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How the 45 RPM Single Changed Music

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I don’t have any answer but after reading the headine, came to post this: https://youtu.be/HucOdgey9NE

That's great!

Funny how the author thinks colored vinyls existed then :) my first vinyl release had something like 50 copies in red due some reasons (we ordered all black cuz it was cheaper). Pretty sure one can still order colored vinyls but it’s a “common knowledge” that black ones last longer. Can’t say if that has any merit or not.

A true coloured vinyl probably lasts just as long as a black one, but I've seen a few that look coloured but are really picture discs. The pictures discs really are crap because the groove is cut into a thin layer of clear material that is layered on top of the printed picture.

Indeed thats the case. I was just referring to what some people think about colored vinyls due to picture discs. I haven’t really seen 7” picture disks so talking about albums: singles have nicer sound..

>Funny how the author thinks colored vinyls existed then

I'm confused, they did exist and there were shellac/78rpms which were red prior to that. The color was used to denote the genre.

Didn’t know about genre thing. I just found it funny how author referred to color presses. Maybe I didn’t catch the meaning correctly but it sounded like having those was something obscure

Is this an actual phrase? "It’s impossible to underestimate the impact of the 45"

Seems like it means impossible to overestimate, easy to underestimate, or just impossible to estimate.

You are correct, that phrase as stated would mean no matter how little impact you think 45RPM had, you estimate would not be too low.

The author surely meant 'impossible to overestimate.'

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I don't know if this is a common mix up, like, for example:

"I could care less." (which means you have not reached a minimum of caring)

"I couldn't care less." (which means you have reached minimum of caring)

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Or the more pernicious (in my opinion) and pervasive:

"Not all X are Y" (some X might be Y, but at least some are not)

"All X are not Y" (There are no X that are also Y)

The author could also have meant to say "it's impossible to understate".

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