Nowadays most CD releases are the equivalent in time of a double-album.
Yeah. For the longest time, the issue for me was, "Is the album less than 45 minutes, so I can fit it on one side of a 90 minute tape?" Eventually I discovered that my tape deck was a little on the slow side, so I could fit almost 47 minutes on one side of a 90 minute tape. Once or twice I made my turntable go just a wee bit too fast in order to fit something on a tape.
I remember 20 years ago or so, when the average album was about 40 minutes, so I'd sometimes record an extra song after the album so I wouldn't have the annoyance of having to fast-forward through five minutes of blank tape at the end of an album.
Yes, I was somewhat anal about my tapes. Including the use of Dolby NR and the proper setting of the recording level and bias.
Eventually I discovered that my tape deck was a little on the slow side, so I could fit almost 47 minutes on one side of a 90 minute tape.
I don't think your deck was slow. Most tapes had a couple of extra minutes on them.
I don't think your deck was slow. Most tapes had a couple of extra minutes on them.
Oh, that makes sense.
I would usually buy Maxell UDXL-II tapes (I'm surprised I remember that.)
My first car's tapedeck was a little fast (an aftermarket cheapo deck). Sometimes I'd really notice the pitch change.
Oh, and getting albums to fit when recording to blank 8-track was a whole 'nother story....
I rarely taped whole albums, since the whole reason I bought a tape deck was to make mix tapes. But I did have a big stock of short songs and snippets to take the outro down to the last couple seconds.
I rarely taped whole albums, since the whole reason I bought a tape deck was to make mix tapes. But I did have a big stock of short songs and snippets to take the outro down to the last couple seconds.
Hec is me on the taping front. Even down to having 30 second songs to fill up the last few moments (God bless the Minutemen, and D. Boon).
London Calling and Sandanista were my introductions to the Clash (and, I think, punk rock) via my brother (who also introduced me to Kate Bush, Ken Russell, Oh Lucky Man and a myriad of other off-the-wall cultural touchstones - we've been paying each other back in kind ever since). I think London Calling is by far the better record (duh), but Sandanista, despite the self-induldgent sprawl, is just STELLAR. Even the self-indulgent crap is fun, IMNHO.
despite the self-induldgent sprawl
I have an image of ginormous spliffs by the pallette during the recording of
Sandinista.
I am interviewing Sloan tomorrow, then probably seeing them open for Jet at the Fillmore. Oooh la la!
I have an image of ginormous spliffs by the pallette during the recording of Sandinista.
There was that, and also, after London Calling came out, Springsteen released The River, so Joe Strummer said (or at least least he said it in an interview) "Fuck him, we're gonna do a 3 record set".
There was a Joe Strummer memorial held in Boston shortly after he died at a bar in called J. J. Foley's (apparently a favorite hangout of Mr. Strummer when he was in town). A girl who'd been at his funeral was there and told us that "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" was played as they lowered the coffin, and Joe's daughter slapped a "This End Up" bumper sticker on it.
They got Burton suits, ha you think it's funny
Turning rebellion into money
I am interviewing Sloan tomorrow, then probably seeing them open for Jet at the Fillmore. Oooh la la!
Jet's playing in SF? Nice.
