The Gramophone Classical Music Awards, launched in 1977, are one of the most significant honours bestowed on recordings in the classical record industry. They are often viewed as equivalent to or surpassing the American Grammy award, and referred to as the Oscars for classical music. They are widely regarded as the most influential and prestigious classical …

A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure. The record producer, or simply the producer, is likened to film director and art director. The executive producer, on the other hand, enables the recording project through entrepreneurship, …

Allgemeines. Umgangssprachlich wird die Schallplatte auch als Platte oder mit den aus der Jugendsprache stammenden Begriffen Scheibe beziehungsweise Vinyl bezeichnet. Das Wort Schallplatte wurde bereits zur Zeit der Grammophon-Ära geprägt.Der seit dem Produktionsende der Grammophonplatten wesentlich geläufigere Begriff Schellackplatte grenzt diesen älteren …