[78-L] Inquiry: Demise of the 10" Long Play

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

I'd say 1955. That's when Contemporary started recording new tracks as 
"fillers", for instance.

BC.
Le 25 sept. 13, à 17:35, Julian Vein a écrit :

> On 25/09/13 16:26, David Lennick wrote:
>> The things were too easy to shoplift, according to one story I 
>> remember seeing
>> ages ago. 1957 sticks in my mind as when black diamonds were appearing
>> throughout the Schwann catalogs (so there's your printed source).
>>
>> dl
>> =================
> As far as jazz issues were concerned 1956 seems to have seen the
> changover, when labels like Blue Note, Prestige and Savoy were 
> reissuing
> their 10-inchers, sometimes doubling-up or augmenting them with new
> recordings.
>
> The 1956 Downbeat record review book (another printed source) seems to
> consist almost exclusively of 12"ers.
>
>        Julian Vein
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Bertrand