Single: 7" disc with one song on each side - 45 RPM.
EP: 10" disc with two songs on each side - 45 RPM.
LP (Album): 12" disc with six or seven songs on each side - 33-1/3 RPM.
Of course before my time there were the 78s - 12" discs with one song on each side - 78 RPM. Any turntable from the era had a selector switch and could play all three. I still remember the coming of stereo, and "Hi-Fi" - high fidelity recording.
My first record? Beatles '65, the American version of Beatles For Sale. My stepmom's brother gave it to me for Christmas 1964.
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