By 1954, the 10-inch 33 1/3 and seven-inch 45 album formats had made strong inroads with record buyers and were fast replacing the 78. On the West Coast, labels that had been cultivating Los Angeles musicians already came to realize that jazz out there had its own sound.
With the 10-inch LP expected to expand to 12 inches within the year and become the i…
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