were involved in the "War of the Speeds"?
Answer: RCA Victor and Columbia Records

Question: What format of LPs was discontinued?
Answer: 10-inch