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This is an established wiki devoted to all things vinyl. Thus the name!

Vinyl (pronounced "ˈvī-n^əl") meaning a collection of commonly associated thermoplastic polymers often used in a variety of consumer products, for our purposes "records."

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Revival (pronounced "ri-ˈvī-vəl") pertaining to, but not limited to:

1. The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
2. Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature.
3. Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature.
4. Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.
5. Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; -- applied to the health, spirits, and the like.
6. Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture.
7. Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.
8. Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will, etc.
9. Revivification, as of a metal. (I love this last one!)

Some things you should know...or to simply brush up on...

Gramaphone Record (or Vinyl Record): is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove usually starting near the periphery and ending near the centre of the disc. When made of polyvinyl chloride they are also known as vinyl records.

Early History: Well back in my day Sonny Jim...

Sound Enhancements: BRING THA NOISE!

Colored Vinyl: appeared as early as the turn of the 20th century, whether gimmicky or not, it's here to stay!

Picture Disc: showed up in the 1930s as an advertising ploy. Newer examples employ artistic representations and often graphic interpretations of a particular element or style, suitable to said album artist. They are sure to keep your attention.