The History of RCA Victor

RCA Victor introduced the seven inch record disc designed to be played at 45 revolutions per minute. They were arguing you're getting the maximum fidelity performance at a smaller form factor. RCA Victor's album form also had a larger hole in the center and you had to use a thicker spindle or later an adapter. Both companies essentially after fighting each other fiercely for a couple of years begrudgingly adopted the other companies formats. Vinyl sales in the United States peaked in 1978 so that year people bought more than 340 million LPs or EPs so long playing albums in the U.S.