[78-L] Extra long Lps, was Re: 10" vs. 12" LPs

[David Lennick]

(Notice I typed "Lps" and not "LPs"?)

Michael Biel wrote:
> 
> There was a company in Revere, Mass. which mainly issued sports LPs,
> Fleetwood, which used a very tight grooving to get between 45 and 60
> minutes per side.  I just got their 1980 album, The World Series, FCLP
> 3108, which probably is at least 45 per side.  I got a Boston Pops album
> or theirs a few months ago, and they promoted it as a coupling of two
> full albums on one disc.

Direct metal mastering made 40 minute sides possible with no loss in fidelity 
at the time CDs were being issued of the same material, so there was no need to 
drop tracks (Mike referred to bonus tracks on the cassette versions..the cast 
album of "Nine" had extra material on the cassette). But even without DMM, some 
companies squeezed 45 minutes onto a side, notably Murray Hill. You want high 
fidelity? You want volume? Go someplace else.  I also have a Boston Pops disc 
that runs 45 minutes a side, put out by Radio Shack.

dl