rock recordn.1
/ˈrɒk ˌrɛkɔːd/, U.S. /ˈrɑk ˌrɛkərd/ Something recorded in or on rock, esp. evidence for biological history found in fossils (cf. fossil record n. at fossil n. and adj. Compounds 2).
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society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > other traces or vestiges
staddle1691
Indian sign1805
geological record1811
powder mark1823
earmark1836
rock record1851
tool-mark1865
staddle-stead1868
staddle-mark1876
waterline1876
posthole1888
tooth-mark1889
pollen count1926
snake mark1929
parch mark1947
tranchet blow1949
posthole pattern1950
posthole evidence1962
1851 G. Taylor Indications of Creator iii. ii. 96 The history of the change or transmutation is found registered in the rock record of the past.
1861 G. Moore (title) The lost tribes and the Saxons of the East and of the West, with..translations of rock-records in India.
1922 E. F. Putney In S. Dakota Country 11 The best rock records in South Dakota are in the White River Bad Lands.
1996 Amer. Scientist Mar.–Apr. 122/1 This rock record provides some of the best clues about an explosion of marine invertebrates that took place at that time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
rock recordn.2
/ˈrɒk ˌrɛkɔːd/, U.S. /ˈrɑk ˌrɛkərd/ An album or individual recording of rock music, esp. one issued on vinyl disc.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > record or disc > type of record
pre-release1871
record album1904
re-release1907
ten-inch1908
twelve-incher1909
demonstration record1911
pressing1912
swinger1924
repressing1927
transcription1931
long-player1932
rush release1935
pop record1937
album1945
demonstration disc1947
pop disc1947
pop single1947
long-play1948
picture disc1948
781949
single1949
forty-five1950
demo disc1952
EP1952
shellac1954
top of the pops1956
gold disc1957
acetate1962
platinum disc1964
chartbuster1965
miss1965
cover1966
reissue1966
pirate label1968
rock record1968
thirty-three (and a third)1968
sampler1969
white-label1970
double album1971
dubplate1976
seven-inch1977
mini-album1980
joint1991
1968 Rolling Stone 6 Apr. 16/3 Only Money contains by far the largest dose of composed electronic music ever heard on a rock record.
1976 Los Angeles Times 8 Aug. (Calendar section) 69/1 On ‘Kind Woman’..he decided to use a pedal steel guitar, which is generally regarded as the first use of this country-oriented instrument on a rock record.
1989 Sound Choice Autumn 33/1 The guy has been listening to underground rock records for a couple of years and gets off on the pseudo-power of passing judgement on all the musicians he wishes he was.
2002 Mojo Feb. 103/2 A janglesome rock record full of wise, chunky guitar and the sort of songs that can only come with experience and a massive record collection.
2007 Revolver Jan. 64/2 That album was kind of our..stripped-down, no-frills, no-bullshit rock record.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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