Re: Eating Jello out of the small of Theolyn's back

["S. Snowdonia" <s_snowdonia@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Check your
>old Zep albums, folks. Most were in the 40-43 minute range in length.
>And yes, I can hear it now - "But...grrr hrrr hrrrr...what about
>Physical Graffiti, dude...aaaa grrr hrrr hrrrr...."
The 7-8 song, 40-45 minute phenomena is more due to limitations of 
physical technology than anything else. If you place too many minutes of 
songs on one side of vinyl, it will ruin the quality of the song, 
regardless if the song itself is a masterpiece or a piece of shit. And 
that is where those "PRESERVE ALBUM CONTINUITY" labels on cassette tapes 
come from. 

In any event, the fact that CDs how hold 70 minutes has increased the 
probability and percentage of crap being released by any particular 
artist. The longer recording length has also led the buying public to 
feel cheated if there are only 7-8 songs on a release nowadays. Now, we 
are just buying more crap for more dollars! Gotta love economics and 
marketing.