Category details
Category78 rpm records
Alternative terms78 rpm record, 78, 78-rpm record, 78rpm record, 78 r.p.m. record, 78 RPM record, seventy-eight, 78-rpm recording
SourceArt & Architecture Thesaurus
Overview
Phonograph records played at 78 revolutions-per-minute, the standard playing speed for records until the mid-20th century. The maximum length of play per side was 4 1/2 minutes, and they appeared most commonly in ten-inch and twelve-inch formats.