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The practice of referring to a collection of recorded music as an album comes from the practice of collecting a number of 78rpm records into books that resembled photo albums.
A 78rpm record could only old about 3 minutes of audio (one of the reasons popular songs are still around 3 minutes long), so an album of music had to include a separate disk for every two songs, one on each side.
A 78rpm record could only old about 3 minutes of audio (one of the reasons popular songs are still around 3 minutes long), so an album of music had to include a separate disk for every two songs, one on each side.
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