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Here's a question of semantics. What do you call an artist new work, for instance, do you still say the new album by The Rolling Stones or do you say the new CD by The Rolling Stones. I've heard it both ways but there is no album any more is there. OK I just answered my own question by looking up album in the dictionary, an album is a collection of material and is still correct I guess. Do you still say album? I was having a problem with that word.
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I use album or CD. When people "correct" me on the usage of album I define what an album is. Album does not equal vinyl. You can pick up the album on vinyl, CD, cassette, DVD or 8-track. -- Rob
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I said "record" long after they were records, though in a very technical, etymological sense, "record" is OK (if not the proper common usage). It's a recording, a preservation, etc. :bor: Now I say album, which is correct for all the reasons mentioned above. Tom

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I'll call it an album if the recording is an original collection of songs and has some kind of theme. A "best of ... or greatest hits" compilation doesn't bring the term album to mind. In those cases, it's just another LP or CD. Elizabeth Taylor probably doesn't have a wedding album anymore, more likely a "best of" collection of photos. Her marriages end so quickly they throw minute rice - (rimshot please) :D
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[quote]Originally posted by Groovepusher Sly Tone: [b]Actually, to delineate vinyl, the term would be, phonograph record. I think.[/b][/quote]I believe the correct term would be LP. I do miss the old 45's though. They haven't come up with a term for anything that sounds as cool as that. 45's!!! I just like the sound of it. :cool:

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I call it disc. The terms works for eith vinyl or CD...

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