#41

I just play the LP with that Godspeed record and I just play that Titus Andronicus album the whole way through.

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#42

Ideal vinyl preferences:

Assuming it could reasonably fit on one disk
  • Single LP
  • Double LP

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  • 33
  • 45
  • Other

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  • 3 sides plus etching
  • 4 sides

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  • Black
  • Translucent
  • Solid colour
  • Multi colour
  • Picture disc

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  • Half and half
  • Pin wheel
  • Merge
  • Burst
  • Splatter
  • Tri stripe
  • Colour inside colour

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#43

Re: Disintegration. I remember Robert Smith talking about this at the time. The preceding album, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me was a double vinyl but the CD version had “Hey You!” removed to make it fit on one CD (around 70 mins).

Robert said he thought having to change the record half-way through would detract from the experience because Disintegration was intended to be listened to in a single sitting (as it where), so preferred to remove tracks for this very reason.

Of course, that might have been pretentious twaddle and the real reason was single albums make more money than doubles, but I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.

I have an hour long Elvis Costello record (can’t remember which one) that has a lengthy explanation on the sleeve explaining why they believe they have managed to squeeze such a long album onto a single record without effecting the quality.

Ultimately, CDs are just better aren’t they?

#44

If an album is 45 minutes or less it should be on a single LP.

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#45

Anything other than Picture Disc or clear, which always feels like a cop out.

#46

Another thing I dislike:
Albums being pressed on 10" vinyl.
The very worst of these is the deluxe of King of Limbs, spread over 2 10" records with 2 tracks per side :roll_eyes:

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#47

Mmmm! lovely card covered in plactic. No thanks.

#48

Thundercat did this with Drunk. Very annoying.

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#49

I have the first Cooper Temple Clause album on 8 (eight) x 7 inch :upside_down_face:

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#50

I have got a couple of ‘crystal clear’ albums which look great.

Picture discs aren’t really for playing are they.

#51

Hard no. Drunk by Thundercat is 4x10"s. Utterly stupid.

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#52

Le Drunkoi!

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#53

I had the Killers first album as a 7" box, a disc for each song, at least they had the decency to make all the Bside cover versions or unreleased tracks. I see Liam Gallagher’s new album is out as a 7" box for silly money. Each track on a single sided 7".
Fuck off Liam!

#54

Maybe it was Thundercat who was drunk!

#55

Think I’m basically pro keep it simple and cheap for vinyl.

Single album, nice designed cover, anti-static inner. No gatefold or posters or inner picture sleeves or anything else. £15.

Edit - loved any extras when I was younger though tbf.

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#56

Floating Points did this with the last album and made a point of saying that the inner sleeve was anti static.

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#57

Reading interviews with him recently it sounds like he was pretty fucked until he sobered up before his last album came out.

Another example from Brainfeeder, Flying Lotus’ You’re Dead. Thirty eight minutes over two LPs? FUCK OFF

#58

Incredible how rare this seems to be, even with the super fancy pants editions.
Really hate when the sleeves are lovely looking glossy printed things but with no inners so are pure seam split fodder.
Just buy those rounded antistatic inners now.

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#59

Ah man, hope he’s okay.

Yeah that’s nonsense. Anything sub 45 minutes should be single LP at 33rpm.

#60

Yeah I bought a load of inners to replace the particularly shitty old paper ones I have in second hand records but have ended up often swapping them on new records. Really cheap, think they should be standard.

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