Catalogue information
The first commercially released 12 inch album. The first catalog no. For a twelve-inch LP is: ML 4001 Concerto in E Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64. A recording of the concert was played by Nathan Milstein with the Philharmonic Orchestra-Symphony Orchestra of New York conducted by Bruno Walter. Recording March 16 Carnegie Hall New York. Thanks to the marketing ideas of the time, the "12-inch format" was reserved for the more expensive classic recordings and Broadway shows; popular music appeared on 10-inch records. Industry policymakers believed that classical music aficionados would appreciate finally getting the chance to hear a Beethoven symphony or a Mozart concerto in its entirety. Previously it was an endless change of a whole series of 78 rpm records with about four minutes per side. The popular music fans thought they, already used to 1 song per side, would find the shorter duration of the 10-inch LP sufficient. This belief, as we now well know, was malicious and eventually became obsolete. By 1955 the 10 inch Lp together with 78 rpm records would lose more and more ground and production was eventually stopped. However, it did give us that series of often beautiful early fifties 10 inch records, so beloved by collectors of Blues, Jazz, Country and R&B. Ps A whole series of early LPs in this catalog are incorrectly listed as 12 inches. usually they are scans of reproductions. The first real albums from 1954-1955 were “highbrow” Jazz and Pop. Rock ”n’Roll releases on 12 inch form were very limited until the early 1960s. Hence this short history lesson. Info from Wikipedia and various Classical music sites. .
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