A Beginner’s Guide To The History Of Vinyl And How It’s The New Retro Thing

Last Ditch Effort

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Records in the seventies hit a snag thanks to the oil crisis. Petroleum products became expensive, so pressing plants made records with recycled vinyl-the quality was cheap.

So, the laser turntable was invented, which allows laser beams to pick up the record instead of using a stylus.

NASA was so convinced there was life outside Earth, they made a record to send into space.