When a new LP is released, why do they say it is "dropped"?

brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,596
First of all, don't you go dropping my records- it's bad for them! :lol:

Secondly, I think of something creative/entertaining being "dropped" to mean it is eliminated.

For example:
"In 1998, Dellaventura, starring Danny Aiello, was dropped from the CBS line-up after only 13 episodes." (Which really sucks because it was a cool show!)

I know language is fluid and changes, but sometime the direction it takes seems really lame to me.  "Dropping" a record?  "Needle drop"?  You gotta be kidding!  Dumb!
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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 7,607
    Posters drop too nowadays.
    It's what all the cool kids are doing these days.
  • mickeyratmickeyrat up my ass, like Chadwick was up his Posts: 35,426
    drop a record on a platter to spin it no? wasn't that early rock radio language?
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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 7,607
    Drop a beat
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,596
    mickeyrat said:
    drop a record on a platter to spin it no? wasn't that early rock radio language?

    If it was, it was before my time.

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  • BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 3,842
    Drop drop dropping it down, oh so gently!! 
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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 7,607
    Drop it like it's hot
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,588
    brianlux said:
    mickeyrat said:
    drop a record on a platter to spin it no? wasn't that early rock radio language?

    If it was, it was before my time.

    Wobbie had one of those!
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  • ZodZod Posts: 9,945
    I don't think it just applies to vinyl.

    Quite often when a store puts something up for sale it's call a drop.

    Ticketmaster often releases addition tickets after the original onsale date, we call those ticket drops.

    Maybe drop originated from something more sales related than vinyl related?
  • GlowGirlGlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 9,701
    Found this online:

    “This sales tactic, which consists of releasing a limited-edition product or collection in small quantities at select retail locations, without much advance warning, is what we have come to know as a “drop”. The basic idea is to create a sense of urgency and the illusion of scarcity among consumers. Yes, illusion: after all, the products are not necessarily expensive or difficult to make.”
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,171
    brianlux said:
    mickeyrat said:
    drop a record on a platter to spin it no? wasn't that early rock radio language?

    If it was, it was before my time.

    Wobbie had one of those!
    He got one of the first ones ever sold as 40th birthday gift.
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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 7,607
    Psst is more effective sales technique than dropped. Imo
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808
    Loujoe said:
    Drop it like it's hot
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  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,090
    Don’t remember that term during my record store years 94-01
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