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

brianlux
brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
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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!
"It's a sad and beautiful world"
-Roberto Benigni

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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,782
    Posters drop too nowadays.
    It's what all the cool kids are doing these days.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,602
    drop a record on a platter to spin it no? wasn't that early rock radio language?
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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,782
    Drop a beat
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    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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  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,558
    Drop drop dropping it down, oh so gently!! 
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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,782
    Drop it like it's hot
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,836
    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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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,909
    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?
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,126
    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.”
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    F Me In The Brain said:
    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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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,782
    Psst is more effective sales technique than dropped. Imo
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,589
    Loujoe said:
    Drop it like it's hot
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Don’t remember that term during my record store years 94-01
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