A vinyl EP from This article is about the band, Crop Circles, for information about the controversial phenomenon, see Crop circle. Crop Circles was a collaboration between the psychedelic trance band Etnica and a Milanese group called Lotus Omega (Francesco DAmato and Filippo Scrimizzi). An album, entitled Tetrahedron, should have been released around... Crop Circles.

An EP (for extended play), is the name given to 33⅓ LP vinyl record album The vinyl record is a type of gramophone record, most popular from the 1950s to the 1990s, that was most commonly used for mass-produced recordings of music. A vinyl gramophone or phonograph record consists of a disc of polyvinyl chloride plastic, engraved on... vinyl records which are too long to qualify as Alternate meanings: Single In music, a single is a song considered commercially viable enough by the artist and record company to be released separately from an album, usually featuring on an album as well. It is often accompanied by several B-sides—usually remixes or songs which did not... singles but too short to qualify as An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. The most common types of albums are record albums and photo albums. Photo albums collect a series of photographs in a book. Some albums have... albums. Typically an album has eight or more tracks (anywhere between 40-60 minutes), a single only one or two (5-15 minutes), and an EP five to eight (or around 15-35 minutes.) Some artists, especially in the days of vinyl, have released full-length albums that could fit the definition of a modern-day EP. (See Yes in concert in Indianapolis in 1977 (left to right, Steve Howe, Alan White, Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman) The popular music group Yes is a progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. Despite many lineup changes, occasional splits and many changes in popular music, the band... Yes's Close to the Edge is an album by British progressive rock band Yes. Recording began in June 1972 and the album was released on Atlantic Records in September 1972. Track listing Close to the Edge has a running time of 37 minutes and 56 seconds spread amongst three tracks, two... Close to the Edge and For other meanings, see Prince (disambiguation). A prince (from the Latin princeps) is a male member of royalty or a royal family. The female form is princess. Although this is the most commonly understood definition, there are also different systems in different countries. On the European continent, notably in the... Prince's Dirty Mind is an album by Prince. Track Listing Dirty Mind When You Were Mine Do It All Night Gotta Broken Heart Again Uptown Head Sister Partyup Categories: 1980 albums | Prince albums | Stub ... Dirty Mind as examples.) A A remix is an alternate mix of a song different from the original version, made using the techniques of audio editing. It may incorporate elements of dance music. It is often used to create an upbeat version of a song for playing by disc jockeys in nightclubs. Roots of the... remix single is not considered an EP unless it also has other songs on it (an EP/single This article is about a biological term. See hybrid (disambiguation) for other meanings. In biology, hybrid has two meanings. The first meaning is either the offspring of two different species, or of two different genera. The second meaning of hybrid is crosses between populations or cultivars (cultivated varieties) of a... hybrid). The name "extended play" has become something of a misnomer, for though it originally was used for singles that were extended beyond the standard length, it is now more often synonymous with an album that is shorter than usual; indeed EPs are sometimes referred to as "mini-albums" (see below). For this reason, among others, they are referred to as "EPs", the full name being used much more rarely.

EPs were released in various sizes in different eras. The earliest EPs were 33⅓ For the Rise Against album, see Revolutions Per Minute (album). The revolution per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM or r/min) is a unit of frequency, commonly used to measure rotational speed. Examples: Gramophone (phonograph) records typically rotate at 16, 33⅓, 45, or 78 rpm (CAV). Audio CD rotation rates... RPM recordings on 10" (25cm) disks, and appeared at the close of the 78 RPM era. By coincidence, the format gained wide popularity with the coming of Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer who had an immeasurable effect on world culture. He started his career under the name the Hillbilly Cat and was soon... Elvis Presley, and it is sometimes erroneously stated that the term "EP" derived from his initials.

In the 1970s - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ 1970s From Wikipedia Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of... 1970s and Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Technology Bulletin board system popularity Popularization of personal computers, Walkmans, VHS videocassette recorders, and compact disc (CD) players Introduction of the IBM PC Home video games become enormously popular, most notably Atari until the market crashes in 1983; the rise... 1980s there was less Standardization, in the context related to technologies and industries, is the process of establishing a technical standard among competing entities in a market, where this will bring benefits without hurting competition. It can also be viewed as a mechanism for optimising economic use of scarce resources such as forests, which... standardization, and EPs were made on 7" (18cm), 10", or 12" (30cm) discs running either 33⅓ or 45 RPM. Some Novelty is the quality of being new. Although it may be said to have an objective dimension (e.g. a new style of art coming into being, such as abstract or impressionism) it essentially exists in the subjective perceptions of intelligent, sentient beings. That is, for something to be new... novelty EPs used odd shapes and colours, and a few were Usual types of gramophone record (phonograph record in U.S. English) are discussed in the main article. Additionally, various unusual types were occasionally produced, including unusual sizes, formats, and other gimmicks . Some unusual types of gramophone records Unusual size discs 16 and 20 discs — Although 12 was the largest... picture discs.

The term is also sometimes applied to CD redirects here; see Cd for other meanings of CD. Image of a compact disc (pencil included for scale) A compact disc (or CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. A standard compact disc, often known as an audio CD to... compact discs with short playing times. However, since a CD can carry any amount of material up to around 80 minutes, the distinction between a CD EP and a short CD LP is somewhat arbitrary and is based on artistic and Traditionally, Marketing has been a term applied to the craft of linking the producers (or potential producers) of a product or service with customers, both existing and potential. This general definition fails to provide any direction to someone hoping to market their products or services effectively. With that, a more... marketing factors. For example, EPs are usually released as a In [marketing], sales promotion is one of the four aspects of [promotion]. (The other three parts of the [promotional mix] are [advertising], [sales|personal selling], and [publicity]/[public relations].) Sales promotions are non-personal promotional efforts that are designed to have an immediate impact on sales. Sales promotion is media... promo or as a method for an artist to release a collection of songs unfit for an album. Some artists prefer to use the term "mini-album" instead of "EP", bringing a stronger significance to the work instead of it being counted as a mere add-on to an artist's discography.

The 7" EP in punk rock

The first recordings released by many Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. The term is also used to describe subsequent music scenes that share key characteristics with those first... punk rock bands were released in 7" EP format, mainly because the high-energy nature of the Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. (See also musical form.) Some genres, such as Indian music, are geographically defined; others, like Baroque music, are largely defined by chronology. Still others, such as Barbershop, are defined by quite... genre and short songs that resulted made it difficult to create sufficient material to fill an LP. Many such bands also were unsigned, or signed to a minor record label that didn't have the funds to release a full length album, particularly by newly formed bands. As many record stores would not sell demo tapes, the 7" EP became a standard release for punk rock bands, who could sell them nationwide at a cheap price, and thus be heard beyond the areas where they performed. These records would vary in length, having anywhere from 2 to as many as 10 or more songs (4 being somewhat of a standard), and recorded at 33 RPM as often as 45 (outside of punk rock many people refer to any 7" record as a 45, as it has been the standard speed for such records). Some of these recordings would qualify as Alternate meanings: Single In music, a single is a song considered commercially viable enough by the artist and record company to be released separately from an album, usually featuring on an album as well. It is often accompanied by several B-sides—usually remixes or songs which did not... singles, although this term was sometimes eschewed as being a mainstream design for determining commercial airplay, which did not apply to the vast majority of such bands. The term "single" also had a way of being somewhat dismissive of any tracks other than the primary one, delegating them as In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. By extension from their usage to refer to the two physical sides of the disc, they have come to refer to... b-sides, when many bands, having a 7" record as their most significant release, would put all their best songs on the recording. Using the term EP in such cases would be considered techincally incorrect, as they were not "extended", and the term "7 inch" became a standard. For bands that went on to achieve commercial success, it was often customary for the original EP tracks to be released later on full-length albums, or to be somehow reissued in another format.

The split 7" EP has also been a widespread feature in the genre, in which two bands would release such a record together, each performing on one side. This was a way to cut costs, particularly for self released EPs, and was often used as a way for a more established bands to help promote a promising newer act.

See Manufacturers put records inside protective and decorative cardboard jackets and an inner paper sleeve to protect the grooves from dust and scratches. The 12-inch (30 cm) LP vinyl album Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath is an example, showing the South Korean version of the 33⅓ rpm record... gramophone record for more.