And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: January 10th, 1949, 67 years ago today ... the day RCA Victor unveiled a new breed of phonograph record -- the 45. Just seven inches across, with a ...

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Before streaming services and digital downloads, millions of people got their music fix from the 45 rpm single. First rolled out by RCA in 1949, the 7-inch wax disc with its distinctive large central ...

Spokesman-Review photojournalist Jesse Tinsley recorded his own rendition of a 1910-era song titled, “Sunny Old Spokane,” which celebrates the splendor of our great city. The words and music were ...

In the next couple columns, we will conclude our discussion about the most expensive and valuable 45 rpm records. The records I have mentioned and described do not constitute a complete or scientific ...

Records and machines to play them on have been around for over 100 years. Mass-produced recorded music for the home began in the early 1900s with Thomas Edison's cylinder players. After a few short ...

Reader Gary Kampel motivated me to take on a project I’d been meaning to get to for years. That motivation took this form: My older sister shipped me a box of old double-sided 78 RPM shellac records ...