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quoted 3 lines "8 07" by everyone's favorite Global Communicators. The repetitive synth

>"8 07" by everyone's favorite Global Communicators. The repetitive synth >part comes in, and the first thing in my head is the "Colors"-era King >Crimson, a song either of _Discipline_ or _Three..._.

Try "Love on a Real Train" by Tangerine Dream.

quoted 2 lines _76:14_ is nearly perfect, even if it clocks in three seconds

>_76:14_ is nearly perfect, even if it clocks in three seconds >longer than it should.

Yeah, it's been pointed out again and again, and there was a very good post on the ambient list about the unpredictablility of CD running times. What nobody seems to have noticed is that the times listed for the tracks on the cover add up to 76:12. Did Pritchard and Middleton take players adding two seconds to the actual time into account, or do the numbers 76 and 14 possibly have some significance beyond a running time? (He said, thinking about posting the same question to alt.magick...) C. -- (Chris.Hilker) cspot@hyperreal.com

Chris.Hilker wrote:

quoted 24 lines "8 07" by everyone's favorite Global Communicators. The repetitive synth

> > >"8 07" by everyone's favorite Global Communicators. The repetitive synth > >part comes in, and the first thing in my head is the "Colors"-era King > >Crimson, a song either of _Discipline_ or _Three..._. > > Try "Love on a Real Train" by Tangerine Dream. > > >_76:14_ is nearly perfect, even if it clocks in three seconds > >longer than it should. > > Yeah, it's been pointed out again and again, and there was a very good > post on the ambient list about the unpredictablility of CD running > times. What nobody seems to have noticed is that the times listed for > the tracks on the cover add up to 76:12. Did Pritchard and Middleton > take players adding two seconds to the actual time into account, or do > the numbers 76 and 14 possibly have some significance beyond a running > time? (He said, thinking about posting the same question to > alt.magick...) > > C. > > -- > (Chris.Hilker) cspot@hyperreal.com >

I remember a similar argument about the Orb's Blue Room - it was supposed to be 40:00 but everybody's CD had 39:58. Possibly this is characteristic of all CD's, in the way the manufacturer measures time and the CD player does so? -|---------------------|---|----------------|---|--------------------------|- birthdeath experience --- harvey thornburg --- hthornbu@osiris.ac.hmc.edu -|---------------------|---|----------------|---|--------------------------|-

On Thu, 1 Dec 1994, Harvey Thornburg wrote:

quoted 6 lines I remember a similar argument about the Orb's Blue Room - it was supposed to

> > I remember a similar argument about the Orb's Blue Room - it was supposed to > be 40:00 but everybody's CD had 39:58. Possibly this is characteristic of > all CD's, in the way the manufacturer measures time and the CD player does > so? >

I heard this was because it was illegal(?) to make a single in britain longer than 40 mins, so they made the single intentionally 39:58. is the 40min law true? john ------ john__sweeney . . . __ __ _*' '*_ _*' '*_ _*' '*_ +~'( b i n '~_a r y _~'s o u n '~_d ) _~' '~+ '*__*' '*__*' jds@access.digex.net

quoted 3 lines I heard this was because it was illegal(?) to make a single in britain

>I heard this was because it was illegal(?) to make a single in britain >longer than 40 mins, so they made the single intentionally 39:58. is the >40min law true?

A recording is ineligible for the UK singles chart if it's longer than 40 minutes.There are many more arcane rules and variations that determine eligibility (the 40 minute figure applies only to releases containing only one song, or versions of only one song - if more than one song is included, the limit goes down to 25 minutes, for instance), but I don't think you really want to know them. :) C. -- (Chris.Hilker) cspot@hyperreal.com

On Fri, 2 Dec 1994, John Shaft wrote:

quoted 14 lines On Thu, 1 Dec 1994, Harvey Thornburg wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Dec 1994, Harvey Thornburg wrote: > > > > I remember a similar argument about the Orb's Blue Room - it was supposed to > > be 40:00 but everybody's CD had 39:58. Possibly this is characteristic of > > all CD's, in the way the manufacturer measures time and the CD player does > > so? > > > I heard this was because it was illegal(?) to make a single in britain > longer than 40 mins, so they made the single intentionally 39:58. is the > 40min law true? > > john > >

The 40 minute rule relates to singles being considered for the charts. A single that exceeds 40 minutes will not be considered, presumedly to prevent record companies from enticing buyers with numerous 'bonus' tracks or remixes. At one time the limit was 20 minutes (can't remember when it changed) so US singles were much sort after as they often doubled or tripled the playing time of the UK version.

quoted 3 lines I remember a similar argument about the Orb's Blue Room - it was supposed to

> I remember a similar argument about the Orb's Blue Room - it was supposed to > be 40:00 but everybody's CD had 39:58. Possibly this is characteristic of > all CD's, in the way the manufacturer measures time and the CD player does

I was under the impression that this was done so that the disc would still classify as a "single". Sami

On Thu, 1 Dec 1994, Dave Manning wrote:

quoted 2 lines And, to not totally lose the King Crimson connection, has anyone heard

> And, to not totally lose the King Crimson connection, has anyone heard > enough of the new album to comment?

Let me preface by saying that it's not IDM at all, so sue me... but it's _very_ good. It's not an album, it's what KC call a "calling card" for the new "double trio" lineup in the liner notes -- 6 tracks, 31 minutes (I think). As a point of reference, it sounds a lot more like _Red_ than, say, _Discipline_ or _Beat_ -- sometimes harsh, maybe even bombastic, but always, always interesting. An intriguing little bit printed on the sleeve reads as follows: The phonographic copyright in these performances is operated by Discipline (GM) Records on behalf of the artists, with whom it resides. Discipline accepts no reason for artists to give away such copyright interests in their work by virtue of a "common practice" which is out of tune with the time, was always questionable and is now indefensible. So there. On now: _Escape Ventures EP_ by Sons of the Subway (Infonet) ----------------------------------------------------------------- dave walker, detroit art services marmoset@msen.com me & my robots

Harvey Thornburg wrote:

quoted 3 lines I remember a similar argument about the Orb's Blue Room - it was supposed to

>I remember a similar argument about the Orb's Blue Room - it was supposed to >be 40:00 but everybody's CD had 39:58. Possibly this is characteristic of >all CD's, in the way the manufacturer measures time and the CD player does so?

actually wasn't it supposed to be just under 40 minutes but not exactly 40 minutes in order to defeat a definition in the UK which said something like... any CD single that is over 40 minutes should be considered a full lenth album and cannot be sold as a CD single at CD single prices. Wasn't it their form of a protest on the market? ___ / / / / / / _ __/ (_/__/ / (__ (__ ___/