In the 1930s, record companies began issuing collections of 78 rpm records by one performer or of one type of music in specially assembled albums, typically with artwork on the front cover and liner notes on the back or inside cover. Most albums included three or four records, with two sides each, making six or eight tunes per album. When the 12-inch vinyl LP era began in 1949, the single record often had the same or similar number of tunes as a typical album of 78s, and was still often referred to as an "album". COUNT 5
QSN1 When were albums as we currently know them widely released? ANS1 1930s QSN2 What is typically found on the front cover of an album? ANS2 artwork QSN3 How may records were commonly found in an album? ANS3 three or four QSN4 When did the vinyl LP records Era begin? ANS4 1949 QSN5 How many songs did most albums contain? ANS5 six or eight