Remember when records were pressed onto 7 inches of vinyl and were played at 45 revs per minute? What about EPs and LPs? Here we look at a small selection of influential records and lyrics...

As applied to records, the term EP or Extended Play are recordings which are too long to qualify as singles, but too short to be called an album. In the singles above, Madonna sings 'Like a Virgin' and 'Stay', whereas the Beatles EP includes, 'Twist and Shout', 'A Taste of Honey', 'Do you want to know a Secret?, and 'There's a Place'. BTW, the Beatles were known as the 'Fab Four' and are: Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John Lennon, but better known simply as John, Paul, George and Ringo.

LPs or Long Players (also known as albums) were 12 inch records played at 33 rpm and typically contained 10 tracks per side.

Roy Wood

With its distinctive yellow and green sleeve, Harvest Showdown is a compilation CD, released on 5th September 2005 celebrating the 35th anniversary of The Move, signing to Harvest records. Roy Wood on the HARVEST Record Label played a large selection of instruments and was a colourful individual who with the E.L.O. had a strong influence on pop music of the Seventies and beyond... One of his typical teen ballads was FOREVER, produced in 1973.

http://www.ftmusic.com/harvest/

Novelty Records

	The Birdie Song According to Werner Thomas' son, "My father Werner Thomas is the composer of "The Duck's Dance," also called "Tchip-Tchip," "The Bird's Dance," "Dance de Canards," "Song of the Chicken, etc."

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