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rockfenris2005 06:34 am UTC 04/02/16 |
| In reply to: | re: Bad For Good promo version - EvilNickname 07:02 am UTC 04/01/16 |
Thanks for this. Explains everything. Brilliantly. I'm going to pass this on as well. > > Does anyone know what the deal was with the bonus EP > > specifically? Is it just that they didn't have room on the > > album to put those on as the opener/closer? > > Probably this. > > I can't find the exact specs at the moment, but a record > cut at 33⅓ rpm would ideally contain up to 22 > minutes of music. If a side exceeds that, the grooves have > to be cut thinner, which decreases the volume and overall > sound quality. Also, this increases the damage the needle > does on the record. > > (Case in point: > II.) > > So let's consider the track listing. > > Side A: > 1. Bad for Good (8:45) > 2. Lost Boys and Golden Girls (4:37) > 3. Love and Death and an American Guitar (2:39) > 4. Stark Raving Love (7:23) > > Side B: > 1. Out of the Frying Pan (And into the Fire) (6:13) > 2. Surf's Up (5:26) > 3. Dance in My Pants (7:58) > 4. Left in the Dark (7:58) > > As it is, both sides are already quite long. That's 23:24 > for side A, and 27:35 for side B. Adding “The Storm” > (4:29) would bring side A up to 27:53, and “Rock and Roll > Dreams Come Through” (6:29) would make it 34 minutes, and > put it completely over the top. > > So, my best guess is simple technical limitations. > > (Fun bonus aside: Metallica ran into a similar problem > with their "Load" album, where the song "The Outlaw Torn" > had to be edited by one minute to fit the album. If the > album's length passed 78 minutes, 59 seconds, the CD would > potentially start skipping. With the fourteen songs > completed, Metallica had recorded thirty seconds too much > material. The jam at the end of the song had to be edited, > and " > Outlaw Torn (Unencumbered by Manufacturing Restrictions > Version)" can be found on "The Memory Remains" part 2 > single in it's entirety 10 minutes and 52 seconds.) | |
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