The so-called records, LP (long play) now commonly called vinyls, were the work of an Hungarian engineer, nationalized American in 1937, named Peter Carl Goldmark, who was born on December 2, 1906 in Budapest. Upon emigrating to the United States, he accepted a position as an engineer at Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) in 1936.
In that company he developed several projects (in fact he has more than 150 patents registered to his name), one of the most important being the invention of the vinyl-disc, developing between 1945 and 1948, which allowed to reduce the speed of record players from 78 to 33 1/3 rpm.
In 1948, Goldmark invented the long-lasting PVC plastic disc, which soon replaced the lacquered rubber disc.
This invention that was maintained for two generations and is currently being tried to revive was the means by which music in any genre became a global expression of culture.
Peter Goldmark passed away at the age of 71 in 1977.
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