At 12:37 PM 17/01/2006, chthonic wrote:
quoted 11 lines And, as I'd said earlier - a large chunk of the Morr catalogue as well.> >And, as I'd said earlier - a large chunk of the Morr catalogue as well.
> >It just goes to show how evolving technologies reshape definitions.
> >LPs had time limitations of about 60 minutes before the sound
> quality diminished by
>sqaushing more grooves in.
>
>as i recall i had a YES album that was 30 minutes on one side (it
>was one song!) and that
>sounded really squashed. i think that's a maximum - LPs were more
>like 35-45 minutes on
>average.
Yes, once you get more than 20-25 minutes on a side, the sound
quality goes down considerably. I have a Public Enemy album that is
somewhere close to 65 minutes, and they squeezed it onto a single LP
using the awful thin vinyl that was typical from the major labels in
North America in the 80s - it's listenable, but definately doesn't
sound as good as it should.
Greg
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