78 Rpm facts
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The Bee Gees were going to lip sync to a record in the local Gaumont cinema, but as they were running to the theatre, the fragile shellac 78-RPM record broke. The brothers had to sing live and received such a positive response from the audience that they decided to pursue a singing career.
A collection of songs are referred to as an "album" because in the 78 rpm days, each record only held one or two songs, so an "album" would contain multiple records in a "book" or "album" of multiple discs.
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the term "album" comes from the hardback book of 78 RPM records that provided the same playing. time as "long play" 33 1/3 RPM records
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The Bee Gees were going to lip sync to a record in the local Gaumont cinema (as other children had done on previous weeks), but as they were running to the theatre, the fragile shellac 78-RPM record broke. The brothers had to sing live and received such a positive response from the audience that
