Greg Clow wrote:
quoted 10 lines I think an old Redbook standard stated that, but it seems that nowadays,> > I think an old Redbook standard stated that, but it seems that nowadays,
> > you can go as high as 80 minutes.
>
> Perhaps it's an urban myth, but I seem to recall hearing/reading somewhere
> that the reason the 74 minute limit came about was because it was the
> length of the president of Phillips' favorite recording of a certain
> symphony (something by Beethoven or Mozart, I think). So while it was
> technically feasible to cram more onto the disc, they chose 74 minutes as
> a standard, but 80 minutes seems to be the "real" limit - I have yet to
> see a disc longer than 79:58 or so.
i recall this being discussed on a usenet group an ass-long time ago. i
think someone posted that they had a cd that was 80:15 or so....maybe
nation of ulysses? or perhaps this is an urban legend a la sewer
alligators or strychnine in lsd...or dogs and peanut butter at surprise parties...