HW : Too long albums (was NEW ALBUM ROCKS!!!!)

[Max Wilcox]

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From: William Duffy <xl5 at IINET.NET.AU>
To: Multiple recipients of list BOC-L <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Date: Monday, 10 November 1997 03:44
Subject: Re: HW : Too long albums (was NEW ALBUM ROCKS!!!!)


>>So what we need is albums where the artists has to pick the best, say,
>>seven songs out of, say, fourteen, instead of getting the full output
since
>>the last album, anyone agree ?
>>
>The problem nowadays is that artists now have to fit into a larger format
>because of the size CD's hold, compared to LP, otherwise they feel they are
>shortchanging  their fans.
>Maybe the best way around this is to record about 45 mins. of new material,
>then fill up the rest of the disk with live material, old 'b' sides, etc.,
>and credit these as 'Extra Material'.


            I've always liked the idea of having multimedia extras on CDs,
such as video footage, texts, lyrics, interviews, etc, etc...

- Max Wilcox