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Peter Carl Goldmark

Hungarian-American inventor (1906–1977)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Peter Carl Goldmark was a Hungarian-American engineer who, during his time with Columbia Records, was instrumental in developing the long-playing microgroove 331⁄3 rpm phonograph disc, the standard for incorporating multiple or lengthy recorded works on a single disc for two generations. The LP was introduced by Columbia's Goddard Lieberson in 1948. Lieberson was later president of Columbia Records from 1956–1971 and 1973–1975. According to György Marx, Goldmark was one of The Martians.

Editorial summary

“Peter Carl Goldmark” enters the record as hungarian-American inventor (1906–1977). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Peter, Carl and Goldmark can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1948, 1956, 1971, 1973—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Peter, Carl and Goldmark.
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Why this record matters

“Peter Carl Goldmark” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Peter, Carl and Goldmark provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1948, 1956, 1971 and 1973.

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Later biographies can compress uncertainty and repeat inherited reputations, so apparently settled claims may still require comparison. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Peter Carl Goldmark” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.