studio150
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You may want to give it another spin, its 35:45 long.
Just two random albums
My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello 27:10
Please Please Me - The Beatles 30:30
And no doubt loads more than come in at under 35 minutes
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[Misc] Old albums you’d nearly forgotten about
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Just two random albums
My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello 27:10
Please Please Me - The Beatles 30:30
And no doubt loads more than come in at under 35 minutes
Slayer's legendary Reign in Blood album is just 28 minutes. The story is that it was originally going to longer but they were so pumped up in the studio it came out a lot faster and shorter.
- Aug 7, 2003
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) - The Kinks. (An early concept album)
One of the first LP’s I bought and still as good today as it was back then. Haven’t listened to it for a while, but will now.
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Ooh it’s a corner
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Was going to post My Aim Is True but as I haven’t forgotten it I didn’t. As you’ve mentioned it though under brevity, what an album! The fact that the tracks are short matters not a jot - Alison is positively lengthy at well over 3 minutes but this classic track is short and to the point - brilliant!
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
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'It's A Shame About Ray' by The Lemonheads is under 30 minutes.
12 songs.
Superb album.
Netherlands by Dan Fogelberg. An absolute masterpiece.
thedonkeycentrehalf
Moved back to wear the gloves (again)
- Jul 7, 2003
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with albums coming in at under 45 minutes it meant you could get two albums on a c90 tape to put on your Walkman.
Peacehaven Wild Kids
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Four randoms from my school days
- Jul 10, 2003
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There is no better old album than this
65 years old
65 years old
Seagull58
In the Algarve
Yes indeed. My recollection from my old vinyl albums is that they were usually 20 to 22 minutes per side and they would fit on one side of a C90. When I bought the raw and the cooked on CD I was surprised at how short it was. I'm surprised to hear that it's 36 minutes long. I would have put it at under 30 minutes without checking.
- Jan 3, 2012
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There is no better old album than this
65 years old
Many would say/do say the best jazz album ever made!
- Jul 10, 2003
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Or a bit of Louis Prima 1959
- Jan 3, 2012
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Quadrophenia and Tommy both double albums on vinyl……
- Jul 10, 2003
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Or if you want seriously old stuff - 1928 and for it's style complete brilliant, and nothing better in the best part of 100 years since
It's an absolutely brilliant song by an absolutely brilliant musician
It's an absolutely brilliant song by an absolutely brilliant musician
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
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Some sources suggest that this is why pop albums became longer than 45 minutes. To stop home taping killing music.
As an aside cds we're 74minutes capacity as that was the length of Beethoven's 9th symphony. (which I am sure many if you know ... but some may not).
- Jul 10, 2003
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In the mood tonight, let's have some seriously old stuff
Something more modern and down with the kids - 1955
Something more modern and down with the kids - 1955
Peacehaven Wild Kids
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Three albums I wouldn’t have paid good money for normally however they were the best three the Britannia Music Club had to offer, and as I was moving house three weeks later the price turned out to be about right.
Seagull58
In the Algarve
Yes, I had them, but it rather blows Townsend's contention out of the water when he didn't follow it himself.
- Jul 10, 2003
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King of the Delta blues isn't bad for the best of 1936