>Also--and on a completely unrelated note--can someone offer a reason why
>record companies used to make double LP's with Side 1 backed with Side 4?
>Call me crazy, but wouldn't it make more sense to have Side 2 on the flip
>since the record is already right there on the friggin turntable?
I believe this had to do with the old "record changer" style turntables - you
stacked records at the top of the spindle and the next one dropped on the stack
as the last one finished . . . with the 1-4/2-3 arrangement, you could stack
your 2 x LP set and play 1 & 2, then flip it & play 3 & 4.
I may be wrong about this, but it's a decent explanation.
John Magee
