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Originally Posted by plain fan
Question for those that have responded or just reading the thread, is it a "double album" only because the original release was on vinyl and unable to contain the entire album on a single record? Many of these responses have been released on a single CD which can contain about 74 minutes of audio.
Anyhow, my favorite double album (2 CDs or 4 records) is Nine Inch Nails, The Fragile.
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Many of the original "double albums" that we had were indeed released on a single CD ... sometimes leaving off a short tune (LF's - Waiting For Columbus) or being a double CD also with lots of extra tracks or versions of tunes.
But ya couldn't clean out the pot seeds with a double CD cover... but by then there was no need too
edited: Don't know about commercially released CDs, but in the early daze of mastering from DATs to CDs, 74 mins was the max .... then it went to 80 mins... most live shows took three, and you could fit a 75 minute "set" on a disc.... whew
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I have oodles of awesome Dead shows and other jam bands too.... triple disc shows.... just about every single one.
17 minute album sides sucked
