gramophone records

Grooved audio platters

Gramophone records are vinyl discs that store audio as spiral grooves, played by a needle tracking the groove while the disc spins.

The term is largely British and old-fashioned; Americans typically say phonograph records or simply records.

Though obsolete as primary media, vinyl records persist among audiophiles and DJs who value their analog sound quality.

Related

spinning disc · spinning · scratchy · sleeve · inner sleeve · album · LP · phonograph · vinyl pressing · crackle · dust cover · wax · shellac · hi-fi · stereo · sound quality · jukebox · 78s

Opposites
audio format/medium

gramophone recordsdigital downloads

Electronically delivered files

streaming audio · digital audio · CDs · compact discs · cassette tapes

physicality of music

gramophone recordsdigital music

Sound encoded as data

Family

gramophone, records, record, gram, phone, graphic, graph, graphics, graphical

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G