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phonograph record

analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove
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Summary

phonograph record is an audio release format[1]. It draws 8,275 Wikipedia views per month (audio release format category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Emile Berliner[3]
  • Made from material: polyvinyl chloride[4], shellac[5]
  • Subclass of: audio disc[6], record[7]
  • Commons category: Gramophone records[8]
  • Has part(s): A-side[9], B-side[10]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1889[11], 1887[12]
  • Has cause: launch[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gramophone records[14]
  • Described by source: Dresdner Hefte[15]
  • Replaced by: compact disc[16]
  • Shape: disk[17]
  • Used by: phonograph[18], gramophone[19], turntable[20]

Why It Matters

phonograph record has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

compact disc Emile Berliner We Are the World

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . sapere.it. Retrieved . sapere.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . patents.google.com. patents.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → ['h0005034-gramofonove-desky', '0277866-gramofonove-desky']
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Determination method or standard: record linkage, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260985|batch #260985]]"
  2. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → ['h0005034-gramofonove-desky', '0277866-gramofonove-desky']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005034-gramofonove-desky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259576|batch #259576]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → audio disc, record
    Has part(s) → A-side, B-side
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|21 */ Yso id: 17544, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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