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A Perfect Ten for Blackbirds and Shuffle Along by Peter Filichia

By Peter Filichia -- The birth of any innovation makes for some growing pains. That too was the case with the so-called long-playing record when it came into existence in the late '40s. At first, two different sizes " ten-inch and twelve-inch -- played at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute. Because classical records and original cast albums needed more space to accommodate all (or much) of its music, the powers-that-b…

SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:37PM on November 14, 2011

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