[78-L] Classical 12 inch 78 albums

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
> I'm afraid common sense is in the minority now. Any CD release is called 
> an "album" these days, whether it has one disc or multiple discs. The 
> "album" label was put on LPs almost from the very beginning of their 
> existence. So this egregious and nonsensical error is fully engrained into 
> the public's lexicon and there's nothing we can do about it.
>
Originally, sets of 78rpm records came in...and were thus called..."albums"
(or more accurately "album sets"). When the first 33-1/3 rpm "LP" records
were issued by Columbia, they often used recordings which had already
been issued as/on 78 "albums"...as a result the LP's were often called
"albums" as well. I have a 1952 Decca catalog which lists "album sets"
and these were sets of LP albums...!

Steven C. Barr