>Remember the early 90s, when pressing 4 or even more tracks per side was >common for LPs (check out many Trax LPs licensed to PRT, etc)? Whilst there >was some weakness in volume, it's nowhere near as bad as the repress in >question sounds. So it is definitely a duffer.
I agree. I'm not the big fan some are of spreading recordings over more and more pieces of vinyl till you get CDs spread over 4 (or 2 x 4 packs, 'surely not'? - Reprazent's first album) packs of vinyl. OK maybe I'm just old and still think in terms of what came out on a single piece of vinyl in the 70s or 80s as an album, but I have some of those that weigh in at 35 mins a side and while I'm not pretending they're really suitable for modern DJ/club use you can mix with them, normalise the level from them without running out of mixer gain control and most importantly they sound good, better than the poorer of today's bootlegs. I know some people want everything pressed at increasingly higher levels but there's a limit to how much you can deflect a stylus by before you encounter problems (a limit that is sometimes passed on current pressings). So don't while some may not like anything over 15 mins on one side it still has a kind of appeal to me when I see a current artist album (Dwele, Ms. Dynamite) released on single vinyl rather than a multi pack. I can drop it on my turntable and start making my tea or relax with a book without having to turn it over every 7 minutes! I can fit more music in my box too. Francis-looking-forward-to-Basic-Channel-for-his-birthday
