From: Rafter242@yahoo.com   
      
   LP releases started on June 28th, 1948.   
      
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   > Where do we find data about the number of yearly album releases during   
   1955-1975?   
   >   
   > Dear newsgroup reader,   
   >   
   > At the moment we* are doing a paper on the diffusion and take-off of   
   hardware (LP-players) and software (Albums).   
   >   
   > One of the markets we are interested in is the LP market. We are looking   
   for data regarding the number of new releases (new records/albums/45rpm LPs)   
   in a particular year/month. Preferably about the US market from its   
   conception (1955) to the present.   
   >   
   > Our question is, do you know of any sources where we can find this data?   
   >   
   > Thank in Advance.   
   >   
   > With Regards,   
   > Jeroen Binken.   
   >   
   > * Stefan Stremersch, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Erasmus University   
   Rotterdam; Gerard Tellis, Jerry & Nancy Neely Chair in American Enterprise   
   and Professor of Marketing, University of Southern California; Philip Hans   
   Franses, Professor of Econometrics and Marketing Research, Erasmus   
   University Rotterdam; and myself, Jeroen Binken, PhD Student, Erasmus   
   University Rotterdam.   
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