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LP

abbreviation for

long playing; long play:
1. a vinyl phonograph record played at 33 1/3 rpm and typically containing seven or more tracks, or one or more long classical pieces.
2. a full-length music album, typically comprised of ten to twelve songs: called LP as an evolution of the traditional long-playing record, albums in other formats are not known by the underlying expanded form, and identified only by the abbreviation.

L.P.

or l.p.

abbreviation for

long primer.
low pressure.

L/P

abbreviation for

letterpress

noun

1. a long-playing gramophone record: usually one 12 inches (30 cm) or 10 inches (25 cm) in diameter, designed to rotate at 33 1 3 revolutions per minute Compare EP
2. ( as modifier )
  an LP sleeve
long play: a slow-recording facility on a VCR which allows twice the length of material to be recorded on a tape from that of standard play

abbreviation for

(in Britain) Lord Provost
Alsolp low pressure

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of LP¹

First recorded in 1945–50

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He pleases even stalwarts who treat jazz as a series of trivia questions about who played on what LP, and who was in what band and when.

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The group recorded 19 studio albums, including its highly regarded 1978 LP, “Dub Housing,” and 1979’s “New Picnic Time,” a stressful and abrasive record that helped inspire acts like Sonic Youth.

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The chart features a second Young entry in “Like Him,” her dreamy-wistful collaboration with Tyler, the Creator from his “Chromakopia” LP.

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They’ll have to wait until June 6 to get their hands on its CD, LP and cassette physical release.

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Emotionally, the LP strikes a tone of cautious optimism that reflected the advances of the Black Power movement and the long-awaited end of the Vietnam War.

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