From: binkenREMOVEME@DELETEME.few.eurBACKSPACEME.nl   
      
   Mark,   
      
   Do you know of sites/books with information about the early days of the 45   
   rpm market?   
      
   With Regards,   
   Jeroen.   
      
   "Mark P. Rafter"  schreef in bericht   
   news:3f6f84c1$1@nntp0.pdx.net...   
   > LP releases started on June 28th, 1948.   
   >   
   >  wrote in message   
   > news:WHGbb.4812083$cI2.682502@news.easynews.com...   
   > > 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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