Frustrated with short sided double LPs?

[olson_jr]

More music on a side 'generally' gets you less bass.

Sea Change has bass and sounds great in the 2LP format. It is also a record that would be hard to remove a couple of tracks from.

There are some interesting facts on LP mastering in this article.

http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2014/06/deciding-long-make-side-vinyl-record/

 

[Djcoolray]

Blank sided LP's are great for adjusting Anti-skate....

Ghost Busters Stay Puff album !

 

[Djcoolray]

Then there is the theory that all that matters is the sound....

Convenience always creates a compromise concerning the replication of sound !

 

[Hajidub]

Hi everyone. So here is my pet hate- double LP's that have short (10-12 min) listening sides. Don't you just hate having to get up and turn the disc over, just when you've managed to snuggle down and relax.

But as Sod's Law dictates most of my favourite LP's (often made during the CD era) are indeed doubles. So I was wondering what you thought of a vinyl specific rerelease label that only did single, full length LP's, cutting the odd "weaker" track out in order to fit the album on.

Does that sound sacrilegious? Or is it a bright idea for an audiophile rerelease label? Would artists and labels ever give permission for their "completed works" to be "abridged'?

Wouldn't you just love wonderful hifi records like Beck's Sea Change, Radiohead Kid A, War on Drugs Lost in the Dream etc if they fitted onto one lovely side? One record to produce and purchase, one record to clean. IGD might be a concern, but keen vinyl heads tend to have cartridges that track properly anyway.

Opinions?

You should appreciate that they're not compressing 10 songs to a side which contributes to less quality.

 

[modge]

 

[parman]

I don't like 33 1/3 single LP's that are turned into 45 rpm 2xLPs.

 

[sKiZo]

Fitting to three sides out of four instead of spacing out to all four sides seems like a better option.

Common practice back in the bad old daze when 12" shellac topped out at less than five minutes a side. I've got a few albums in the format that just have a groove that goes all the way to the stop in about five seconds if you drop a needle on it.

And ya ... great exercise! Seven sides, and about 28 minutes total playing time!

 

[BigElCat]

You could buy two copies of the double album, and use a conventional changer. Or...

 

[Johnno_Oz]

I've had CDs since the mid 80's and tapes before that in the early 80's.

I'm enjoying the new double sided album experience, the whole ritual seems very pleasant. I've a couple of two track sides, yeah it ends quickly but I get to do it again.

As Eddie Veder wrote 9and I get it now):

see this needle...a see my hand...
drop, drop, dropping it down...oh, so gently...
well here it comes...i touch the plane...
turn me up...won't turn you away...
spin, spin...spin the black circle
spin, spin...spin the black, spin the black...
spin, spin...spin the black circle
spin, spin...whoa...
pull it out...a paper sleeve...
oh, my joy...only you deserve conceit...
i'm so big...a-my whole world...
i'd rather you...rather you...than her...
spin, spin...spin the black circle
spin, spin...spin the black, spin the black...
spin, spin...spin the black circle
spin, spin...whoa...oh...
you're so warm...oh, the ritual...when i lay down your crooked arm...
spin, spin...spin the black circle
spin, spin...spin the black, spin the black...
spin, spin...spin the black circle
spin, spin...
spin the black circle
spin the black circle...
spin, spin...
spin, spin...

 

[Mitkraft]

No

 

[onepixel]

What's worse than short sided double LPs? Short sided double LPs that are 10 inches.