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From:
John Shaft
To:
Cc:
Chris.Hilker
Date:
Fri, 2 Dec 1994 01:20:40 -30000
Subject:
Re: GC and KC
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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