I chuckled when I read the recent email from Scott about the sale going on in Octave records. They have Vinyls on sale. Records are records. Though they are pressed on Vinyl. One Vinyl record may be called a Vinyl but multiple Vinyl records are still only called Vinyl. They are not Vinyls. That is a term that has recently came about with the interest in playing records again.
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To me they have always been records. When I hear âI got a vinylâ I cringe a little
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Me too. It comes from those who never grew up playing records! I have been doing that since I was three years old come July that will be 70 years!
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(Happy very early 70th!)
⌠wait⌠73rd
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Record(s). Plain and simple.
Perhaps âvinylâ is meant for hipsters.
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âŚnot that being a hipster is a bad thing.
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I am actually very happy that the âyounginsâ are into records - truly, that pleases me to no end. But I still cringe at âvinylsâ
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I like it when people call records LPs.
I realize LP is limiting but it just sounds cool.
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LPâs - that was my Dad. Sometimes heâd say record, but mostly LP.
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I wonder how many people who call them LPs know what LP means?
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Thank you! I still ski more than 35 times every season. I intend to keep doing so as long as I can.
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I always refer to them as LPs. ÂŻ_(ă)_/ÂŻ
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I feel the phrase came from people saying âIâm into vinyl. I play vinylâŚâ which has been around for decades. Then someone pluralized it, and it stuck. I cringe when I hear it, but at least the younger generations are embracing it.
2 years back i shot a scene of a short film in a record store that let me shoot for free. I couldnât wait for it to close for the night. It was filled with 20 year olds buying vinyls.
Guess Iâm getting old. We would say âyounger generationâ. 
Records came in various sizes LP Long Players EP Extended Play Singles but they are all still records even the shellac 78âs
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Albums is what we call them and we play them on a turntable.
Yes. Album-length records are LPs. Shorter releases are EPs. Then there are 45s and 12â singles. Anything else wasnât really relevant to my life or experience when I came of age.
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