pdg@ihdev.UUCP (P. D. Guthrie) (10/02/85)
>There is no reason (as far as I know) why a full double album can't be put >on a single CD. My understanding is that the full capacity of a CD (one sided) >is 4 or 5 hours. That's considering, of course, that it is used to absolute >full capacity. So the POLAND album on CD is probably complete, even though it >is only a on a single disc. > > > Barth Richards > Tellabs, Inc. > Lisle, IL Wrongo! A CD can only be about seventy-five minutes (I believe), and the exact time was set by Sony because they wanted to be able to put all of Beethoven's ninth (or was it the fifth?) on one CD. Here's to good ol' Ludwig Van! Paul Guthrie
dvw@petrus.UUCP (Dan V. Wilson) (10/03/85)
> >There is no reason (as far as I know) why a full double album can't be put > >on a single CD. My understanding is that the full capacity of a CD (one sided) > >is 4 or 5 hours. That's considering, of course, that it is used to absolute > >full capacity. So the POLAND album on CD is probably complete, even though it > >is only a on a single disc. > > > > > > Barth Richards > > Tellabs, Inc. > > Lisle, IL > > Wrongo! A CD can only be about seventy-five minutes (I believe), and the > exact time was set by Sony because they wanted to be able to put all of > Beethoven's ninth (or was it the fifth?) on one CD. > > Here's to good ol' Ludwig Van! > > Paul Guthrie Paul is correct. The longest CD I know of is one of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, recorded by Wilhelm Furtwaengler at the Bayreuth Festival in 1951. It is available from both EMI-England and EMI-Japan, and is 74 minutes 40 seconds in length. (*Flame On*) I find it VERY irritating that manufacturers, especially in the classical area, tend to issue CDs that are no longer than LPs. I have at least one set of three CDs where the material could easily have been issued on two, with less damage to my wallet. GRRRR!!!! (*Flame Off*) Dan Wilson dvw@bellcore.ARPA (or UUCP)
danb@tesla.UUCP (Dan Blumenthal) (10/04/85)
In article <342@ihdev.UUCP> pdg@ihdev.UUCP (55224-P. D. Guthrie) writes: >>There is no reason (as far as I know) why a full double album can't be put >>on a single CD. My understanding is that the full capacity of a CD (one sided) >>is 4 or 5 hours. That's considering, of course, that it is used to absolute >>full capacity. So the POLAND album on CD is probably complete, even though it >>is only a on a single disc. >> >> >> Barth Richards >> Tellabs, Inc. >> Lisle, IL > >Wrongo! A CD can only be about seventy-five minutes (I believe), and the >exact time was set by Sony because they wanted to be able to put all of >Beethoven's ninth (or was it the fifth?) on one CD. > >Here's to good ol' Ludwig Van! > > Pau Guthrie An example of a cut double album put onto CD is Prince's 1999 which has a note (in small print) on the back, thatin order to fit the album on 1 CD, the song DMSR is not on it. Although I'm not a Prince fan, I think that was a rather stupid choice, since it was one of the songs that got airplay and (I think) was in a movie soundtrack. In case people are interested, I think there is something called the Compact Disk Group. The local phone is (212) 355-0011 but I think there is also an 800 number. Call information to find it. They're sending me a CD catalog, and also have people to answer questions on the industry, although it didn't seem standard practice to put them on the phone. This person said that EMI was planning a CD plant for mid-86 but also wasn't willing to say that CD prices would come down that much. BTW, I got this phone number from the net, but when I asked if anyone else had called and mentioned USENET, they said no. Enjoy. Dan
asente@Cascade.ARPA (10/07/85)
In article <621@petrus.UUCP> dvw@petrus.UUCP (Dan V. Wilson) writes: >(*Flame On*) I find it VERY irritating that manufacturers, especially >in the classical area, tend to issue CDs that are no longer than LPs. >I have at least one set of three CDs where the material could easily >have been issued on two, with less damage to my wallet. GRRRR!!!! >(*Flame Off*) This isn't always the case--many operas are released on fewer CDs than LPs. In fact, many CD versions of operas are very price competitive with LPs because of this: 3 CDs vs. 4 LPs = 3 x $13 vs 4 x $8. -paul asente asente@Cascade.ARPA decwrl!Glacier!Cascade!asente