Well you see first us old timers had Vinyl records referd to by the RPM's they were played at.
78 rpm
45 rpm
33 1/3 rpm
These had the purist sound you ever heard, but we're easy to scratch.
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Then came 8 track tapes, more compact than vinyl and you could play them in you car or pickup truck, but the purity of sound wasn't there.
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Then you had cassette tapes, even more compact than an 8 track, but still lacked the purity of vinyl.
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Then came the CD or compact disc these could hold more music and were closer to the sound purity of vinyl.
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Then you had all kinds of electric mumbo jumbo that would remind you of
@Zorba and his phoooone........
Through all of this vinyl is still king, its just hard as heck to carry a turntable in the vehicle with you.