Talk:1945 in music

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I don't think that Bing Crosby released any "albums" in 1945. I think this piece of information is totally misleading. Have a look at vinyl record to make sure. At the end of the Second World War all the records were 78s, and one side lasted up to four minutes or so.

If, half a century later, record labels decide to cash in on the good old days and release CDs with the soundtrack of 30s movies, okay. But we certainly shouldn't call this "albums released in 1945" because it's simply wrong.

See also 1937 in music -- same there. KF 23:57 Jan 2, 2003 (UTC)

It's going to be the same from 1900 in music on up... so, change it if it's incorrect. Should it be "78's released"? Or what? My mother always called her 78's "albums" or "record albums".

I also think it's anachronistic to use the term "Top Hits" for songs first performed and/or recorded during the first decades of the 20th century. "78s released" and "Top Hits" would be more or less the same, wouldn't it?

Let's just bear this in mind when we edit these music pages. Whenever I do so, I'll just delete that one line that says "Albums released". I don't know where you come from, so maybe in your area what later was referred to as "singles" was called "albums", but I can't really imagine that. At least according to the entry here in Wikipedia, an album is a 33 1/3 rpm vinyl record. The album article still lacks a historical perspective, but I'm really no expert in this field. Hopefully someone else is going to join in. --KF 01:01 Jan 3, 2003 (UTC)

Postscript: A few months later, all this has been wonderfully explained in the entries on album and especially gramophone record. -- KF 20:49 Apr 15, 2003 (UTC)