The Battle of the Speeds
The 1948 introduction of the 33 1/3 RPM vinyl long-playing record by a team of engineers at CBS Labs, headed by Dr. Peter Goldmark, was a signal event in cultural history that had roots in an earlier...
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  Looking back, folk-rock was probably inevitable. Folk groups had been regularly encroaching on the pop charts, and younger troubadours needed somewhere to go after the last hootenanny left town. Borrowing stylistically from British bands like the Beatles and the Searchers, The Byrds provided the quintessential folk-rock template with their electrified version of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man." Their next #1 single, "Turn! Turn! Turn!" was a reworking of Pete Seeger's musical adaptation of words from the Book of Ecclesiastes. From Jim McGuinn's indelible 12-string-guitar intro to its soaring three-part harmonies and sprightly go-go beat, few records evoke their time more memorably.

(Adaptation & Music: P. Seeger); Produced by Terry Melcher; Jim "Roger" McGuinn, 12-string guitar, vocal; Gene Clark, tambourine, vocal; David Crosby, guitar, vocal; Chris Hillman, bass; Mike Clarke, drums. Rec. Los Angeles, September 10, 1965. Columbia single 4-43424 (mx. HCO 72734); Originally Released 1965