[Texas Eagle]

Having just recently learned where the term “album“ originated from, I can tell you that the term as far as music goes, has been outdated way longer than anyone would have thought.

"Well? We're waiting."

Heh, heh.

[southern rock]

OK OK.! I was just waiting for someone to chime in with the correct answer. LOL! So here it is. Back in the early days of vinyl music. We’re talking early 20th century, vinyl records played at 78 RPM. In those days they could only fit one song on a side of vinyl. So if an artist was going to release a “album” of 10 songs it had to be sold in a five record set. Those five records were sold in an .....are you ready for it? Are you ready? You’re not gonna believe it. An ALBUM!!!!

So you see, once they were able to fit 10 songs on one record, the word album became obsolete but we kept using it. So why not keep using it for digital downloads? Makes about as much sense.

[southern rock]

Oh, and just to go into it a little more deeply. This is because there was a format war going on between record companies. Some of the record companies were selling 12 inch vinyls already but one record company, I forget which, was insisting on selling is proprietary 45 inch vinyl. This was the record company that sold five record sets in “albums“. That company was literally the Sony Betamax of its time. LOL! I think it may have been RCA.

[southern rock]

Correction. Not 45 inch. Records the size of more modern day 45 singles, I meant, Obviously.