abstract:The LP (Long Play), or 33⅓ rpm microgroove vinyl record, is a format for phonograph (gramophone) records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry.
Released through Mr. Reznor's own Null Corporation record label, the soundtrack is already available as a download, and will be later released as both a three-CD and six-LP record set.
That it remains so nearly 60 years later and in the face of much estimable competition suggests that from the start it was considerably more than a worthy addition to the burgeoning catalog of complete operas filling record-store shelves in the years following the introduction of the LP.
