I assume with the chemical brothers (and other dance stuff) it gets split across multiples to make djing easier? Wider grooves, easier to cue? Excuse me if this is dumb or obvious
― brimstead, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 01:44 (one week ago) link
well in the old school economy, 45 pressings were generally louder and, therefore, would sound p fucken spiff in the club sound system. but that was like... dance music that's supposed to go BOOMBOOMBOOM with the bass and whatnot. chemical bros makes some sense, but i don't understand the treatment for stuff like, say, genesis. you're not getting much of an upgrade between the stellar vinyl reissues from about a decade ago and the tiny bit of increased loudness on the expnaded 45 pressings.
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 01:50 (one week ago) link
yeah I understand why the Chems would do that but still you can do 46 minutes on a 2xLP @ 45 RPM, no reason to release a 3xLP version at the same time
I do like stuff like the Underworld Pearl's Girl 3x12" where there's a separate track on each side, but that's when vinyl was a lot cheaper...it cost me like six bucks
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 01:55 (one week ago) link
STOP MAKING NEW RECORDS THEY ARE DUMB AND TOO HEAVY AND THE CORNERS ARE SO SHARP THEY SUCK PLUS THE PLANET!!
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 02:04 (one week ago) link
(btw, i'm frantically searching for an old wordpress/blogspot post from the mid-2010s where the dude sought out full lengths pressed at 45. there was a lot of stuff from the 80s and a lot of british pop music. from what i remember he was only interested in having lps pressed at 45 and didn't care about the music; all he wanted was the thing. he was way ahead of his time.)
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 02:08 (one week ago) link
did the 45 rpm lp thing start with chris cutler's early eighties re records releases? i think they're the only examples i've heard (& they do sound good)
― no lime tangier, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 03:26 (one week ago) link
Well, Pil's "Metal Box"...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 06:36 (one week ago) link
I bought a 2x45rpm reissue of New Hope For The Wretched by the Plasmatics (second hand so it wasn't expensive) and regretted not just waiting to find a single LP version. that is not a record that benefits from the 45rpm treatment
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 07:55 (one week ago) link
oops
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 07:56 (one week ago) link
The first one I came across was the Cocteau Twins' Victorialand in 1986.
― bored by endless ecstasy (anagram), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 08:28 (one week ago) link
Klaus Schulze's Innovative Communication label put out 45rpm LPs for a while in the early 80s, including Popol Vuh's Sei Still, Wisse Ich Bin. Don't recall if it sounded significantly better than it would have at 33 tbh.
― prog ain't no religious cult (Matt #2), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 10:12 (one week ago) link
it was big in japan in the late 70s/early 80s. for classical and jazz. wider grooves equaling louder/better sound. some sound amazing. that whole digital on vinyl pre-CD thing. some amazing 10-inch jazz reissues at 45 rpm. i mean anyone who has heard good disco 45 rpm 12-inches from the 70s knows how mindblowing they can sound. i love 70s rock 12-inches at 45. punk. post-punk. sex pistols on 12-inch rage pretty hard. but if i think of it i haven't had a ton of full albums from the 80s at 45. some though.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 11:49 (one week ago) link
Cabaret Voltaire's "2x45" seems like an obvious example. 1982 I think?
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 12:11 (one week ago) link
style council's cost of loving + xtc's oranges and lemons are a couple more that come to mind...
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 12:58 (one week ago) link
some anti-fomo/rsd propaganda to proselytize future generations. this used to be a common sight: kickass <$10 reissues of forgotten catalogue titles. no fanfare, no sales pitch, just a good deal on a good album-https://i.ibb.co/C1XWY2G/20240426-114710.jpg
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Saturday, 27 April 2024 16:35 (one week ago) link
wow that image got mangled, hope this is better--https://i.postimg.cc/xjXyzBKZ/20240426-114710.jpg
― interstellar anthropologist+music philosopher, (Austin), Saturday, 27 April 2024 16:37 (one week ago) link
my favourite sun ra!!
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Saturday, 27 April 2024 16:39 (one week ago) link
yeah, seems like just yesterday all those affordable reissues were fully stocked
― sknybrg, Saturday, 27 April 2024 17:01 (one week ago) link
did the 45 rpm lp thing start with chris cutler's early eighties re records releases
Klaus Schulze maybe did it just before that with his Innovative Communication label's releases.
― stirmonster, Sunday, 28 April 2024 02:53 (one week ago) link