#20: The Magic of 45 RPM Records
The concept of the artist’s music single hasn’t changed much, except when you consider the 45 RPM. This was a smaller, special record that only contained two songs—one on each side. Marketed to seem like a collector’s item, 45 RPMs were often affordable enough for the average person to collect multiple releases by a single artist, adding to their collection before a musician released an entire album.
