Disc formats:
- LP (Long Play, 33 1/3 rpm) vinyl records (12 inch or 10 inch microgroove records)
- Home made records (78 rpm, 45 rpm or 33 1/3 rpm such as "Recordio", "Wilcox Gay", "Voice-O-Graph", "Silvertone", "Federal Perma", etc.)
- USO records (sponsored by "Pepsi", "Coca Cola", USO), Automat Recording Machine records
- Studio produced records (lacquers, acetates, glass substrate, demos, one-off records)
- 78 rpm (commercially released 78rpm records)
- 16-inch Records (Transcriptions) (33 1/3 rpm or 78 rpm, such as "U.S. Armed Forces Radio Service" broadcasts)
- 45 rpm records (7-inch "jukebox-type" records)
- 12-Inch Singles and 45RPM Extended Play (EP) records (DJ, Disco, Dance, Mix records that fit the definition of a 12-Inch Single)
- Dubplates ("dubplate specials": reggae, dancehall, dubstep, drum and bass, soca, chutney, hip hop, etc.)
- Edison Diamond Discs, Edison "Recreations", other 78rpm Acoustical Discs
- Edison Red (plastic) discs
- Vertical Cut records
- 17-inch Transcriptions (33 1/3 rpm or 78 rpm, broadcast, radio and film soundtrack records)
- 16 2/3 rpm (or 16rpm) records
- 8 1/3 rpm (or 8rpm) records
- Unusual record formats
Tape formats:
- Reel-To-Reel (open reel) tape (1/4 inch, stereo or mono, half-track or quarter-track tape)
- 8-track tape (8-track cartridges played in cars and home stereos)
- Cassette tape
- Microcassette tape
- DAT tape
Other formats:
- Wire Recordings
- MiniDisc
- Audio (soundtrack) only recorded from video sources (LaserDisc, VHS, Beta)
