Nor am I looking at the LP era entirely through rose-colored glasses.
During the LP era, rock bands lavished great inventiveness on their jacket art, and made it an important part of the record-listening experience.
In the LP era, it usually took many years -even death - to consign an artist to a budget label.
Record changers were used for many years of the LP era, but eventually fell out of use.
Maybe only those in high-tech oblivion missed the demise of the LP era.
In the early LP era little of Holst's music was available on disc.
Film score albums did not really become popular until the LP era, although a few were issued in 78-rpm albums.
The performance from the LP era is still available as a CD.
(The limited number of songs is in itself a self-conscious throwback to the LP era.)
By the time the label suspended operations in July 2008, its scope had extended into the LP era.