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0 pointsres0nat0r4y ago0 comments

Vinyl has always had this shorter time length.

> A standard 12-inch 33 RPM vinyl record can have a playtime of roughly 22 minutes per side for a total of 44 minutes. A 7-inch 45 RPM record can fit approximately 5 minutes per side for a total of 10 minutes. Generally, any longer, the sound quality would start to deteriorate.

https://peakvinyl.com/record-playtimes/

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yarcob4y ago

On classic vinyl releases you got a single record with roughly 20 minutes of music on each side. They recorded the album so it fit nicely on two sides.

With new releases the vinyl is usually an afterthought, so it usually doesn't fit nicely on two sides, so they just throw an extra disc in the sleeve and spread the songs evenly and you end up with 3 or 4 sides with 12-15 min music on them.

res0nat0rOP4y ago

This is good though. A double or triple 180 gram vinyl is better than one album squeezed on a single disc.

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