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vinyl record

disc-shaped vinyl analog sound storage medium
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vinyl record

Summary

vinyl record is a gramophone record format[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • vinyl record's instance of is recorded as gramophone record format[3].
  • vinyl record is made of polyvinyl chloride[4].
  • vinyl record is made of vinyl mix for stamping records[5].
  • vinyl record is a type of phonograph record[6].
  • vinyl record's Commons category is recorded as Vinyl records[7].
  • vinyl record's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1948[8].
  • vinyl record's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vinyl records[9].
  • vinyl record's replaces is recorded as 78 rpm record[10].
  • vinyl record's replaced by is recorded as compact disc[11].
  • vinyl record's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/ontology/mo/Vinyl[12].
  • vinyl record's history of topic is recorded as unusual types of gramophone records[13].
  • vinyl record's exact match is recorded as http://rs.tdwg.org/format/values/m060[14].
  • vinyl record's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Music[15].

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Material and Period

Recorded made from material include polyvinyl chloride[4] and vinyl mix for stamping records[5].

Why It Matters

vinyl record has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Controlled Vocabulary for Dublin Core format. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → phonograph record
    Instance of → —
    Replaced by → —
    Made from material → polyvinyl chloride, vinyl mix for stamping records
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P5437]]: 3871, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260985|batch #260985]]"
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