What does LP stand for? Ell Pee. I can't work it out. (I do know what a record is, and am just old enough to say "record" and "album" even when I mean "contents of a CD.")

Long playing, innit?

I used to know that, as well as EP.

Y'all remember EPs, right? RIGHT??!

As Scrappy notes, it was a distinct media from the 78 which was very short. The distinction being...longerness.

For some reason, we had some 78s that were all about business something or other back when I was a kid.

Waste of a record.

Plus 78s were made of Bakelite or somesuch brittle plastic.

Y'all remember EPs, right? RIGHT??!

There are a few not 10 feet from me.

And "album" comes from a bunch of individual non-LP records packaged together.

Right?

There are a few not 10 feet from me.

I have no idea where mine are. Lost, perhaps. They might have been shit my brother fucked up.

I've heard some Edison cylinders (as played on an Edison) and they sounded at least as good as a 78. Less scratched up too.

We get the term "Album" from 78s too, because they were sold in what looked like picture albums. It took a fair number of 78s to do (for example) an opera.

xpost with Jesse!

My favorite EP is probably The Pretenders' Extended Play. Though the 10 inch ones were coooooool.

And "album" comes from a bunch of individual non-LP records packaged together.

Right?

No. They were invented by a guy named Al, who was notoriously lazy.

Gaaaaaaah.

It is lovely outside. However, my air-conditioner is blocking the window that would normally give us the most ventilation (it has a fan, which is on, but it's a wussy fan). So we have a standing fan on the other side of the room which is supposed to be turning its head back and forth and distributing air to the corner of the room where my computer lives. AND IT HAS STOPPED TURNING. It's just standing over there making a clicking sound and soon I will kill it dead.