Yes, I have heard of them. They are a medium to store analog sound which is known as Gramophone in British english, did you know about that ?
You mean a gramophone? It's mainly in the british empire. it pretty much is just a vynle record.
Are you familiar with phonograph records? I've never heard of them.
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English, or record) is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.